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Press, 25 November 1982, Page 10

it»»I i A Christchurch City Council Parks 8 Recreation E mi >\\ Department Campaign to promote health 9 lj I and fitness through swimming i| ■ Fitness improves your lifestyle i Getting fit is often a demanding , Overweight people who take up • Exercise must be taken at least Sg| and frustrating pursuit, but the jogging often suffer from leg, knee three times a week. Eg benefits are many andl anlde injuries caused by strain .It must last for more than 20 Fitness is not a magical elixir and stress on joints, muscles .and minutes. ■ which will give you immortality, but bones. v u • The intensity mu st be greater H it will improve your quality of life. Swimming avoids this because the than 65 per cent of your maxiTasks which were once demanding body is suspended in the water. mum ettort. KM ' and tiring can be done with less ef- For many people recovering from ‘ Fitnessl is IC | O fort. Recovery is quicker, and back, hip and spine injuries swimm- thing. If people think ® e |b| therefore more work can be ac ing is the only practical way to they immediately believe they a ||| Shshed™ the: same amount of return them to fullmobility. healthy and >t shows in.everything g| time. Mr John Edyvene. of the Sports they do. The quality of the life they Jogging, cycling and swimming Sciences Laboratory at the lead improves immensely. M are aTwlys of getting fit. All have University of Canterbury, says there “On ton of this there is often an Eg their advantages, but tor those wan- are three criteria people must fulfill if associated weight loss which as g ting to improve fitness and who are they are to increase their fitness, makes people feel much better, he Kg - overweight, swimming is perhaps whether they be cycling, swimming said. Ku the most suitable:- or running. H Tortoise versus swimmer I I now know how the tortoise felt great sceptism by our coach. Jo K* ..... when he'lined up against the hare in Watt, especially after last Monday > z s that epic encounter witnessed by when five lengths took an eternity Aesop many moons ago. A repeat and a “yawn was repressed with dif- jja result looks impossible. ficulty. Four of the group have cracked, or Such doubt can only spur one on to WW jf are close to 1000 metres, for their- greater heights, or is that depths? /JHk ' -XSH' 30-minute stint and although some Technique wise, things are improvSSE improvement has been noted over ing slowly, although breathing is still WK KSmBmP the last week it has not been enough difficult and my head is too far out of <7 OW to shatter the confidence of any of the water. My kicking is not very ef- Eg ’ IL / the “hares” in the sextet. fective either. .5$ '' *TH 4, - The other swimmers,will have to Progress of the swimmers to date, Ml A ■ WJT take a nap somewhere on the journey with pre-training distances in Eg| .MSB * ' . > JKSK if lam going to complete as many brackets: George Balam (800 m Ski IS ' ' metres in my 30 minutes. 1000 m; Phil Darkins (550 m 1000 m; K| Sfij ' < T^is is make-or-break week. A John Dunne (300 m 850 m; John Dur- M| MH chance remark that I hoped to com- ning (200 m 400 m; Jerry Grocott E 3 JOHN DURNING S 1000 :metre (30 lengths of (200 m 500 m; Biff Urquhart (600 m || Mg PRESS REPRESENTATIVE Centennial Pool) during the contest 1000 m. ME ME on December 11 was viewed with H