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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. 
     The video below is instructive.
     In the 1995 Rugby World Cup, Japan lost to the famed All Blacks of New Zealand 145-17, a record thrashing. Twenty years later, in the 2015 World Cup in England, Japan defeated the all mighty Springboks of South Africa, former world champions, 34-32, in one of the greatest upsets in rugby history, the Miracle of Brighton. (Japan's 2019 World Cup defeat of world #2 Ireland ranks up there, too.)
     How did Japan rugby get so much better? "What changed since then?" the video asks.
​     According to the head coach of a Waseda high school - high school - interviewed in the video: "The biggest change is our training method. Before, we practiced only skills. Now, we also build up our bodies. We do weight training, or what we call strength training."
     So... Japan high schools do have weight rooms. Strength training has helped Japan rugby become world beaters. Would strength training help Sabers athletes?

If you watch The Brighton MIracle movie, you'll see the Japan players deadlifting, squatting, doing planks, doing rope work, tossing sandbags, slamming medicine balls, flipping tires, and sprinting. 

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?)
  1. Yung Nakako, 105 kg, April 2019
  2. Kai Stewart, 105 kg, June 2014
  3. Akira Moriguchi, 100 kg, June 2008
  4. SIS English teacher, 111 kg, June 2011

​Keep pumping away, Sabers, young and old.
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Akira Moriguchi, 100 kg
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Kai Stewart, 105 kg
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Yung Nakako, 105 kg

オリエンテーション 2019
  • --月--日(木)、--日(水)、--日(木)15:45   体育館 の 2F
  •  ---  15:45, upper level of gym

BE STRONG. SABERSTRONG.
WE DON’T DIET AND EXERCISE.  WE EAT and TRAIN: LIFTING, JUMPING, SPRINTING. EVERY DAY.

Sabers Fitness Floor
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... be SaberSTRONG!


SaberStrong philosophy
  • athletic lifts: dynamic, explosive, powerful
  • compound lifts: multijoint, effective, efficient
  • heavy lifts: squats, deads, cleans, presses​
  • plyometrics: jump training, bouncy stuff
  • creative lifts: battle ropes, sand bags, medicine balls, peg board, ab roller
  • classics: pushups, pullups, burpees, jump rope, calisthenics
  • informed training: study strength training; make it a lifelong pursuit

Video
  • Allyson Felix: wall balls, pull ups, sprints, plyos, cleans, presses
  • Other sprinters: cleans, sprints uphill, pull ups with bands, snatches, hurdle jumps, cycling top speed, battle rope
  • Olympic weightlifters jumping ability: benefits of heavy power lifts on vertical leap​
  • 5 non-traditional cardio workouts: for more fat burning - density routines, Tabata, inclines, kettlebell HIIT circuit.
  • 6 beginner mistakes
  • 5 reasons to lift heavy: "challenge yourself to change yourself"
  • Strength and cardio: which is better for weight loss?
  • Introduction to the squat. 30-minute comprehensive introduction
  • 5 exercises for athletic development: deadlift, squat, cleans,  medicine ball overhead throw, medicine ball  wall bounce

Orientation, parent permission
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.
  • Online parent permission form (please click)

PHOTOS
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Dynamic, explosive, heavy lifts. Multi-joint compound exercises. Fun, creative, athletic movements.

FITNESS FLOOR REGULATIONS
  • Rules
  • 5 Respects
  • SaberStrong lifts, philosophy

HOURS
  • before school (7:30-8:25)
  • during school (アンスケ; with PE teacher permission)
  • after school (15:30-16:25)
  • after 16:30 only when directly supervised

GOAL: To help Sabers athletes become
  • stronger
  • faster
  • quicker
  • bouncier
  • leaner
  • more flexible
  • more agile
  • more confident
  • less prone to injury
EQUIPMENT 
  • power racks (2)
  • barbell shafts (4), curl bar (1)
  • benches (2 flat, 1 incline)
  • barbell plates (over 260 kg)
  • dumbbells (over 200 kg)
  • compound lifting areas (deadlifts, cleans, snatches) w/ rubber mats
  • heavy "battle ropes" (2)
  • medicine balls, wall balls (10 kg x 2, 5 kg x 1)
  • sandbags (35 kg, 30 kg, 25 kg, 20 kg, 10 kg)
  • plyometric jumping box (40-50-60 cm)
  • pull up bars (3), dip station, peg board
  • gymnastics rings
  • TRX suspension training cables
  • assist bands
  • ab rollers
  • jump ropes
  • climbing ropes
  • Concept 2 rowing machine (top of the line)
  • Schwinn Airdyne Pro exercise bike (top of the line)
  • Some equipment generously donated by Decathlon.

Olympic sprinters' speed, jump, and strength training videos
  • 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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after (June 2017)
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​Domyos "hex" rubber dumbbells -
5 kg, 7.5 kg, 10 kg - provided courtesy
of Decathlon sporting goods company.

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