By Deann Hess Men, muscles, iron, weights, sweat. But wait, something is missing. Women, Capital Iron has several female members. This is a fitness club, fitness being the key word. It is not a club of thick-brained, muscle-bound jocks. "There is more to lifting weights than just lifting. The idea that we're muscleheads who only know how to lift weights is nonsense. We have to know about our bodies, nutrition, and safety," said John D'Ambrosia, secretary/treas urer. ' A proper diet and exercise can help improve the way a person looks and feels. Resistance training is used by most professional athletes as a supplement to their regular sports training. "Weightlifting/Body Building, isn't just physical. . . . Better body, better mind," said Rich Stransky, president. The club's main goal is to get more students involved. Stransky stressed that it's the students' gym. The gym is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 Students pump iron in the CUB weightroom Intramural Golf Scramble Is Fore! Novices, Pros By Derrick Stokes Beginning Oct. 7, students and faculty will start their quest for birdies and eagles. Please don't alert the humane society. Penn State Harrisburg's Intramural Golf Scramble will be held next week at the Sunset Golf Course. "The I.M. Golf Scramble is a recreational way to stimulate interest in golf," said Athletic Director Duane Crider. Each group will have four players; Participants will be seperated into Capital Iron Boosts Fitness D'Ambrosia is currently training several females. Capital Iron will be co-sponsering a seminar for beginners with the Recreation/Athletic Department. Capital Iron is hosting a bench-a thon Oct. 20 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Each participant will go out and get sponsers for the maximum weight they can bench on three attempts. Standard competition lifting regulations will be followed. With the funds raised from the bench a-thon, the club plans to do minor renovations with the weight room. "The weight room has been neglected since before Capital Iron was founded," said D'Ambrosia, club founder. You don't have to be a Capital Iron member to participate in the bench-a thon. Contact one of the club's 12 active members for more information. Capital Iron has special hours for members only: Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays -- 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 11:00 to 1:00 p.m. Only persons with a club membership I.D. can use the gym at these times. different groups according to skill. Skill levels will be determined by the information filled out on the entry forms. The levels range from the lowly novice to the weekend Arnold Palmer. Each group will consist of four players with various skills. With I.M. Golf Scramble, it's possible for Pee Wee Herman and Tom Watson to be teammates. Everyone participates because it is a best-ball scramble. In non-golfing English this means that a player's best three tee shots must Aerobics Heat Up CUB A good outlet for a stress-filled day is aerobics. Liz Tammaro can provide this for all Penn State Harrisburg students and faculty in the Capital Union These students work out with Liz Tamaro as she paves the road to fitness With the help of Julie Rocks, theyb started these classes in 1986. Twog semesters later PSH officially hired them to work as aerobic instructors. There is usually an average of ten people in every class. "The same people keep comingt back," said Tammaro. "I always get positive feedback, but Ik would really like to see those people r i who are afraid of aerobics for whateve reasons to come and try it." For more information, call Tammaro at 948-1817. It% Our own PSH basketball team uses aerobics as a way to clear the mind and warm up before each practice. Each class begins with a warm-up and a waist exercise. The class then does 20 minutes of aerobic dancing and one-half hour of toning on the floor. Class ends with a cool down. Low impact sessions are available on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. High impact sessions are available Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Tuesdays and Other tips you can follow to keep your back and body healthy are: *Stand tall. Good posture is neither relaxed, slumped-shoulder stance nor a military, shoulders-back stance. If you stand as tall as you can, the whole weight of your body will be straight up and-down and squarely centered over your feet. Nathan Rap be used. This reinforces the non competitiveness. A team's best and worst players will have the same number of shots. Therefore, individual scores will be discouraged but team scores will be kept. "Competition is not the purpose," said Crider. "The main purpose is to have fun." Unfortunately, the $l5 entrance fee only pays for the golf cart, the greens fee, and the soon-to-be-famous I.M. Golf Scramble T-shirt. The Sunset Golf Course does not rent By Christine Reilly Continued from page 10 *Don't sit for long periods at a time Thursdays from 9:00 p.m. to 10:0( p.m., and Sundays from 6:00 p.m. tc 7:00 p.m. Tammaro, who became an aerobic instructor seven years ago, started hei own aerobics classes here at Penn Stat H. 3bi The cramped position you assume working at a computer terminal or hunched over books is very taxing on your body. Take short breaks and stretch. Also, as you sit, try resting your feet on a book or two. If your knees are higher than your hips, some of the stress is taken off the back. *Always stretch and warm up before exercising. Stretching exercises will help keep the body flexible and increase your range-of-motion. out clubs; because the athletic department only has a few sets, prospective golfers will have to scramble for ownership of golf clubs. "Basically, what you need is six clubs -- a putter, a driver, a three-iron, a five-iron, a seven-iron, and a nine-iron," said Crider. Golf will be an inter-collegiate sport next semester at Penn State Harrisburg. This is an opportunity to sharpen and improve skills for next year. So, don't be alarmed if you see trees and bushes walking on the golf course; it's probably the golf coach.
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