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;< More than 30,000 New Zealand women a week “work vout” to the Top 40 beat. Exercising to music is a ,7craze imported from the Ungited States last year. An increasing number of ■" people were choosing a “fun” to keep fit, said the (.director of one programme, ). Mr P. R. Mills. ♦V Mr Mill’s “Jazzercise” programme has almost 50 cenj. tres in New Zealand, with V 20,000 members. Casual exii ercisers also join classes —-
some held in city complexes and others in halls of small towns. The exercises are designed to be enjoyable but are based on routines approved by dance teachers, he said. Mr Mills runs 42 classes a week in Christchurch with 60 to 70 people at an average session. Most exercisers are women, but one class in Palmerston North was joined by a local rugby team looking to improve its co-ordina-tion, he said.
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