Cedar Bluffs improves weight room

CEDAR BLUFFS -- An addition to the Cedar Bluffs weight room should help Wildcat athletes get stronger and faster.

The Cedar Bluffs school board approved a $39,000 addition to the weight room earlier this spring. The addition includes four half racks, new bumper plates, a hammer press machine and a new adjustable cable machine.

Principal and athletic director Kevin Janssen had positive words about the changes.

"I love it all," he said. "Half racks allow us to do circuits. Our student-athletes can have proper rest time now.

The additions are a good recruiting tool for those students that dont live directly in Cedar Bluffs, but do live nearby. Janssen said the new equipment sends the message that the school is serious about athletics.

Typically 15-18 students use the weight room per day, but the addition is just in time for summer when more than 40 students will be using the room daily. Also a new scoreboard was added that is similar to a dry-erase board.

On the board, athletes can write their best scores in each lift and drill. The athletes will be able to compare how each other are doing. It should increase competition among teammates.

It will be a motivator for them, Janssen said. Coaches were very excited as well.

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