Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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28 BODYBUILDER. Intensive weight- lifting was one way to build strength and endurance. Senior Hank Nakadate lifts 315 pounds at the Ames Total Fitness Center. (Photo by Erik Munson) PUMPING THE IRON. The Ames Raquet and Fitness Center provided weight machines as well as tennis courts to its members. Sophomore Cari Shierholz works out after school. (Photo by Erik Munson) Wintertime Fitness TAKE A SHOT. The State Gym on the lowa State University campus was a place for students to play basketball. Junior Scott Graves at- tempts a basket during a Friday night workout with his friends (Photo by Erik Munson) FAKE SUN. Many students spent hours under sun-lamps trying to look summer-healthy. Sophomore Kelly Nordyke uses a tanning bed at the Ames Haquet and Fitness Center. (Photo by Lynn Nordyke) UL ESP | a d | |

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| feel better workout. ` ate fall brought an end to the days of biking, playing touch-football, golf- ing and swimming at Peter- son's Pits. But students kept their summer bodies sum- merlike in the winter by going to fitness centers. Senior Elise Shibles took Jazz and exercise condition- ing classes at the Hobert Thomas Dancenter. “I feel better about myself when I'm in shape and after a good workout, she said. Local health clubs furnished fitness equipment, aerobics classes, saunas, hot tubs, tanning beds and classes in the Martial Arts. Students could join with their families or take advantage of special student memberships that were sometimes offered. Students could also use the Ames High Gym or the lowa State University Gym to workout for free. w Sa SUCHT . eae Aerobics was one popular method of keeping fit in the winter. Students could take classes at almost all of about myself after a good -Senior Elise Shibles Aerobics at the Raquet Club is senior Pat Mc- Cracken's method of keeping in shape. (Photo by Amy Bleyle) Ames fitness and dance centers and. many spent evenings working out with their friends. | just take aerobics for fun; its better for you than jogg- ing. It works more areas of the body, said senior Chris Sabus, who took aerobics classes twice a week at the Ames Total Fitness Center. Students could also play ten- nis and raquetball to keep in Shape. Sophomore Stacy Walter said, “I'm on the ten- nis team and | want to stay in practice. Senior Kevin Wolters, who lifted weights six afternoons a week at the Ames Total Fitness Center, said, Lifting weights increases my strength, which will help in baseball in the spring.“ To brown that pale skin and give the illusion of constant exposure to healthy sun- shine, many beauty salons and clubs offered tanning beds. Junior Teri lversen tanned two days a week at the Ames Racquet and Fitness Center. “I’m going to Hawaii on spring break and | want to be tan before | go, she explained. Junior Grethe Langeland tanned for safety. “I went to the Bahamas last year and got a really bad burn; I'm making sure that doesnt happen this year,” she said. When spring came around, these students could look in the mirror and see the results of a long winter of ef- fort: skin that was dark enough to take straight to the beach and a body that was fit enough to put into (almost) any bathing suit without being embarrassed. -Karen Reilly