Lunch Time Talk on Strength Training Proves Informative

Armando Montano
The Paw Print
Last week’s Lunch Time Talk in science and mathematics saw the debut of Dr. Mike Waller’s presentation “Strength Programming: a Historical perspective,” a well prepared and demonstrated lecture on the historical changes that strength training has taken mostly from the beginning of the 20th century to today. The room was packed with those interested to hear the discussion, gathering together a wide variety of spectators including ASC athletes, professors and faculty members, and other interested students from all sorts of academic backgrounds all seemed to find the presentation very intriguing and informational.
The Lecture created and presented by Waller of the HPPE department made a brilliant effort in gathering together information that historically paints the evolution of the human physique in common culture with the impact of media from the 1900s to today. With his extensive background in exercise science and Physical education, Waller’s presentation was able to illustrate to the audience that the fascination with perfecting the well-built human form for both men and women has had its impact in society for mostly the benefit of the common public.
The presentation also allowed for people who knew nothing about Human Performance or human health to have a working understanding of the developments that certain weight enthusiasts has made and how it benefits them. For those who have a background in human performance or have dabbled in strength training were also able to benefit from the lecture, as Waller was able to go into detail at any moment about any particular individual or program or advancement made in his lecture and was more than able to add an abundance of information that connected all the pieces together.
From the types of strength programs, to the types of strength equipment, to the various people who were able to innovate or completely reconfigure the direction that strength programming was going in the past, the lunchtime lecture was very educational, very gripping and very well received by all who attended. It was established well from the beginning that Waller’s background as a Strength coach, fitness director, personal teacher and author on several articles and books on the methods of power training and training methods, that the information was very accurate and was meant to be as inclusive of all people.
While the subject matter could be intimidating for anyone who has scarcely seen the inside of a gym before, the presentation encouraged many who hadn’t taken much consideration into their physical maintenance to not become hulking muscly masses but well fit versions of themselves with a modest effort in maintaining their physical abilities and vigor.
Waller’s lecture last week was the second in the spring 2012 Lunchtime Talks in Science and Mathematics series. With growing popularity with the lunchtime talks, it is certainly expected that the next Lunchtime talk will also meet with many enthusiastic spectators.