The Catalyst » Sports http://dhscatalyst.com The School Newspaper of Duluth High School Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:17:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 College’s Strongest Cheerleader http://dhscatalyst.com/sports/2012/02/03/college%e2%80%99s-strongest-cheerleader/ http://dhscatalyst.com/sports/2012/02/03/college%e2%80%99s-strongest-cheerleader/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:50:01 +0000 Kate http://dhscatalyst.com/?p=4668 Anna Watson, a University of Georgia cheerleader, has to be America’s strongest female cheerleader. She constantly spends her time in the weight room, and people definitely notice. Watson recently passed up a well-paying contract for a fitness modeling job  because she didn’t want to use a legal steroid. Watson considers it a “big deal to hold an elite position” on the cheerleading squad at UGA.  Watson competed as a gymnast for 10 years and became a cheerleader during her sophomore year of high school. She can bench 155 pounds, squat 255 pounds, and dead lift 230 pounds. According to the local UGA newspaper, Watson added four inches of muscles on her arms in only 10 months. Watson was offered a $75,000 fitness modeling contract, but she turned it down. The modeling agency wanted her to use Anavar, a legal steroid that would help her gain up to 50 pounds of muscle. Watson wants to have children and was worried about the effects the steroid would have on her body, so she passed. Watson says her life is “not all about exercise and working out.” Watson is currently out for the season after rupturing her Achilles tendon.

Kelsey Carniglia, ’12, Staff Writer

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