PHS Strength & Conditioning Final Exam

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Having strength and con the first semester of my sophomore year I learned many things about the weight room and all the lifts. Personally the squat lift was my favorite and the easiest for me. It was the easiest one for me because it was simple to set up, and it was the most comfortable with my body strength.
Squatting is a very easy lift and exercise to make you stronger. It is easy because it requires four things to do, when other lifts require more. The four things you need to do to squat are a 25 pound bar or a 45 pound bar based on your strength ability, a bar stand that holds your bar, weights based on your strength ability, and clippers to have your weight stay on your bar when you're squatting. In strength and con class we have five minutes and thirty seconds to do 3 different lifts and that is with setting up and taking down. Squatting is one of the most simple and fastest lifts and shouldn’t take anyone more than a minute if you are doing it right. Squatting has more benefits other than being quick and easy to do. For example, there are many ways it can help improve you and your strength ability.
When I think of athletes squatting, I think of athletes that swim and run because it is using the upper arms and the legs. Athletes that do swim and run should use the squat lift because it will benefit them by making them stronger and give them more progress in the pool or field. Another benefit from squatting is that you see results fast. When I go into the weight room to train for my upcoming sport in the summer, I have a break before I go in and I get out of shape during that time. But when I go back and get squatting it doesn’t take long before I get back into shape and my legs get stronger. This helps me becaus...

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...amstrings are on the back of a person’s leg and knee. Just like quadriceps, they are extremely painful to injure and it takes a long time to heal. Also they can get very strong while squatting and it doesn’t take long before it helps you with your upcoming sport because it is so easy to strengthen. The secondary muscles worked while squatting are abdominals, gastrocnemius(calves), muscles in your arms and back as they hold the bar.
In conclusion, the squat is a lift that works many muscles, increase strength in the legs and hips, but is a full body exercise. I will continue to lift as I train for my sports and I am so thankful and lucky to have an amazing weight training program in Portage High School and also an amazing coach that guides me and helps me train for my upcoming sports. Without him it would be different in the weight room and I wouldn’t like it.

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