Weightlifting: The Possibility Of Strength

WESTFIELD- “Weightlifting has been a big part of my life since I was 15”, Robert Pergakis, a Junior at Westfield State, told me as he rested in between sets as the gym.

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Even before I walk into the gym, I can hear grunting and weights slamming against the floor. As I walk over to the bench, in the air there is the smell of hard work, a combination of iron and sweat. The bench is covered with a layer of blue padding with slight tears starting to form from the constant use. I lie atop the bench and put my hands up and grip the barbell. Unracking the weight, the rough knurling begins digging into my hands, making my callouses even thicker. Drawing in a deep breath, I slowly lower my elbows and as the barbell follows, my chest begins to stretch out. Then, in one moment, tightening my triceps, shoulders, and chest, I press up the barbell as I blow out a constant stream of air while flexing my abs as hard as I can. I have become lost. Lost in the weights. I am no longer thinking about school, my problems, or emotions. I am completely focused on lifting the weight.

This sport/exercise dates back as far as the beginning of time. It is a way to show off your muscle strength and your power to lift. This sport is all about proper form in your body as well as flexibility and breathing. Though it looks easy from watching, there is actually a lot of discipline behind weightlifting. With the right form while weightlifting, you can improve your overall strength, muscle tone, and maintain a healthy weight. The most important aspect of keeping a healthy form is so you won’t damage any bones in your body. According to a study as shown in this website (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/health/15stat.html), more than 48% of people who weightlift have been related in an injury that involved weightlifting in any form.

Bodybuilding vs Strongman Occasional misconceptions in sports are very common, the sport of weightlifting, isn't an exception. Focusing, on, two of the sports that come from weightlifting, Bodybuilding and Strongman, each of these sports have various things that set them them in a category to themselves, personally I find strongman much more unique. One would think that both of these activities are relatively the same, that same person would also find out that they’re very wrong. Differences between these sports come from training methods, nutrition, competition, and publicity with the only similarities being that the athletes lift weights, slightly from nutrition, and you need the same mentality.

Every morning I would get up at 5am to train with the team. The first day was very arduous and tasks appeared Herculean, I felt a part of me ready to give up but I did not let my physical unsuitability stop me. I trained strenuously and pushed myself to my limits. Every day that went

Working out is a very important part of life for many teens and adults, but rarely is the science of muscle growth looked at by people. Knowing the science behind muscle growth can help you become more successful in the weight room and as a athlete. Muscle growth is based on many factors of everyday life and can be sped up through small changes in the way you live.

In the article, Unique Aspects of Competitive Weightlifting: Performance, Training and Physiology, researchers Adam Storey and Heather K. Smith study weightlifting as a dynamic strength and power sport and began to determine the optimal environment and factors for peak performance. The researchers measured the highest absolute and relative peak power outputs reported in order to determine the best possible programs and routines for optimal output. They further explained how the training routine of competitive weightlifters is described as the recurrent use of high-intensity resistance exercise movements. Also the individual workouts themselves were broken down further. The researchers examined the training techniques of former Soviet Union athletes and determined that they had performed nearly 25000 exercise repetitions per year. Of which 15 – 30 % of these lifts were competition lifts. Through examination of the Bulgarian team training, they lifted significantly less attempts but 45% of their work was through competition lifts. While 40% of these lifts were complementary lifts, and an additional 5% were supplemental and cross-training exercises. The remaining 10% of training was used as a warm-up to prepare the muscles. These coaching and training philosophies were studied in order to be able to determine the best type of training program for both male and female weightlifters of various age groups.

Bodybuilding soon followed and became an extravagant branch of weightlifting. Bodybuilding was practiced by men and women who took part in weightlifting competitions. physique shows, and gymnastics demonstrations. This was a time when women’s progression into weightlifting really began to speed up. The emerging popularity of bodybuilding soon inspired the development of Nautilus machines. These machines used adjustable resistance (SHEROUSE, PERRY). The Nautilus machines were first marketed in the 1970’s. The machines became very popular among users as they appeared less intimidating than free weights. This machine gave people the opportunity to easily lift light weight. This was especially a great opportunity for women who had just started coming into this section of sports and athleticism. Arthur Jones, the inventor of the Nautilus, developed a philosophy of training

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This article talks about which factors affect your muscular strength. A few of these major effectors being age, gender, and body type. The article also brings up that everyone’s body is different, and how we all have different outcomes of being fit.

Strength--mental and physical--, discipline, time consideration, and commitment scrape the very surface of required traits consistent with competitive powerlifting. Experiencing monomania, building my physical strength becomes ritualistic. Daily, crucial decisions play a role in deciding optimal nutrition, planning a fitness regime, and weighing the options in order to eliminate strength plateaus. Fixated on self-empowerment, my persistence pushes my boundaries creating new personal records throughout each new week. Shaping my physical strength and abilities allow me to directly reflect my earned benefits. Within failure’s presence, success revolves around mental perseverance. Physically demanding, training and performing in powerlifting demands both mental and emotional stamina. Embracing and coaxing my stubborn nature, I push through workouts despite my exhaustion. Despite shaping my personal qualities, the community forces me to shape my leadership skills. Defying common competitiveness, the powerlifting populace supports and provides advice which benefits all members. Initiatively, I often observe incorrect form or a small quirk to one’s lifting regime, and will provide humble recommendation. Building collectively, we aid, support, and cheer on each teammate and other teams. Instead of taking advantage of other’s weaknesses, we build each other up. Altogether, experiencing a community and sport

However, this lack of activity is not able to explain, on its own, the low effect of the ERT to alleviate some symptoms. Because of that, in the last years some theories have gained strength. Facing the traditional theory that muscular weakness is due to a disorder in catabolism of glycogen, there is a new thinking that view this illness as an autophagic flux disruption, resulting in an accumulation of autophagosomes which are not able to fuse with lysosomes, thereby PD may be faced as a problem originated, at least in part, by a wrong handling of these structures

The history of weightlifting really started in the Olympics, back in 1896 when the Olympics were re-started weightlifting was one of the events. “Back then the only lifts they competed in where the one handed lifts and the two handed lifts, very unlike nowadays where Olympians compete in the power clean, squat, and bench press”. (Archibald) Weightlifting never really took off as a casual sport done by everybody for a long while after that, but there were men who went around with circuses and advertised themselves as the strongest men in the world and lifted weights for a living. When weightlifting was actually adopted as a casual sport every country did it different. The Russians lifted kettlebell-type weights for repetitions. The Scottish

I come to a squealing halt as I throw my white Civic Si into first gear and hop out of the parking spot between the gold Chevy Tahoe and the black Jeep Wrangler. Grabbing my gym bag from the trunk, I march under the covered patio for the door of Mountainside Fitness to start my daily ritual. Walking through the doors the smell of sweat, hard work and cheap coffee attacks my senses. Lifting weights has been my place of refuge for almost two years now. Albeit I have gotten into pretty decent shape, I have an ulterior motive that goes deeper than just getting bigger, faster, and stronger. While the charming blond girl at the front desk scans my key card, I take a quick scan of the gym and see the customary faces of pain, strain, and disdain on those already in their workout. What motivation is powering these gym goers to finish their workout when it is so easy to quit? For me, going to the gym is a remarkable way to improve physical health, but the stress relief from being completely absorbed in a workout, the hormones released after a workout, and accomplished state of mind after a completed workout makes the mental benefits just as significant.