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Show - sj 1 : . At- f ; " i. A J ; -sj. f .. - A A I m 1 w f adP"'' fea Jfeysajiri6raM8!i kv- r. ..nc-n. f ..Wtri... n limn iMniiitliKiimmrrtiM )fc ... 3: !- tfW I ... t ii i uV - y i 1 j - j , .4 .'S k J , 9; ) 1 )i t 1 . II '--r i;M Top - Damn Lawless demonstrates the dead lift. Bottom - John Newland prepares to start upward motion of squat lift. PCHS Powerlifters Unveiled Vi v ,11 mil ;i t i sheds iis .-ads for ;i .. hoi Burns s;i 1 v u ' . ihlet. s li ti x V . r eight 1 . .1 . lu-r ,1 team nil. ';i:sl mimic 1 . : i j y iii 1 1. (1 people !;i I s ; a . i lies'". Hi s kes weight r. ih !' t thli-ies during ill ir IT eaxi'ti b.c;iusc of ih'- si ;ili a nl motivation ii :i--- ih W. - ,ng is the hex: - ;i i p onioie an im ii x xiv . strength and sp 'ci! thus impm. ing your potential ii atliietiis." Burns sai I. "Studies haw shown th.ii lie belter trai led and sti ni; r an athlete is ti e less eh. 1 nee h has of sustaining an injurv." I he ci'Ui h -iiits 10 his fouibali icaii ; document the slices ss ( weight training. I ' past three years 1 t has only hail one kiu c iniii' and (he w..x actually a reinjury of an old problem. A strong muscle system acts as a shock absorber so the athlete is capable of sustaining greater shock and stress according to Burns. "I found through my own experiences that I was able to play ahead of people faster and bigger than me because of my strength training," Burns said about his college football career at the Uni-veisiiv Uni-veisiiv of Illinois. There must be something to what Burns says because the Miners, who four years ago just prior to Burns' arrival, could not win half of its games arc now state title contenders. North Summit has had the best I -A. ''-A weight lift program in the stale for the last six years and have been very successful in football according to burns. , " Wcightlifting also has great motivational aspects to it because it allows the athlete to sec and feel his improvements," Burns said. "He sees it in increased size and development and also the amount of weight he can lit'; He c;i" 'eel himself I " Burns has the credentials to teach wieghtlifling, he has taken and later taught several wicght training courses at Illinois University. Since his graduation he has been to numerous clinics and keeps ujp with the latest periodicals concerning weight training. He is even a card carrying member of the National Strength Coaches Association Associa-tion Weight Charts Kept "To develop competition between the athletes we chart the gains continuously contin-uously from the lime he starts to the time he graduates." Burns said. The vvcighlliftcrs willhavc a chance to exhibit what they know when they enter a quarangular meet on March 19 against 2-A champion Union, Wasatch and Steamboat Springs. Colo, at R.ikxi" ' 1 lilung in lhi wnipetmon: " The Bench Press - where the athlete is laying on his back and lowers the bar to his chest then raises it. The Squat - the lifter rests the bar on his shoulders behind the neck while standing then lowers himself until the tops of his thighs just break parallel to the ground then raises up. The Dead Lift - with arms extended straight down the athlete raises the bar from the floor to a normal standing position. "What we're concerned with is that everybody who lifts improves," Burns said. After this meet the Park City wcighlliftcrs have a tentative meet scheduled in April and then the State Championships on May 18. Burns hopes powcrlifting will become popular with other 1-A and 2-A schools and said if enough schools gel a program going the possibility of petitioning the Utah High School Activities Association for weight-lifting's weight-lifting's inclusion as a high school spoil would be a reality. |