Portland Observer, June 22,1963 Pege 9
U.S. women suffer from lack of weight training
Because this country has lamed
so long in weight training for its
women athletes, the outlook is bleak
for the 1984 Olympics in Los
Angeles, says an Oregon State U n i
versity professor o f physical educa
tion who specializes in strength
physiology.
In a 1981 article in "T h e Physi
cian
and
Sports
Medicine'*
magazine, John P. (Pat) O'Shea
argued that *‘if American women
want to optimize athletic power and
compete on equal terms with the
Europeans, they must use basic
scientific strength building methods
followed by elite male athletes.**
There is "absolutely no difference
in quality athletic type strength
training programs for men and
w om en." O'Shea insists. "W om en
respond the same physiologically as
men to strength training and can
realize the same rates o f improve
ment in athletic performance even
though their maximum potential for
strength is less.
"M a n y coaches feel that because
females are smaller that their muscle
and ligament strength is not as good
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The sizzling sixth annual M etro Jazz '8J, honoring M r. W alter
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as males and that they can get hurt
easily,” says O ’Shea. "T his is just
another o f the myths and miscon
ceptions (hat surround the subject
of strength training for women.
"W om en can develop added
strength at the same rate as men,
proportionate with size, o f course,”
he stressed.
"O ne o f the primary differences
between male and female strength
potential is attributed to the hor
mone testosterone. The male pro
duces much more testosterone
which accounts for the greater phy
sique size and strength o f the male,**
he continued.
"Females have slightly more
natural body fat than males —
which is both a plus (in endurance
events where body fat is a primary
source of energy) and a minus (in
Field events — shot put, javelin,
discus — that demand dynamic
strength),” O'Shea observed.
Looking ahead to the 1984 O lym
pics, O'Shea secs the Russian and
European women continuing to
dominate (he Field events.
"W eigh t training for women in
European countries, especially West
and East Germany. Russia and
Poland, is at least 10 years ahead of
what we're doing in America. It will
be decades before we catch up.”
O'Shea Figures.
"A n d one o f the ironic things
about it all is that the techniques
that the Russians and Europeans are
using so effectively began in this
country. Europeans simply picked
them up and made them applicable
to both men and women with great
success," he added
In Olympic long running events,
the United States will fare somewhat
belter in 1984 "but only because of
Mary Decker T ab b,” the multiple
world record holder, says O'Shea.
Swimming is the only Olympic
area of competition where Am eri
cans will perform on top terms.
O ’Shea believes. " O n the whole,
our swimming coaches are more sci
entifically oriented than our track
and field coaches."
Perhaps (he weight training myth
that annoys O'Shea most is the one
that "weight training alters fem i
ninity and could make women ath
letes sterile and unable to bear chil
dren."
"T h a t is utterly false. I f anything,
it makes them more attractive."
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Professor O'Shea is one o f the
nation's best-known writers on
weight training and physical fitness.
His textbook, "Scientific Principles
and Methods o f Strength Filncaa" is
used around the world by teachers,
coaches, physical therapists and ath
letes. He also is an expert on con
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climbers.
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