Strength and Conditioning is a very broad term that is broken down into many different forms. One form of strength and conditioning is being a Personal Trainer. Students who are going to school to become a PT practice their techniques on other students by coming up with a workout plan for them to do.

“I’m glad to not only be a HFT, Health Fitness Technician, but also a coach for the athletes,” Health Fitness Technician Director and Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, Travis Warner said.

On the other hand, there’s athletes that must do workouts for their sports. The throwers in Track and Field would lift heavy weights while ball players such as Volleyball and Basketball would do reps.

“I design a guided program for the athletes to workout to,” Warner said.“I teach a fitness class as well.”

In Warner’s fitness class, he works mainly with what’s called a TRX, a Total body, Resistance eXercise. The TRX is bungie type bands that can hook onto a wall or door and allows you to build muscle by pulling on them. These bands can work most of your body muscle whether it is your shoulders, legs or your core. While working with the TRX, you are given a structured workout. No weights are included, just strap it to the wall or door and get started.

“I’d have to say Cross Training and Yoga are the two most popular workout classes,” Warner said. Most guys would prefer a weight lifting exercise than a conditioning one, while girls are seen to do the conditioning and only some weight lifting.

“I always tell my students to be mentally strong and physically tough,” Warner said.

Gabe West, a former student at SFCC now a Personal Trainer working there notices that more females have taken over the conditioning room than the males have in the past couple of years.

“I think the reason why more females are working hard this year is because of Travis Warner. He has definitely inspired them through his program,” West said.