European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 8 the stars and stripes May 1977 female fitness potential is there and it was proven Fay performances at West Point by Barbara staff writer Germany the word female does reit equal 1 think Thi has so underestimated he physical potential of women the of women in niely today live in that they jus can i be physically it mint Worth it Why in assistant profs with tiniest Init physical education and his wife sue the first female instructor hired in the physical education department at West Point were Here thursday to till female soldiers and tit air physical fitness can tax reality for you the purpose of exer Cise will enable you in Lead a better in will add More life to your years and years to your life the purpose of exercise is not to make you More like the men but to enable you to belter do what you have to he told the women in the audience who Lias a doctorate degree m physical education from the University of helped prepare a study for the sur Ucon general concerning what could and Raul Del be expected of the new women Cadet sat West Point two years ago Congress came to us at Point and your worst fears Are women Are going to be admitted lowest Point and we want the pro Grams to be identical with the exception of these things which you can justify by physiological Peterson said and there began the problems Peterson said that very Little was known about the physical abilities of women what they could and he expected to do be cause of physiological differences a considerable amount of study has Vixen done with two groups of women those i olympic Caliper and women some where i tween comatose and but in Lindy knew what could ice the physical abilities of average a reformers what a Normal Young woman could Peterson said we feel like we know More Al cml the physical training of women than any other particular body of people in the world be cause for the past ii months weve had women at the Academy and these women have probably Iii subjected to i he most physically demanding Challenge that a Vii n even urn subjected to in the it Milid Hish iry of he i the Iii if wed made the adjustment and modifications that we thought were going Loik we would have a the women we forced them to sex Cie Sitto aha we considered o be their Tod Given and wre quite Happy found and its nut Licause we were Lucky enough logo out and Grah 121 i ill pie per Conners Mccause we did t motivation the single biggest Lusaida Ile explained West Point motivation Tkv cylime we our Lemale cadets Lodi at West litre were two Nople standing Ikhi Iid them due said vim can it it fan and the Elhel Gnu j in tit r do it High he and ins wife Lile fact Hal a in n have i Iii i t with ill like to thai the women Ial West 1inni who have in can going through plus Al Legi Airit with weights Are Slid Are Mill Femi they have not lost thou female Char they Are not Arna Zons walking around dragging their Knuckles on the Peterson said they have put on some but their Muscles have not bulged Slit said and he women do not Hail the physical capabilities to develop big Muscles they can become a lot stronger but they cannot develop the big bulging Muscles that you commonly Sec on men who lilt weights he said that at West Point they found that women Are much stronger than men on a Pound fur Pound basis in their lower body and legs and much weaker in their upper body than men the women in our study weighed 120 to 125 pounds each and they could leg press almost 250 you will find very few men in the world who can leg press twice their body Peterson said lie said they also found that women tolerance Lor pain is somewhere Between comatose and nonexistent when it starts to they i forget i dont want to do you re kidding me he also found thai they can develop a tolerance for women Excel in agility and balance when it comes to they have especially in the upper Lindy and mrs Peterson we had the to run in Burg this morning with the people there and it was very a number of both men and have trouble with that two mile run and that not unusual there Are some things you can do to improve your running technique and first of somebody has to Tell you How to run Jet someone to watch you so they can Tell you what youre not doing she said she said that because women have More rotation in their shoulders and hips than they often move their arms across their body rather than Forward and Back that wasted she said she told the women m the audience to use their entire foot when not just to run on just the toll of the foot and to run like youre straddling a White unfortunately there is no secret remedy on How to breathe correctly when youre running you can read 10 physical fitness books or 10 How to run books and All give you different ideas on How to breathe its an individual but take in As much oxygen As you can the More oxygen you feed the the easier it is to run Trp your body upright and exhale As deeply As you inhale you have to gel rid of Hie waste she said we also found thai women have More Lowe leg injuries than men women Are not used to that they get when she said she urged the women to invest in a pair of Good running shoes and Wear socks she also told them to take care of a Blister As soon As you get at West Point we had squad leaders who were responsible for nothing else but fixing Blis a Side ache is no reason to Slop running you can run with a Side All you have to do is breathe a Little or pull it out where in hurts but keep running if you get a cramp or sore you want to keep a Little nauseous keep slopping is one of the hardest things for your once youre once youre moving and loosened just slow Down a bit but never Stop thais harder on your system than in is for you to slow your Pace and then pick it up she said its going to she said youre going to get a pain in the your you Ami t going to die with that you can ask Ive been i we ran two Miles in 14 min utes this morning and we we breathed hard but just because you breathe hard Doest mean youre going to pass she also told the audience that at West Point they took surveys and talked to women Al jut the effect of rigorous physical training on their menstrual As a they had less less cramping and fewer physical exercise almost always has a positive effect on menstruation not once this summer we excuse female Cadet from physical training because of menstruation hut there Are id say one woman in a 100 will have severe prob mrs Peterson said we try to sell those Young women at West Point on the value of being for most of them its the orca test level of fit Ness Treyve Ever had in i hair life and they Are ecstatic with in they work out on their own much More than we have them he we pushed them at West Point and i that Why they accomplished As much As they its Loo easy for the cadre or the individual to i cant do it or in takes a superwoman to do All it lakes is someone with enough intelligence and personal commitment to want to be in the main thing we found is if women Are Given the Opportunity and the Chal Lenge they can develop he the Petersons will talk to 1st army div and 1st inf div i fwd units and in Stuttgart through Friday of next week times and places will be announced locally nailing about Phy Sii Al fitness during a break at Are getting the word i from Lorinda und James 5 Mary Christian and 4 Eliiabeth by i Judy Perkins official suing paper for libel uimm1n Iasi Industry Secretary Kric Valley says he is suing the London daily mail and editor Lor libel following the newspapers allegations about govern men sanctioned bribery by the state run British Leyland car company a Leyland the source of the newspapers is being held by police on charges he forged a letter imply ing official support of bribes to win foreign contracts or the company an Industry department Stalc ment issued Friday said Varley will seek dam Ages from the mail and its David the an opponent of Britain s labor is owned by associated newspapers valleys decision followed a similar libel action announced tuesday by lord chairman of Britain National Enterprise Board which oversees invest ments in nationalized industries Ryder also was implicated in a series of articles in the mail which alleged thai Ley land with government paid Mas Sive bribes overseas to obtain orders
