The Transition: Old To The New Weight Room

Citizens of Janesville provide the building and private donors the equipment for a new weightroom. May 2009





At Parker school ends at 3:20. Some 'early birds' are shown at 3:22 reserving their place in Parker's new weight room. This feature hopes to give the viewer an idea of the transition from the old to the new weight room facility. Because of the generosity of the people of Janesville who passed a referendum that built new athletic facilities and community members whose donations funded the equipment in the weight room, Parker and Craig now have the latest in equipment. Parker has 11 rack stations like those pictured above. There are also four stations where athletes can exercise in order to strengthen their abs.

The Old Weight Room

Because of the small space and limited rack stations in the old weight room athletes spilled out into the basement hall-ways [left] in order to complete their lifts.

Go to old weight room slide show.

The Transition To the New Weight Room


The new weight room replaces two storage rooms and a hallway in the basement that were used as the weight room since 1979. The new area is adjacent to the field house area and has an area of 6,000 square feet. The old equipment was moved to the new weight room until the new equipment was moved into the weight room during the week of May 4. Physical Education classes use the facility during the school day while athletes and athletic teams use the area from 6 AM until 7:30 AM before school and 3:30 PM to 6:00 PM after school.

A Look At Some Of The Equipment In The New Weight Room

Eric Skrzypchak a former Badger football player who is now a math teacher and assistant football coach at Parker is shown instructing lifters in proper techniques to be used in the various lifts. Students can make use of the weight room before and after school on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Those in the weight room must come properly dressed and adhere to the organized workout outline for the day. Safety is stessed and lifters work in groups in order to spot and give encouragement during their workouts. In the summer the room will be used Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday during the morning and early evening hours.


Thank You Janesville For Investing In The Youth Of Our City