What we need is muscle!
Title
What we need is muscle!
Creator
Millsaps, Diane
Tapp, Walt
Date
1974
Description
An opinion piece on the fact that Centre women cannot access the Centre men's state-of-the-art weightlifting equipment because the equipment is located in the men's locker room rather than a location that is accessible to all.
Subject
Centre College (Danville, Ky. : 1918- ) --Sports--History
Sex discrimination against women--Sports
Centre College (Danville, Ky. : 1918- )--Sports--History
College sports for women--Kentucky--Danville--Sources
Athletics--Kentucky
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Type
text
Rights
All Rights Reserved
Coverage
37.6456916
-84.7836946
Danville (Ky.)
Medium
articles
Text
What We Need is Muscle!
Have you s een the new set of competitive-style barbells, the new squat rack, or the new station-by-station weight layout in the men's gym? And have you been working out regularly on the Marcy weight machine? If you haven't you're probably either not interested in athletics or you're a woman.
Down in the sweatshops under the men's basketball court there is a room with a weight machine and barbells, all set up for the development of rippling, manly muscles, right? Wrong. Weight-lifting, or more generally, resistance exercise is a physical fitness activity in the same category as running. Reistance exercise allows you to strengethen specific muscle groups or increase the general strength and tone of your body.
It is a type of exercise that is definitely not restricted to men. Many doctors and physical therapists prescribe weight programs for women to develop a little more strength than is required to withstand the force of gravity. And anyone on an athletic team could benefit from added strength. So why should women at Centre be prevented from access to the weight machines? Why should we descriminate against the wome's athletic temas by depriving them of the benefits of resistance exercise?
The obvious answer is that women can not be allowed to work out in the same room where men are dressing. There is a simple solution for this problem. If the locker area as it presently stands were partitioned off from the area with the weights, the privacy of the locker room would be maintained and the weight facilities could be open to all. This would be a relatively inexpensive operation, the benefits of which would far outweigh the cost.
Have you s een the new set of competitive-style barbells, the new squat rack, or the new station-by-station weight layout in the men's gym? And have you been working out regularly on the Marcy weight machine? If you haven't you're probably either not interested in athletics or you're a woman.
Down in the sweatshops under the men's basketball court there is a room with a weight machine and barbells, all set up for the development of rippling, manly muscles, right? Wrong. Weight-lifting, or more generally, resistance exercise is a physical fitness activity in the same category as running. Reistance exercise allows you to strengethen specific muscle groups or increase the general strength and tone of your body.
It is a type of exercise that is definitely not restricted to men. Many doctors and physical therapists prescribe weight programs for women to develop a little more strength than is required to withstand the force of gravity. And anyone on an athletic team could benefit from added strength. So why should women at Centre be prevented from access to the weight machines? Why should we descriminate against the wome's athletic temas by depriving them of the benefits of resistance exercise?
The obvious answer is that women can not be allowed to work out in the same room where men are dressing. There is a simple solution for this problem. If the locker area as it presently stands were partitioned off from the area with the weights, the privacy of the locker room would be maintained and the weight facilities could be open to all. This would be a relatively inexpensive operation, the benefits of which would far outweigh the cost.
Physical Location
Centre College Special Collections and Archives CC-22
Citation
Millsaps, Diane and Tapp, Walt, “What we need is muscle!,” Centre College Digital Archives, accessed May 13, 2024, https://centre.omeka.net/items/show/1730.