18 Terrace Review — Wednesday, March 4, 1987

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Businessman
Dick Ladouceur, owner and operator of fronworks in Terrace,
now has a thriving clientele at his body building studlo.

Professional offers training —

jin relaxed club atmosphere

TERRACE — Today
more and more women are

‘taking part in activities

which once were exclusive

to men only. .

“nant. °

“by Daniele Berquist

-Women of. today,- such
as Colleen Froese of Ter-

Tace,.are discovering how
weight training. can help = y,
‘change the way they feel
and the way they look,

without loosing — their
femininity.
Froese, who is enjoying
regular workouts at Iron-
works, (a local gym oper-
ated by its founder Dick
Ladouceur) is also five
and a half months preg-
Froese committed
herself to regular
workouts because she was
concerned ‘with = her
weight, like most women
are during pregnancy.
Froese, stated that after
consulting. her family “doc-
tor she was given permis-
sion to go ahead with an

exercise weight lifting pro-
gram. Froese, who has

‘been involved in- aerobics -

programs along with other
fitness programs, said she -
did not enjoy them. How-

. ever, last May she par-
ticipated in a training pro-

gram under the expertise
of coach Dick Ladouceur

_and enjoyed the workout.

very much. ‘*That’s why I .
came back to Ironworks,”’
she stated.

_ When Froese started.
again this year in January

she felt self conscious
because of her pregnancy.
Her _self-consciousness,

‘however, soon vanished.

I’m thankful I can do
smething for myself now

‘instead of waiting until
after the baby is born, .

Froese added.

Her training session in-
cludes six. different types
of leg raises: leg and calf
press, leg extension, leg
curl, calf raises and
oblique .pull along with

two types of sit ups.

The bench press is also

part of her routine. After

this -exercise Froese does
what is known.as flies. She

_ lays on her back lifting

weights, which in this case
are dumbells. A number
of exercises known as
cable rowing, wide pull

Daniele
Berquist

- downs, military press,
‘bicep curls, tricep exten-
sions and tricep pull
downs, and wrist curls are

all part of a single routine —

for Froese. .

As for, advice, | Froese
‘gets plenty from her hus-
band ‘Len and her coach
Dick Ladouceur. ‘Len
~ totally supports this pro-

ject”, Froese noted. ‘As .
long as I don’t overwork ..

myself, he’s all for it.’”

“Len stated that he had.
‘in, Dick’s

full’ trust.
capabilities as a coach

and, with Colleen visiting

‘along.

her doctor regularly, com-

plications are not fore-
seen,

Froese added that her
coach makes time.to offer
suggestions in guiding her
“Dick is always
very concerned, because
of my. condition and is
always ready to help Len
and I with our workouts.”

When the Froese’s baby

‘is born’ in. the spring a
‘name* has already. been

picked out, for the little

‘boy... Nathan David. And

if it’s a girl,” the new
parents will improvise.

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photos
: — "Weight lifting to keep fit

Owner-operator of Ironworks Gym, Dick Ladouceur, offers Ter-
race resident Colleen Froese a bit of advice. Froese is expect-
_ Ing her first chile this spring.

Debble Herz relaxes after a
tough leg workout on a hack
squat machine at lronworks
Gym In Terrace.

Workout

Local resident Gorinie Olson exercises regularly at Terrace's
fronworks. The young athlete exercises on a “cable rowing”
machine.

‘Bary Peters is doing the wide pull down exercise, used to
broaden and buitd back muscles. Peters Is a regular member
of Ironworks.

Local resident Bruno Belanger works out regularly at lron-
works under the supervision of owner Dick Ladouceur. The
gym Is located downstairs in the Terrace Hotel.

‘Chuck ‘Cey uses both arms in this exercise, called the
preacher curl. Cey has been training at Ironworks for over a

=f year,