Strength Training and Conditioning is a class where students can get a credit for lifting and doing some conditioning during the school day. If you usually lift and want to get two lifts in some day then strength and conditioning is the class for you.

Strength Training and Conditioning is for everyone at BSM, not just athletes. The class is for students who also want to get stronger and don’t have time outside of school. “We also want everybody in the building to be strong and capable to pursue whatever activity or sport that you are doing. And we feel like strength and conditioning is a solid foundation for that,” gym teacher Casey Hanson said.

Strength Training and Conditioning isn’t just about working out, because students also talk about nutrition. Students always ask about what and how much food they should be eating. “Basically, I would ask the class what are some things we want to know about nutrition. A lot of people are interested in what we should be eating while lifting. How much protein should I be intaking while I’m doing an exercise program? So we would go in and figure out those avenues like what calories are. How many calories should I be consuming? So we would go and research them,” Hanson said.

Some students have seen progress in their strength while joining the class. “I have just kind of my overall strength and endurance. As far as some of the weightlifting goes, I noticed that some of the weights that were heavier at the start of the year, I actually feel like they’re getting lighter now because I think I’m getting in shape,” student Trey Brixius said.

Most students that are in the class suggest the class for younger students in school.
“I think it should be because I think it would help the kids like me that were maybe a bit more lazy and not wanting to get to the weight room and probably should be for their sport,” student Bray Frick said.

Some students think strength and condition is an easy class if you put work/effort into it. “I mean, there’s a lot of physical effort put in and not a lot of mental effort as much like other classes, but I think it’s pretty fair,” Frick said.