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FITNESS FLOOR and WEIGHT ROOM: CLOSED
The use of free weights and weight machines by multiple people poses special health risks. For now, until further notice, the Sabers Fitness Floor (upper level of the gym) and the downstairs weight room (near the PE office) are closed for student use. Pushups, however, performed in the privacy of your home or out in the fresh air on the field, pose no health risks!
The use of free weights and weight machines by multiple people poses special health risks. For now, until further notice, the Sabers Fitness Floor (upper level of the gym) and the downstairs weight room (near the PE office) are closed for student use. Pushups, however, performed in the privacy of your home or out in the fresh air on the field, pose no health risks!
Sabers Fitness Floor PHOTOS
Visit the Sabers Fitness Floor on the upper level of the Sabers gym.
A variety of strength equipment is available for high school student and staff use. Be strong... SABERStrong!
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SABERStrong PUSHUP CHALLENGE
Thank you おつかれさまでした to everyone in Sabers Nation who joined the 2020 spring trimester SABERStrong Pushup Challenge. Sabers students, teachers, graduates, and parents showed their mental and physical fortitude by doing pushups regularly while the school was closed. Special congratulations to Coach Algie who was first to complete all three pushup challenges. (Coach Algie epitomizes one of our Sabers mottos: mens sana in corpore sano.) In the end, thousands of pushups were performed, pecs were tightened, triceps toned, and core muscles strengthened. Pandemic or not, let’s continue to be strong, Sabers strong. The Sabers Fitness Floor is closed during these difficult times of COVID-19, but don't let that stop you from getting and staying strong. Triple Challenge Try one or two or all three.
Be strong, SABERStrong. |
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Notes
This third challenge is not about pushups; it's about establishing a habit, a routine of regular exercise.
- Regular pushups, incline pushups, knee pushups, wall pushups (or a combination): your choice based on your ability and comfort level.
- Full range of motion: nose (or chin, or chest) to ground at the bottom; arms fully extended at the top. Don't cheat yourself.
- Hands and elbows not too wide.
- 51 pushups in a row: basically nonstop. No resting on the ground; you can rest briefly at the top.
- 101 pushups in 5 minutes: take as many sets and breaks as you need; you can rest on the ground.
- 1001 pushups by June 30: starting April 25, that's about 16 pushups a day. You can do as many pushups and as many sets a day as you like.
This third challenge is not about pushups; it's about establishing a habit, a routine of regular exercise.
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Apart, but together.
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon! Push, push, push! Let's go! |
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CHANGE
If you want to change yourself, challenge yourself. It's been said that strength training is not popular in Japan, that Japan high schools do not have weight rooms, that weight lifting makes you short, that weight lifting is dangerous. Yes, strength training has helped Japan rugby become world beaters. Would strength training help Sabers athletes? Click here to learn more about how a record loss in the 1995 Rugby World Cup set in motion a CHANGE that led to one of the greatest upsets in Rugby World Cup history in 2015, twenty years later. By the way, did you know that 筋トレ is becoming a common hobby in Japan? Read this article for some good reasons why (spoiler: effective, time efficiency, weight loss, safe). |
100 KG BENCH PRESS CLUB
The bench press is often used as an indicator of overall strength. Over the years, there have been at least 4 Sabers who have reached the 100 kg mark
in the bench press while in school. (Is anyone missing from this list?)
The bench press is often used as an indicator of overall strength. Over the years, there have been at least 4 Sabers who have reached the 100 kg mark
in the bench press while in school. (Is anyone missing from this list?)
Keep pumping away, Sabers, young and old. |
Akira Moriguchi, 100 kg
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Kai Stewart, 105 kg
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Yung Nakako, 105 kg
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SABERStrong philosophy
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BE STRONG. SABERSTRONG.
WE DON’T DIET AND EXERCISE. WE EAT and TRAIN: LIFT, JUMP, SPRINT.
WE DON’T DIET AND EXERCISE. WE EAT and TRAIN: LIFT, JUMP, SPRINT.
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Orientation, parent permission オリエンテーション
教職員の監視監督のない中でのウエイト・トレーニング施設の利用のための承諾書
High school students wanting to use the Sabers Fitness floor must go through an orientation (offered once or twice a trimester)
and submit an online parent permission form.
High school students wanting to use the Sabers Fitness floor must go through an orientation (offered once or twice a trimester)
and submit an online parent permission form.
- Online parent permission form (please click)
- times and dates to be announced
- on the Fitness Floor, 体育館 の 2F, upper level of gym
Dynamic, explosive, heavy lifts. Multi-joint compound exercises. Fun, creative, athletic movements.
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FITNESS FLOOR REGULATIONS
HOURS
GOAL: To help Sabers athletes become
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EQUIPMENT
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Olympic sprinters' speed, jump, and strength training videos
Olympic weightlifters jumping ability (This shows the potential benefits of heavy power lifts on vertical leap.)
Introduction to the squat. Good 30-minute comprehensive introductory video about squatting - for both women and men.
- Allyson Felix (2:10; wall balls, pull ups, sprints, plyos, cleans, overhead presses)
- Other sprinters (cleans, sprints uphill, pull ups with bands, snatches, hurdle jumps, cycling top speed, rope, treadmill incline)
Olympic weightlifters jumping ability (This shows the potential benefits of heavy power lifts on vertical leap.)
Introduction to the squat. Good 30-minute comprehensive introductory video about squatting - for both women and men.
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Domyos "hex" rubber dumbbells - 5 kg, 7.5 kg, 10 kg - provided courtesy of Decathlon sporting goods company. |