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CONTENTS<br />
APRIL <strong>2017</strong><br />
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Training for multiple sports<br />
– Kristina Driller<br />
Fuel yourself<br />
– Monica Van De Weerd<br />
34<br />
On the cover<br />
7<br />
How stress can impact your<br />
food choices by Dr Libby<br />
Features<br />
10<br />
12<br />
15<br />
16<br />
Nature walks for<br />
wellbeing<br />
World Masters Games <strong>2017</strong><br />
Jimmy McMurray<br />
– pedalling for glory<br />
On your marks, get set, go<br />
– Alison Storey<br />
7<br />
Injury prevention<br />
20 – John Appel<br />
22<br />
24<br />
26<br />
30<br />
32<br />
34<br />
Yoga in your masters years<br />
– Sarah McDonald<br />
Mental health and wellbeing<br />
Onwards and upwards<br />
Pathway to podium:<br />
Joshua Nyika<br />
Goal setter: Alia Jaques<br />
At home with Dr Libby<br />
Beauty spot<br />
36<br />
41<br />
43<br />
44<br />
53<br />
Regular<br />
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Quick bites<br />
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FROM THE EDITOR<br />
Welcome to our new look <strong>Fitness</strong><br />
<strong>Journal</strong> – now called <strong>INSPO</strong><br />
<strong>Fitness</strong> <strong>Journal</strong> to reflect the expanding<br />
horizons of our popular monthly<br />
publication.<br />
While we have always been, and still<br />
are, committed to health, fitness, wellbeing<br />
and nutrition, we also touch on elements<br />
of lifestyle, beauty and design.<br />
Our <strong>INSPO</strong> rename is to reflect our<br />
focus on all things inspiring. Part of this<br />
also involves a redesign. We hope you love<br />
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before).<br />
In this issue we’re packed with content<br />
around women’s health and wellbeing (as<br />
our nod to Mother’s Day), as well as the<br />
World Masters Games and profiling some<br />
awesome young (and older) athletes.<br />
Don’t forget to head to our website<br />
(fitnessjournal.co.nz) which is packed with<br />
informative articles and tips, as well as<br />
ideas to hopefully inspire you to try some<br />
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When it comes to sports, Alison<br />
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Let’s face it, you don’t polish off a packet<br />
of chocolate biscuits thinking you are going<br />
to feel amazing afterwards. And you don’t do<br />
that from a lack of knowledge – you do it for<br />
biochemical or emotional reasons, or both.<br />
Adrenalin (our short-term stress hormone)<br />
communicates to every cell in the<br />
body that your life is in danger – even if the<br />
reason you are feeling stressed is because you<br />
are making a phone call you would rather<br />
not make, or because your email inbox is<br />
exploding and you have a perception of pressure<br />
to stay on top of it all.<br />
Adrenalin triggers a surge in your blood<br />
glucose (sugar) levels, which is ultimately<br />
followed by a crash, and with that comes the<br />
biological desire to restore glucose levels.<br />
This is when your sugar cravings are likely<br />
to arise.<br />
Consuming too much caffeine is a sure<br />
fire way to feel stressed or rushed as it also<br />
results in the release of adrenalin. Many<br />
people feel tired, yet often describe themselves<br />
as being wired – yet they continue to<br />
consume coffee (which stimulates adrenalin<br />
production).<br />
This is of particular importance if you<br />
feel jittery when you consume it. Swap coffee<br />
for green tea, or if that’s just unbearable<br />
to you, ask for a single shot coffee (often<br />
what we think of as a regular size coffee can<br />
contain two or more shots) and notice if you<br />
feel calmer and more energised after a week<br />
of doing this.<br />
HOW STRESS<br />
can impact your food choices<br />
BY DR LIBBY<br />
I have never believed that<br />
weight-loss or weight<br />
management is as simple as<br />
calories in versus calories out.<br />
Our bodies are not inert and<br />
what contributes to how we<br />
nourish ourselves includes<br />
what can be complex cultural,<br />
metabolic, psychological and<br />
environmental factors.<br />
What, and how much you eat, as<br />
well as moving your body regularly<br />
aren’t the only things that<br />
impact your shape and size. Emotional and<br />
physical stress can also tip the balance of the<br />
nervous system and subsequently the scales.<br />
But it’s not always about weight gain,<br />
stress can also result in people losing weight<br />
– or changing their eating habits.<br />
Driving the stress response<br />
When you are stressed your body is constantly<br />
producing adrenalin, and as a result<br />
your energy tends to be inconsistent.<br />
You fire up and then you crash, and the<br />
choices you make when you crash can set<br />
you up to fire up again and quite often they<br />
are nutritionally of a poor quality. They will<br />
typically involve caffeine, sugars or starches,<br />
or all three.<br />
Stress and weight gain<br />
When you are running on adrenalin your<br />
body needs a fast burning fuel, so instead of<br />
burning body fat (which is a slow and steady<br />
fuel), it chooses more glucose.<br />
Continual overproduction of cortisol<br />
(our long-term stress hormone) can lead to<br />
visceral fat gain, the type located inside our<br />
abdomen that is strongly linked to inflammation<br />
and an increased risk of many diseases.<br />
Stress has a tendency to make food feel more<br />
rewarding or comforting, and subsequently<br />
we can rely on food to ease our stress.<br />
Be mindful of when you’re eating to<br />
alleviate stress or when you’re eating because<br />
you’re hungry. Typically, the types of food<br />
you want will be the clue here. Not many<br />
people who are stressed crave a big bowl of<br />
kale.<br />
Stress and weight loss<br />
Many people describe that the mere thought<br />
of eating makes them feel nauseous in the<br />
midst of chronic stress and anxiety. There is<br />
a biochemical reason behind this.<br />
When our bodies produce stress hormones<br />
part of this ‘fight or flight’ response<br />
suppresses what it considers non-essential<br />
processes such as our digestion, therefore,<br />
digestive processes are compromised.<br />
Nutrient-dense liquids are often beneficial<br />
for people in times like these as they’re<br />
much easier to digest; try soups, smoothies<br />
and slow-cooked foods, such as casseroles.<br />
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“Let’s face it, you don’t<br />
polish off a packet<br />
of chocolate biscuits<br />
thinking you are going to<br />
feel amazing afterwards.<br />
And you don’t do<br />
that from a lack of<br />
knowledge – you do it for<br />
biochemical or emotional<br />
reasons, or both.”<br />
It’s not all about food<br />
One effective strategy for modulating or even<br />
eliminating stress is to identify where the<br />
stress in your life is coming from, or if you<br />
are driving this physical response through<br />
your thoughts and perceptions of pressure<br />
and urgency. This is not often as obvious as<br />
it may seem.<br />
While there are obvious triggers such as<br />
work deadlines, financial pressure, relationship<br />
pressures and so on, there will also be<br />
situations in your life you may never have<br />
considered.<br />
For example, your daily commute, or<br />
people in your life that may cause you to<br />
feel stressed due to their very nature or your<br />
response to them.<br />
It may help to do an experiment where<br />
you monitor your state of mind regularly;<br />
when you start to feel stressed write down<br />
the cause, your thoughts and subsequently<br />
your mood. Once you can identify your<br />
source/s of stress you can develop your own<br />
plan for addressing these factors.<br />
While you may be able to minimise some<br />
of your identified stressors, it may not be<br />
possible to completely eliminate them.<br />
When you feel stressed, I can’t encourage<br />
you enough to bring focus to the way you are<br />
breathing – this has a powerful impact on<br />
the nervous system.<br />
Nothing is more effective in decreasing<br />
your production of stress hormones than<br />
diaphragmatic breathing – long, slow breaths<br />
that move your diaphragm.<br />
This communicates to every cell in your<br />
body that you are safe, and will allow you to<br />
feel calmer and your body burns body fat<br />
more effectively with the calm arm of the<br />
nervous system in charge.<br />
About Dr Libby<br />
When it comes to women’s health and<br />
wellbeing, Dr Libby (Weaver) and her<br />
brand of down-to-earth advice is highly<br />
regarded and widely sought after.<br />
As one of Australasia’s leading nutritional<br />
biochemists and a best-selling<br />
(nine times) author, Dr Libby may come<br />
armed with an impressive arsenal of<br />
talents, but her goals are simple: to help<br />
people regain their energy and vitality,<br />
and take charge of their health and<br />
happiness.<br />
Hotly sought after as a speaker, she is<br />
set to visit Hamilton this month as part<br />
of a New Zealand and Australian tour.<br />
The topic, Sort Your Sleep, is a guide to<br />
understanding mood, stress and fatigue.<br />
The Hamilton event is on <strong>April</strong> 12 at<br />
Waikato Diocesan School for Girls (tickets<br />
are available through drlibby.com).<br />
The respected international speaker<br />
and her expertise in nutritional biochemistry<br />
has led her to share the stage with<br />
the likes of Dr Oz, Tony Robbins and<br />
Sir Richard Branson. Her clients include<br />
Hugh Jackman and tens of thousands<br />
of people around the globe passionate<br />
about achieving and maintaining their<br />
ultimate health and wellbeing.<br />
With a background in biochemistry<br />
and a natural ability to break down even<br />
the most complex of concepts into layman’s<br />
terms, Dr Libby’s health messages<br />
are globally relevant, across the world.<br />
Her PhD examined the biochemical<br />
and nutritional factors in children with<br />
autism, and her findings have since<br />
changed the way the condition is treated<br />
in Australia and New Zealand.<br />
Having recently founded and<br />
launched her own plant-based supplement<br />
range, Bio Blends, Dr Libby has a<br />
bold mission statement – but looks like<br />
she is well on task to achieving it.<br />
“My mission is to educate and inspire,<br />
enhancing people’s health and happiness,<br />
igniting a ripple effect that transforms<br />
the world.”<br />
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NATURE WALKS<br />
FOR WELLBEING<br />
Are you dreaming of the next adventure? I hope that you are<br />
not sitting in an office reading this. However, if you are don’t<br />
worry. Most of us sit in an office at some stage of the week.<br />
Some more than others.<br />
BY SHANAN MILES<br />
I<br />
know for myself and many of my work<br />
colleagues, turning up on Monday morning<br />
after a great weekend of activity can be<br />
very difficult for the mental state.<br />
And if the workload is particularly large,<br />
it can be hard to pull yourself up and into a<br />
mission for the next weekend. But it’s worth<br />
it; get motivated to get out there, as time in<br />
nature will help refresh your mental state.<br />
We don’t all work 9am-5pm anymore<br />
either, it seems we work around the clock<br />
sometimes. There is no break and the stress<br />
can all be too much. This makes it important<br />
to do some planning - for a break for<br />
yourself. Maybe take the kids, your dog or<br />
partner, or just keep the time off to yourself.<br />
We all relax and unwind differently, but<br />
wherever you live, I bet within half an hour’s<br />
drive there is a park, a beach, a forest, a lake<br />
or some type of outdoor environment. There<br />
will be a bit of nature out there for you. You<br />
just have to plan the time to go and relax in<br />
it. As many studies have confirmed, nature<br />
is important in our lives, it helps us connect,<br />
relax, and refresh.<br />
Start by doing the Google Earth thing.<br />
Look at satellite maps and look for the green<br />
stuff. It is amazing the hidden gems you<br />
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Failing that, have a look on the Department<br />
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“I hate all those<br />
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wrong clothing, so get<br />
yourself a sexy raincoat<br />
and live a little.”<br />
– Quote by comedian and general<br />
legend Billy Connolly<br />
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nz). Look up an area you have not yet been,<br />
or somewhere you remember going to. The<br />
list of short walks out there is huge. If your<br />
fitness is down, start with a small physical<br />
challenge.<br />
If you are an ultra-athlete, find something<br />
that might relax your mind rather than push<br />
the body. It is all there for us. We just have to<br />
go for a look and make the time.<br />
Once you have found a nature walk that<br />
suits your time off, plan what you might<br />
need. A daypack, some comfortable shoes,<br />
a drink bottle and some lunch. Maybe a<br />
camera, an extra warm layer? Have a look at<br />
the weather; the Met Service website (metservice.co.nz)<br />
is good for local reports. This<br />
might help you decide what to take in your<br />
daypack.<br />
If it looks like it is going to rain, get into it.<br />
Put some dry clothes in the car for when you<br />
get back. Put a thermos in your bag; maybe<br />
take a wide brim hat. Help that rain stay out<br />
of your eyes as you are going to need those<br />
for enjoying the views.<br />
It is about being out in nature. It’s something<br />
that we all need. The sight of a waterfall<br />
or a wave crashing on the beach shows us the<br />
beauty of the natural world around us. The<br />
birds flitting in the sky, the shade on a hot<br />
day offered by a big tree can be so nice.<br />
Shanan’s five favourite<br />
Waikato walks:<br />
• Pirongia<br />
• Karangahake Gorge<br />
• Pinnacles (Coromandel Range)<br />
• Cathedral Cove<br />
• Maungatautari<br />
Find the little things that make up the<br />
natural world around you. Enjoy them, watch<br />
them, and feel them with your hands or feet.<br />
You cannot beat a barefoot stroll down a<br />
sandy beach.<br />
Have a look at the Leave No Trace NZ<br />
website (leavenotrace.org.nz). This is a collaboration<br />
with the Department of Conservation<br />
to help promote conservation for our<br />
environment. Remember it is your environment,<br />
so please look after it. Have a think<br />
about the natural state of the area you have<br />
chosen to go for a walk in. What does it look<br />
like? What should it look like?<br />
Find the time to get out and about. Do it<br />
for yourself, take the time to relax in nature.<br />
It’s pretty amazing how full of energy you<br />
can be after a slog up a hill to an epic view.<br />
SHANAN MILES is Wintec’s Lead Outdoor Education tutor. He holds a Diploma in<br />
Outdoor Education and Adult Education. Shanan is an assessor for the New Zealand<br />
Outdoor Instructors’ Association and Skills Active New Zealand. In his spare time<br />
Andrew loves spending time with his family, hunting, fishing and being out in the<br />
wilderness.<br />
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World Masters Games<br />
– by the numbers<br />
WORLD<br />
MASTERS<br />
GAMES <strong>2017</strong><br />
The World Masters Games are perhaps the ultimate<br />
example of the many benefits and positives of being<br />
involved in sport; whether as an athlete, coach or volunteer.<br />
Kicking off this month (<strong>April</strong> 21-30), and<br />
being hosted primarily in Auckland<br />
(with rowing and cycling events held in<br />
Cambridge), this is the largest multi-sport event<br />
in the world. In terms of athlete numbers, it is<br />
bigger in scale than even the Olympics.<br />
Approximately 24,513 participants are set<br />
to compete in 28 sports - across 48 competition<br />
venues.<br />
The World Masters Games are regarded<br />
as the largest event New Zealand will host in<br />
at least the next decade. This is a superb opportunity<br />
to witness athletes of a huge cross<br />
section of ages in action.<br />
For action close to home, head to Lake<br />
Karapiro where the world class rowing facilities<br />
host the World Masters Games rowing<br />
events, while all track cycling events will be<br />
held at the Avantidrome.<br />
worldmastersgames<strong>2017</strong>.co.nz<br />
Countries represented 100<br />
Participants registered 27,472<br />
Total number of athletes 24,513<br />
Total number of supporters 2,959<br />
and non-playing officials<br />
Male participants<br />
53 percent<br />
Female participants 47 percent<br />
Age of youngest competitor 25 (swimming)<br />
Age of oldest competitor 101 (athletics)<br />
Countries represented 100<br />
Top countries and participants<br />
New Zealand 10,594<br />
Australia 6,966<br />
Canada 2,000<br />
USA 1,260<br />
United Kingdom 462<br />
Russia 447<br />
Sweden 430<br />
Japan 383<br />
Finland 323<br />
Germany 269<br />
Most popular team sports Number of<br />
teams<br />
Basketball 170<br />
Beach Volleyball 153<br />
Softball 144<br />
Football 135<br />
Indoor Volleyball 109<br />
Hockey 106<br />
Most popular individual<br />
sports<br />
Athletics 1953<br />
Orienteering 1733<br />
Swimming 1625<br />
Badminton 1180<br />
Rowing 1157<br />
Number of<br />
competitors<br />
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Active ambassadors<br />
From weekend warriors to former elite<br />
athletes, the World Masters Games <strong>2017</strong> ambassadors<br />
are a special group of sports men<br />
and women representing different sports,<br />
age groups and experiences.<br />
The ambassadors are lending their time<br />
and support as masters’ advocates quite simply<br />
‘for the love of sport’ and to help World<br />
Masters Games <strong>2017</strong> communicate the size<br />
and scale of the event and its importance to<br />
the masters sporting movement globally.<br />
Many of the ambassadors are former elite<br />
athletes who have chosen to continue with<br />
their passion until much later in life. Equally,<br />
some are looking to try their hand at new<br />
sports and will train for something different<br />
in <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
This reflects the World Masters Games<br />
ethos - that the event is for anyone with a<br />
passion for sports competition. Ability is<br />
only part of the story.<br />
Garth Barfoot<br />
WMG Events: Athletics (half marathon road<br />
race and 5000 metres track), Swimming<br />
(2500 metres open water), Cycling (20 km<br />
time trial), Triathlon (sprint distance)<br />
Competition goal: I have twin goals but<br />
they’re incompatible. Win five gold medals<br />
showing my hunger as an athlete, and be last<br />
in my age group in those five events showing<br />
I’m a good host.<br />
Masters sports is what Garth Barfoot knows<br />
and loves. He is a true weekend warrior<br />
who has competed in hundreds of triathlon<br />
events, entered 33 ironman events and completed<br />
20 of them.<br />
In <strong>April</strong>, 2014 he completed the swim section<br />
in the team’s race of the Barfoot & Thompson<br />
ITU World Series Triathlon, notwithstanding a<br />
hip replacement nine weeks earlier after being<br />
knocked off his bike by a car.<br />
To celebrate turning 80 in 2016 Garth<br />
entered as many world championships in<br />
triathlon as he could, not just enter but start,<br />
not just start but finish. His quest took him<br />
to four countries across three continents.<br />
Unusually for someone his age Garth has<br />
to fit his training around a regular job as a<br />
director of Auckland Real Estate Company,<br />
Barfoot & Thompson, the presenting partner<br />
of World Masters Games <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
Garth turns his lack of training time to<br />
his advantage, always looking forward to a<br />
training session “because it is different from<br />
work”.<br />
“World Masters Games <strong>2017</strong> is a unique<br />
opportunity to showcase the masters’ sports<br />
ethos I love and the city I call home,” says<br />
Garth.<br />
Jenny-May Clarkson (Coffin)<br />
WMG Event: Triathlon sprint (team relay)<br />
Competition goal: Make sure the performance<br />
matches our training - lots of fun and<br />
not too serious.<br />
International and representative netballer,<br />
international touch rugby representative,<br />
sports broadcaster.<br />
A 26-cap career as a member of the Silver<br />
Ferns and the thrill of a Commonwealth<br />
Games silver medal are just some of the<br />
career highlights for Jenny-May Clarkson<br />
(nee Coffin).<br />
The ante on Jenny-May’s extremely<br />
busy work life – ONE News sports<br />
presenter, front person for Maori Television’s<br />
highly popular CODE, presenter<br />
for TVNZ’s Whanau Living, coach of the<br />
Northern Mystics development team and<br />
development advisor for High Performance<br />
Sport New Zealand – went up a big notch<br />
in 2016 with the birth of twin boys, following<br />
her marriage to Dean Clarkson the<br />
previous year.<br />
After considerable head scratching,<br />
Jenny-May and husband Dean decided<br />
to enter the Triathlon sprint as a relay<br />
team undertaking the swim and cycle legs<br />
respectively.<br />
The couple will be joined by Anthony<br />
(Tony) Woodcock to tackle the 5km run<br />
following a promotional search for a ‘third<br />
wheel’ to join Team Clarkson.<br />
Over and above the event she is competing<br />
in herself, Jenny-May says masters<br />
sport is a great chance to reconnect with old<br />
friends and team mates.<br />
“World Masters Games <strong>2017</strong> is a unique<br />
opportunity for Auckland to host former and<br />
maybe even current Commonwealth, Olympic<br />
and World Champions along with the<br />
thousands of other athletes who simply compete<br />
because they love it,” says Jenny-May.<br />
Nathan Twaddle<br />
Events entered: rowing (five events) and<br />
triathlon<br />
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Competition goal:<br />
Survival is desirable but not critical. But I<br />
do want to win the trash talk battle pre-race,<br />
regardless of whether I can back it up or not.<br />
Olympic bronze medal rower Nathan<br />
Twaddle takes his place as one of a number<br />
of highly successful New Zealander rowers in<br />
recent years. It was in the pairs that he carved<br />
out a successful international career, teaming<br />
up with George Bridgewater to take the World<br />
Championship title in 2005 in the famous<br />
Gifu Kiwi medal haul.<br />
The duo went on to take two more silver<br />
medals in 2006 at Eton and 2007 at Munich.<br />
His career highlight is undoubtedly when<br />
he and George won the bronze medal at<br />
the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Accolades and<br />
awards followed including the Halberg Team<br />
of the Year title in 2005.<br />
Now an Athlete Life Advisor with High<br />
Performance Sport New Zealand, based in<br />
Cambridge, Nathan still enjoys rowing socially<br />
with mates from the Auckland Rowing Club.<br />
“The competition and camaraderie of<br />
rowing was always a big part of why I rowed<br />
and masters events means I can continue to<br />
do so. In fact a few mates and I were recently<br />
discussing what sports we might compete<br />
in at the World Masters Games <strong>2017</strong> – there<br />
are certainly plenty of options even outside<br />
of rowing, and I’m looking forward to being<br />
part of such an exciting event.”<br />
Allison Roe<br />
WMG Event: Mountain biking<br />
Competition goal:<br />
Get to the start line fit and healthy - then I<br />
will be free to express myself.<br />
Described as athletics’ Golden Girl, Allison<br />
Roe was one of New Zealand’s greatest<br />
distance runners. Images of Allison winning<br />
the 1981 Boston and New York marathons in<br />
course record times are some of the most<br />
enduring in New Zealand athletics.<br />
Her twin wins in the US were followed by<br />
a world record for the 20km set in Japan.<br />
Since ending her competitive running career,<br />
Allison’s name has become synonymous with<br />
health and fitness.<br />
“These days my business interests coincide<br />
with my personal passions – health and<br />
fitness - so an involvement with World Masters<br />
Games <strong>2017</strong> is a wonderful and logical fit<br />
for me,” says Allison.<br />
As a former national titleholder in three<br />
sports, including triathlon, Allison has a<br />
range of sports options to compete in at<br />
World Masters Games <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
“I’m lucky to have lots of choices – from<br />
swimming, running and cycling - and while<br />
I was hoping to try something different like<br />
rowing, injury has ruled that out.”<br />
Susie Simcock<br />
WMG Event: Golf<br />
Competition goal: Enjoying being part of<br />
my third World Masters Games, especially at<br />
home in Kiwiland.<br />
International and national sports management<br />
specialist Susie Simcock has a CV<br />
which is probably unrivalled in this country.<br />
She is best known as New Zealand’s “Mrs<br />
Squash” as a player, manager and administrator,<br />
and was the first woman elected president<br />
of the World Squash Federation.<br />
Susie has been a long-time NZ Olympic<br />
Committee member and is both a New<br />
Zealand Olympic Order holder and Halberg<br />
SPARC Leadership awardee.<br />
Masters sport is a real passion for Susie<br />
– not only has she been a medal-winning<br />
competitor, she has also applied her considerable<br />
sports management experience<br />
as a Governor of the International Masters<br />
Games Association from 2002 to 2010. She<br />
says masters sport is a wonderful opportunity<br />
for passionate sports people to have an<br />
ongoing involvement in their chosen sport<br />
– participating, competing, having fun while<br />
keeping fit and healthy together with the<br />
many other benefits that sport provides.<br />
Golf is Susie’s current sport of choice and<br />
she is keen to once again take part in a World<br />
Masters Games competition.<br />
“I’m excited to be part of the very special<br />
opportunity World Masters Games <strong>2017</strong> provides<br />
for Kiwis to be inspired and challenged<br />
to join sports people from around the world<br />
in the biggest multisport, multinational<br />
sporting event on the planet.”<br />
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JIMMY<br />
McMURRAY<br />
Pedalling for<br />
World Masters<br />
Games glory<br />
BY GRAHAM SKELLERN<br />
Every week Jimmy McMurray<br />
pedals the Waikato countryside,<br />
covering between 400 to<br />
450 kilometres.<br />
He turns out of his lifestyle block on<br />
the banks of Lake Karapiro and cycles<br />
``the quieter roads’’ towards Tokoroa<br />
– his daily training regime reaching between<br />
60-70km. In between, he completes sprints<br />
and hill work closer to home.<br />
The 56-year-old, an area rep for Sheppard<br />
Cycles and Avanti Bikes, is building up for a<br />
podium finish at the World Masters Games<br />
to be held in Auckland later this month.<br />
``This is a very big event and has a strong<br />
following,’’ says Jimmy, the world one hour<br />
record holder for his age group. ``We are<br />
talking 25,000 athletes across all sports.<br />
That’s phenomenally huge, bigger than the<br />
Olympic Games participation.<br />
``I’m riding faster times now than when<br />
I was in my 20s – more than four minutes<br />
over a measured course, though technology<br />
has changed.<br />
Every year I train harder, I’m fitter and<br />
I’m a little quicker. I’m aiming for a minimum<br />
top three at the World Masters Games.’’<br />
Jimmy has entered the 55-59 years 20km<br />
time trial on the Auckland Waterfront on<br />
<strong>April</strong> 23, and the 70km road race at Ardmore<br />
on <strong>April</strong> 30.<br />
In early September last year he won the<br />
22.6km time trial for the 55-59 age group at<br />
the Union Cycling Internationale’s Amateur<br />
Road World Championships near Perth –<br />
and therefore is a favourite to complete the<br />
double as World Masters Games champion.<br />
At Perth he finished ahead of former world<br />
champions Dzimitry Buben from Belarus and<br />
Michael Pfeil from Germany in a field of 48<br />
representing 15 countries. His winning time<br />
of 26 minutes 8 seconds, at an average speed<br />
of 44.8kph, was faster than the younger 50-54<br />
age group by more than half a minute.<br />
Jimmy was pipped by half a wheel and<br />
settled for the silver medal in the 110km road<br />
race which attracted 165 competitors from 25<br />
countries.<br />
“I’m riding faster times<br />
now than when I was in<br />
my 20s. I’m fitter and<br />
I’m a little quicker. I’m<br />
aiming for a minimum<br />
top three at the World<br />
Masters Games.’’<br />
In <strong>April</strong> last year he tested his resolve and<br />
will; attempting the one hour record for his<br />
age group at the Avantidrome. From a standing<br />
start, he pedalled furiously for 47.773km<br />
when time was up, more than 2km ahead of<br />
the previous record of 45.6kms.<br />
“`I wanted to see if I was good enough<br />
going up against the world mark.<br />
“The time trial is the `race of truth’ where<br />
you are only racing against the clock and<br />
there are no outside influences.’’<br />
Jimmy has always been a competitive<br />
road cyclist. In his 20s he raced alongside<br />
the likes of Graeme Miller, Paul Leitch, Jack<br />
Swart and Stephen Cox.<br />
``All these guys were two years older than<br />
me and the incumbent Olympic riders. They<br />
always went to the Games. But I’m better<br />
than them now … because they don’t ride as a<br />
competitively.’’<br />
After taking a break from road cycling, he<br />
returned 12 years ago.<br />
``I was a bit overweight and not as healthy<br />
as I should have been. The training and improving<br />
the fitness led to the competition.’’<br />
He reduced his weight from 94kgs to 73kg<br />
and caught the racing bug again riding for<br />
the Tokoroa Forestland Wheelers club. On<br />
his return, Jimmy has won 11 New Zealand<br />
road race and time trial titles in different age<br />
groups.<br />
He has been to three world amateur<br />
championships and always finished in the<br />
top 10 including two seconds and of course<br />
the time trial victory at Perth.<br />
``I like to do the very best I can, but also<br />
it’s not the end of the world,’’ says Jimmy.<br />
``I do it because I enjoy it, and the World<br />
Masters Games will be another personal<br />
challenge.’’<br />
Backed by his gruelling training regime, he<br />
will be ready and will no doubt be one of the<br />
New Zealand medallists in Auckland this <strong>April</strong>.<br />
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BY KRISTINA DRILLER<br />
When competing across<br />
multiple sporting disciplines,<br />
careful consideration is<br />
required to design an effective<br />
exercise programme.<br />
Shannon O’Donnell, a University of<br />
Waikato Hillary Scholar for both barefoot<br />
water skiing and netball, shares<br />
how she uses exercise to help excel on both<br />
the water and the court.<br />
Currently studying towards her PhD,<br />
which involves working with the Waikato/<br />
BOP Magic netball team as their performance<br />
analyst, the focus of Shannon’s research is<br />
sports physiology, sleep and hormones.<br />
Shannon is also a Hillary Scholar for<br />
barefoot water skiing and netball. A member<br />
of the New Zealand Barefoot Water Skiing<br />
team, she has represented New Zealand at<br />
the World Championships (2010), winning<br />
a bronze medal. Shannon also plays for<br />
the New World Rototuna Suburbs Premier<br />
netball team.<br />
What are the most important physical<br />
requirements for your sports?<br />
There’s quite a lot of cross-over between<br />
barefoot water skiing and netball - both require<br />
a great deal of core strength and stability.<br />
Therefore, my gym routine consists of a mix<br />
of upper and lower body strength sessions<br />
which engage the core and require balance.<br />
I also have to be conscious of injuries<br />
(which are common place among water skiers).<br />
Knee and shoulder injuries are particularly<br />
prominent, so it’s important to include stability<br />
exercises which help to strengthen these<br />
areas in order to minimise the risk of injury<br />
and compliment my water-based skill training.<br />
From your experience with strength and conditioning,<br />
which specific exercises have been<br />
most useful for your sports?<br />
I would say single leg squats because they<br />
incorporate each of the important physical<br />
requirements - strength, balance and stability<br />
via the core – and are a movement which<br />
translate well to the netball court (single leg<br />
take-off and landing) and to specific events on<br />
the water (such as the jump event). I also like<br />
cable wood chops as they strengthen the core<br />
using a movement which is similar to that<br />
used within some of the skills on the water.<br />
Single Leg Squats – Standing in front<br />
of a bench on one leg, engage your<br />
1 core and planted leg muscles whilst<br />
squeezing your glutes. Slowly lower<br />
your hips to the bench, maintaining alignment<br />
of the knee over the second toe (keeping the<br />
trunk upright and your hips square).<br />
Finally, dumbbell chest press using a Swiss<br />
ball is another favourite for increasing upper<br />
body strength while requiring a great deal of<br />
balance to make sure you don’t fall over.<br />
To try these exercises, follow the instructions<br />
below. Remember to always warm-up<br />
thoroughly prior to strength training and always<br />
ask a gym instructor or personal trainer<br />
for advice if you’re unsure about technique.<br />
Cable Wood Chop – Begin standing<br />
to the side of the cable machine<br />
2 with your feet apart as pictured.<br />
Engage the core and move the<br />
cable across the body to the opposite knee<br />
in a squat movement whilst the upper body<br />
rotates. Return to the start position, ensuring<br />
you maintain complete control of the cable.<br />
Chest Press (Swiss ball) – Begin by<br />
sitting on the Swiss ball with your<br />
3 chosen dumbbells. Slowly walk out<br />
and lay on the Swiss ball ensuring<br />
that your upper back and neck are on the ball<br />
(your neck should be flat and supported). Engage<br />
the core and glutes, lift the hips and press<br />
the dumbbells above your chest straightening<br />
the elbows. Slowly return to the start position<br />
keeping your elbows at 90 degrees (keeping<br />
the dumbbells above your elbows in the start<br />
position).<br />
KRISTINA DRILLER A specialist in exercise rehabilitation and chronic disease management,<br />
Kristina Driller is a sport and rehab consultant at UniRec and uses “exercise<br />
as medicine”. Kristina has a wealth of experience spanning eight years and provides<br />
expert advice in chronic disease management and musculoskeletal rehabilitation.<br />
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17
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FUEL<br />
YOURSELF<br />
BY MONICA VAN DE WEERD<br />
With events such as World<br />
Masters Games and Maadi<br />
Cup taking place this month,<br />
athletes of all ages are<br />
pushing hard to peak for<br />
their events – many putting<br />
in some serious hours on the<br />
track/field/gym/water.<br />
While many have a well thought out<br />
plan around their fitness, technique<br />
and physical preparation,<br />
what about recovery? Often athletes juggle<br />
work and family commitments, as well as<br />
their training. With multiple commitments<br />
and a busy schedule, it is likely your body<br />
will need some extra nutritional support.<br />
When you train and work harder – you<br />
need more nutrition. And I do not mean the<br />
empty nutritional value of the white sugar<br />
and white flour kind. Food based around<br />
these ingredients may give you a fast lift for<br />
that immediate moment, but without any<br />
beneficial or long-lasting nutrients. Due to<br />
the acidic nature, in the medium to longterm<br />
this type of food can cause a weakening<br />
of your systems. You might already be noticing<br />
this through skin conditions, coughs/<br />
colds/sinus problems, digestive complaints<br />
or tiredness that will not go away.<br />
There are choices available to get better<br />
nutritional results in a non-acidic way. This<br />
can help with recovery,<br />
as well as stamina and<br />
improved results.<br />
Start off with basic<br />
daily nutritional care.<br />
Add alkalising and energising green<br />
vegetables or red fruits powder to your daily<br />
smoothie or breakfast. There is only so much<br />
nutrition we can get from our daily food<br />
regime. If you are training hard or finding<br />
energy and recovery tough, this will give extra<br />
nutrition above your good diet. Remember<br />
supplementing in no way should take the<br />
place of your daily diet.<br />
Add electrolytes to your water. Electrolytes<br />
are needed for energy and recovery.<br />
Use the ones without sugar. I recommend<br />
ELETE Electrolytes.<br />
Using protein – choose one that can be<br />
absorbed more easily. Rice and pea powder<br />
are among the better options. There are also<br />
brands that have all the easily absorbed high<br />
protein powders, with added vegetables,<br />
fruit, enzymes and probiotics. Choose one<br />
that suits you and your lifestyle. Check for<br />
hidden artificial ingredients. They are not<br />
necessary. RAW is good brand. RED 8 another.<br />
Get advice and take as directed.<br />
When your body is not getting enough<br />
nutrients or is too tired, it shows you in a<br />
variety of ways. Some of these are:<br />
– Skin through inflamed skin conditions.<br />
– Immunity through low grade infections<br />
that will not fully go away.<br />
– The digestive system through acid burn,<br />
bloating or wind.<br />
Remember – a high protein diet often<br />
slows digestion. Work with roughage, hydration<br />
and diet to ensure regular movements.<br />
This is important if you want better results and<br />
recovery with your sport. If your body is working<br />
hard to fight inflammation or infection,<br />
then all your recovery and results will in part<br />
be taken up by this complaint. Added toxicity<br />
also lessens capacity, recovery and energy.<br />
What to do to prevent toxicity and problems:<br />
– Eat a well-balanced diet. Hydrate and get<br />
enough sleep.<br />
– Work on reducing acidity and inflammation<br />
to ensure your body can give you the<br />
best results and best of health.<br />
– Listen to your symptoms – work with your<br />
body to maintain the best of health. Find out<br />
what can be done/changed to enable your<br />
body to function normally.<br />
Get advice from your natural health<br />
professional and make sure the products you<br />
choose are suited to your specific requirements<br />
and lifestyle.<br />
Always take any supplements as directed.<br />
And if symptoms persist see your health<br />
professional.<br />
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19
INJURY<br />
PREVENTION<br />
for the Masters athlete<br />
BY JOHN APPEL<br />
With the World Masters Games just around the corner, it is<br />
timely to talk about the way for an athlete to warm-up, perform<br />
better and reduce the likelihood of getting an injury.<br />
This warm-up can be used for any event<br />
and is designed to get the body moving<br />
and ready for action. Ideally this is<br />
completed 10 minutes before the event.<br />
Remember to avoid static stretching<br />
before the event, as this makes the muscles<br />
weaker and more likely to strain. Do your<br />
static stretching after the event when your<br />
body is still warmed up.<br />
By performing a dynamic warm-up<br />
before an event, you not only get the blood<br />
going but you are actually training the brain<br />
to perform. By increasing blood flow to the<br />
brain, certain neurotransmitters are released<br />
which prepare the body for movement,<br />
increase concentration and help raise whole<br />
body awareness. This has the combined effect<br />
of increasing performance and reducing<br />
injury.<br />
The following programme starts slow and<br />
finishes with some fast movements, so take<br />
your time and build into the workout.<br />
A Run first for class the kids partnership<br />
themselves and understand the struggles that<br />
each other are going through.<br />
Peter Roach, CEO of Northern District<br />
Cricket Association, embraces the opportunity<br />
One of Northern Districts Crickets<br />
to welcome families to their Seddon Park<br />
They say that the early bird offers something for everyone, from<br />
home. He says the players enjoy meeting<br />
most<br />
gets<br />
valuable<br />
the worm, and<br />
partnerships<br />
in the the<br />
takes<br />
Half Marathon, shorter 10km<br />
the young children and hearing their stories,<br />
place case off the the Direct cricket Group pitch. and 5km options which you can run<br />
along with meeting the Mums and Dads<br />
Uniforms Hamilton Half or walk and do as an individual or<br />
who have the responsibility of the care and<br />
Marathon, all early birds that register<br />
before the 30th <strong>April</strong> will receive Commando Challenge. There are a This year the event will be True Colours as part of the event.<br />
as part of a team, along with a Kids or choice of distance.<br />
set up so entrants can fundraise for<br />
Three years ago Northern Districts<br />
decision making of their children’s health.<br />
Cricket decided they wanted to make<br />
Northern Districts Cricket doesn’t actively<br />
a discount entry to this year’s event. range of training programs available<br />
on the Direct Group Uniforms Health Trust. True Colours is a amazing holiday for 2 to Australia’s<br />
supporting True Colours Children’s There is also a raffle on offer with an<br />
a connection with a local Waikato<br />
promote the partnership - that is not what<br />
There is plenty of time to start<br />
children’s charity.<br />
they are in it for. They do it, because they<br />
training for the event which is held Hamilton Half Marathon website to Waikato charity that supports Sunshine Coast valued at $4000.<br />
Having previously supported the NZ<br />
want to help make a difference to their local<br />
at Flagstaff Park and takes place help participants prepare for the seriously ill children and their True Colours is 100% community<br />
Breast Cancer Foundation at a national level,<br />
community and the important work that True<br />
on Sunday 8th October. The event event no matter their level of fitness families through counselling, childbased<br />
therapies, has provided education some<br />
funded and needs to raise around<br />
Northern Districts sought to contribute and Northern Districts Cricket<br />
Colours does. “We do this because we can,<br />
and $450,000 a year to run its service.<br />
make a real impact at a local level. Whilst wonderful opportunities nursing. for children and<br />
and therefore we should”, says Mr Roach.<br />
To register for the event visit<br />
the Northern Districts cricket region covers their families to meet True and play Colours cricket CEO with<br />
To learn more about the work of True<br />
and Nurse www.hamiltonhalfmarathon.org.nz.<br />
a huge part of the North Island, targeting a the Northern District Specialist Cricket Cynthia teams. During<br />
Colours visit www.truecolours.org.nz<br />
Ward is excited You can find out more about True<br />
charity that operated around its home base of the local Super Smash to be games aligned a child to such gets to<br />
To learn more about Northern Districts<br />
an iconic Colours at www.truecolours.org.nz<br />
Hamilton made the most sense.<br />
participate as the 12th Hamilton Knight, event. hanging “It out<br />
Cricket visit www.ndcricket.co.nz<br />
is a great<br />
True Colours Children’s Health Trust met with the team, and family helping event, on the and field we with are looking<br />
their criteria and what they were looking for in drinks and the coin forward toss. to being involved in the<br />
a charity. In 2014 True Colours became their Northern Districts day. also The hold kids an we annual support face so<br />
official charity partner.<br />
True Colours Family many Day incredibly at Seddon hard Park. challenges A<br />
True Colours Children’s Health Trust fun morning of games every and day cricket with such is organised bravery<br />
supports children with serious illnesses and for the whole family and to enjoy determination. a safe and This event<br />
their families as they face challenging times. supportive environment. will also For challenge families many with a and<br />
A 100% community funded organisation child with a serious we health would condition, love entrants going to set<br />
they support families through counselling, out as a family can themselves often be a rare a challenge occasion. to RUN<br />
education and nursing, providing a holistic The day is not only FOR for the THE kids KIDS to have and help fun raise Proudly supported by<br />
approach to wellness.<br />
though, it also allows funds parents for True to connect Colours.” with<br />
Waikato Business News<br />
The partnership between True Colours and others that are in similar A Give circumstances A Little Page as has been and <strong>Fitness</strong> <strong>Journal</strong><br />
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1<br />
1) Forward lunges: Forward lunges allow the<br />
hip and leg power muscles to engage and turn<br />
on, ready for your run. Lunges train the glutes,<br />
quads and calves to work together as your<br />
pressure moves forward. Start off with feet hip<br />
width apart, step forward planting your heel<br />
first and keep your back straight. Concentrate<br />
on keeping your hips facing forward, and your<br />
hips, knee and ankle at 90 degree angles.<br />
Your front knee shouldn’t pass your toes. Pass<br />
weight through until you are back in a standing<br />
position. Complete 10 lunges.<br />
2) Backward lunges: Now reverse and lunge<br />
backwards. Make sure you still keep your back<br />
straight and your legs at 90 degree angles.<br />
Backward lunges open the hip flexors and again<br />
engage the power muscles. Complete 10 lunges.<br />
6<br />
2<br />
3<br />
4<br />
3) Sideways leg swings: Leg swings allow for<br />
the hips to open up and warm up the hips full<br />
range of motion, as well as getting a dynamic<br />
stretch of the hamstrings, glutes, adductors<br />
and abductors. Start off standing, facing and<br />
holding onto a wall with both hands to stabilise<br />
yourself. Swing one leg out to the side and<br />
then cross your other leg. Try to keep your upper<br />
body and hips still and straight. Complete<br />
10 swings each way, on each leg.<br />
4) Forward-backward leg swings: Turn so you<br />
are standing beside the wall and hold on with<br />
one hand to stabilise yourself. Make sure you<br />
keep your upper body and hip still and facing<br />
forward. Swing one leg out in front of you and<br />
then behind. Complete 10 swings each way, on<br />
each leg.<br />
5) Squats: Squats open up the hips, neutralise<br />
the back and engage the glutes, hamstrings,<br />
quads and calves. Start by planting your feet<br />
slightly outside of your hip width, with your<br />
weight evenly distributed between your heels.<br />
Make sure to keep it on your heels and not<br />
onto your toes. Turn your feet slightly out and<br />
push your hips back down low as if you’re<br />
sitting on an invisible chair, while keeping your<br />
chest facing forward. Then bring your hips<br />
forward to the original position.<br />
6) Heel flicks/butt kicks: Heel flicks<br />
encourage active propulsion and hamstring<br />
activation. Start off by jogging forward, taking<br />
short steps and flicking your heels as high as<br />
you can. Make sure your knee doesn’t come<br />
forward and hips stay still. Continue for 10m.<br />
7) Knee highs: Knee highs encourage active<br />
propulsion and neutral foot landing, while<br />
activating the quads and glutes. Start off<br />
by jogging forward, taking short steps and<br />
driving your knees as high as you can. Make<br />
sure your hips don’t tilt. Continue for 10m.<br />
7<br />
8<br />
8) Knee high skipping: Knee high skipping<br />
opens the arms for full range swing and<br />
encourage active propulsion and neutral foot<br />
landing, while activating the quads and glutes.<br />
Start by bounding up off one foot and driving<br />
your knees as high as you can. Swing your arm<br />
as high as you can as well. Make sure your back<br />
is straight. Swap legs and continue for 10m.<br />
Movement should be enjoyable and so long as<br />
you keep moving, your body will respond in a<br />
positive way. If you have any questions with the<br />
above exercises, please feel free to contact us<br />
at Advance Wellness. Until next time, good luck<br />
for anyone going to the World Masters Games.<br />
5<br />
JOHN APEL Director of Advance Wellness, John works with professional athletes<br />
to chronic fibromyalgia clients. He boasts a Masters degree in Physical Therapy, a<br />
Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology and Athletic Training and is a John F.<br />
Barnes Certified Myofascial Release therapist. www.advancewellness.nz<br />
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21
YOGA<br />
in your masters’<br />
years<br />
YOGA FOR ATHLETES<br />
BY SARAH MACDONALD<br />
How yoga can help keep you<br />
young and active at any age.<br />
If you are an active person in your 40s, 50s,<br />
60s, 70s or beyond, maybe it’s time you<br />
took up yoga.<br />
As yoga has become more mainstream,<br />
there has been a lot of marketing that can appear<br />
skewed to a certain demographic. One<br />
could be excused for thinking that yoga is the<br />
realm of young (20-something) fit, flexible,<br />
good-looking, white women.<br />
It’s understandable that some people<br />
wouldn’t entertain the idea of trying yoga<br />
– because they don’t see it as something<br />
relevant or accessible to them. Or think they<br />
need to be flexible (and young) to do yoga.<br />
But that makes about as much sense as thinking<br />
you can’t take up golf because you can’t<br />
play a round under-par.<br />
The fact is that yoga is for anybody, and<br />
any body. Young, old, active and agile, or<br />
slow and sedentary. The one thing that yoga<br />
should have in common for everyone is that<br />
it helps you maintain and improve on your<br />
general health and wellbeing.<br />
If you are involved in sports, from a<br />
recreational to an elite level, yoga can help<br />
maintain balance in your body, improving<br />
strength, flexibility, joint mobility, spinal<br />
health, mental focus and breath awareness,<br />
as well as reducing the chance of injury.<br />
It’s never too late to start yoga and benefit<br />
from it. In fact as we age, it becomes even<br />
more important that we look after ourselves<br />
a bit better, to counter some of the realities<br />
of ageing.<br />
‘Use it or lose it’<br />
The phrase ‘use it or lose it’ is an oldie<br />
but a goodie ( just like a lot of us). And it’s so<br />
“The fact is that yoga<br />
is for anybody, and any<br />
body. Young, old, active<br />
and agile, or slow and<br />
sedentary.”<br />
true! Once you stop using your body fully<br />
(including your breath) your functionality<br />
will decline. It happens slowly, often at an<br />
imperceptible rate – but the cumulative<br />
effects are significant.<br />
As we move less and as we age, the body<br />
generally becomes less hydrated and supple.<br />
Joints become stiffer and our range of<br />
motion declines. Muscle mass, strength and<br />
bone density decrease, our sense of balance<br />
wavers and reaction times slow. Our risk<br />
of injury rises. Overall sports performance<br />
gradually decreases, and our recovery is not<br />
a good as it used to be.<br />
Yoga is a wonderful antidote for many<br />
of these natural ageing processes, and it can<br />
certainly help keep you healthy and active in<br />
your sport for longer.<br />
Yoga makes you use your whole body in a<br />
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alanced and holistic way. Your joints will get<br />
lubricated, tight spots will be stretched and<br />
your weak areas will strengthen. Core strength<br />
and joint stability improve. Yoga provides<br />
excellent maintenance for your spine and<br />
posture, and promotes better breathing, mental<br />
focus, balance and awareness.<br />
What does yoga for 40-plus look like?<br />
The answer to this will be a very individual<br />
question. After all, what does life in general<br />
look like for those of us 40-plus? There is of<br />
course a huge spectrum. Fortunately, yoga<br />
changes and grows with you, and adapts to<br />
reflect your lifestyle and stage of life.<br />
If you are keen to keep up your sport well<br />
into your ‘masters’ years, yoga may be the<br />
just the discipline to add to your training<br />
mix. Remember - doing yoga doesn’t mean<br />
you have to be bendy, or young. You just<br />
need to care about looking after your body in<br />
a mindful way, and approach it gently – one<br />
breath at a time.<br />
Yoga is not a competitive sport. It’s<br />
something you do at your own level for your<br />
own personal benefit. And like many things<br />
in life, the benefit you get out of practising<br />
yoga is a direct reflection of the effort and<br />
commitment you put in – and that can be<br />
limitless.<br />
If you are looking to start yoga, check out<br />
your options for a local class that matches<br />
your needs. If you’re not sure what that is,<br />
just approach an experienced teacher for<br />
advice.<br />
SARAH MACDONALD is a professional yoga teacher and New Zealand’s only officially<br />
certified Yoga for Athletes instructor. She recently opened Balance Yoga Studio in Cambridge<br />
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Mount Kilimanjaro<br />
ONWARDS<br />
AND UPWARDS<br />
When it comes to rising above hurdles, Morgan Storrie is<br />
a dab hand. The 26-year-old is using her own personal<br />
challenges to raise awareness around positive mental health<br />
and wellbeing.<br />
Known to her friends as Minnie, she<br />
first discovered that something wasn’t<br />
right when she came home from<br />
school, sat down on the floor and bawled her<br />
eyes out for no apparent reason.<br />
“I remember thinking, ‘I don’t know<br />
what’s wrong with me, why am I crying’? I<br />
had everything in life – a loving family, an<br />
education, friends, food on the table, a roof<br />
over my head. I didn’t have anything to be<br />
sad about,” she recalls.<br />
“I was 18 years old and went from being a<br />
happy, outgoing teenager to not wanting to<br />
do anything.”<br />
Fortunately for Morgan, her mum<br />
recognised that she may be experiencing<br />
depression so took her to the doctor.<br />
“Mental illness runs in our family so, as<br />
weird as it sounds, I was lucky enough to<br />
have an amazing mum who could recognise<br />
the signs of depression and knew the action<br />
that needed to be done to get help for me.<br />
“I had a lovely GP who was great at talking<br />
about what was going on.”<br />
Morgan underwent six counselling sessions<br />
that helped her identify and talk about<br />
things that had happened in her life that<br />
could be affecting her. She also started on a<br />
low dose of anti-depressants.<br />
“My depression was kept at bay for a couple<br />
of years. But as many people do, I kept it<br />
to myself and didn’t say anything to anyone.”<br />
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Breakthrough in understanding<br />
Morgan says she felt a sense of shame<br />
because she believed she had no right to be<br />
depressed, so she didn’t tell anyone.<br />
“Nothing terrible happend in my life and<br />
there were people out there much worse off<br />
than me.”<br />
She was feeling fine so stopped taking her<br />
medication.<br />
“I felt okay for a couple of months then<br />
came crashing down. Back then I wasn’t so<br />
good at noticing the signs of depression like<br />
being snappy, irritable, and not eating properly<br />
or exercising.”<br />
Morgan, a customs officer in Auckland,<br />
went back to her GP and had a breakthrough<br />
in her understanding of depression.<br />
“We had a massive talk and looked into<br />
my family history of mental illness and she<br />
explained that my brain wasn’t producing the<br />
chemicals it needed… I realised then that I<br />
needed to take medication all the time.”<br />
She says she was a little nervous seeking<br />
help initially.<br />
“Admitting you need help can be a big<br />
thing but once you get over that initial fear,<br />
you walk out of the doctor’s feeling like your<br />
shoulders are a bit lighter.”<br />
“For the last eight<br />
years I have ridden<br />
the rollercoaster that<br />
is mental illness. It’s a<br />
funny old thing; I can<br />
go for months feeling<br />
on top of the world<br />
then for no apparent<br />
reason my world can<br />
come crashing down<br />
and getting out of bed<br />
seems like climbing<br />
Mount Everest.”<br />
Talking is key<br />
Her advice to people who may be feeling<br />
down, is to find somebody to talk to.<br />
“Find a friend or somebody who will<br />
listen and support you in going to the doctor.<br />
The key is talking, to break down the stigma<br />
and start the ball rolling with getting help…<br />
I’m more accepting of my depression now.<br />
I’ll always have it but at the same time I don’t<br />
let it dictate my life.”<br />
For Morgan, exercise and eating a healthy<br />
diet are crucial to feeling good. She took<br />
part in the Auckland Marathon last year<br />
and raised more than $4000 for the Mental<br />
Health Foundation. She’s also taking part<br />
in the Kilimanjaro Challenge in September<br />
to raise money and awareness for mental<br />
health.<br />
“The more people talk and the more<br />
organisations like the Mental Health Foundation<br />
do amazing work and break down<br />
barriers, the better.<br />
“For the last eight years I have ridden<br />
the rollercoaster that is mental illness. It’s a<br />
funny old thing; I can go for months feeling<br />
on top of the world then for no apparent reason<br />
my world can come crashing down and<br />
getting out of bed seems like climbing Mount<br />
Everest. I am good at hiding it and putting on<br />
a brave face.<br />
“For a long time, I felt like it was something<br />
I needed to deal with on my own. I<br />
guess I was almost ashamed as I have a really<br />
good life, so why should I be depressed.<br />
“However the reality is I have lost friends,<br />
relationships and, at times, myself due to<br />
hiding the extent of my mental illness. I have<br />
now come to realise that hiding is the wrong<br />
approach. Mental health is something that<br />
needs to be spoken about. If you have a heart<br />
disease you talk about your diagnosis, your<br />
treatment, the specialist you are seeing; so<br />
why should mental health be any different?”<br />
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is a charity that works towards creating<br />
a society free from discrimination, where<br />
all people enjoy positive mental health and<br />
wellbeing.<br />
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and services that support people with<br />
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PACKING<br />
A PUNCH<br />
Pathway to Podium<br />
BY LISA POTTER<br />
When it comes to setting<br />
goals, Joshua Nyika isn’t<br />
afraid to front up for the<br />
big punches. And the same<br />
applies to his sport. Josh is<br />
the top ranked New Zealand<br />
welterweight (69kg) currently<br />
working towards a spot at<br />
the Commonwealth Games<br />
and then hopefully Olympic<br />
Games selection.<br />
The 25-year-old lives and breathes the<br />
sport of boxing and it is also part of<br />
the fabric of his family, with both his<br />
father Simon and brother David also a force<br />
to be reckoned with in the boxing ring.<br />
Unbeaten in New Zealand in more than<br />
two years, Joshua thrives on succeeding. And<br />
this applies to life outside of the sporting<br />
arena also. The hardworking athlete is also<br />
a qualified lawyer, managing to combine his<br />
sporting and academic goals throughout his<br />
years at Waikato University.<br />
Since taking up boxing aged 18, Joshua<br />
won his first Elite Open National title in 2014,<br />
and won his first international fight a year<br />
later at the Oceania tournament in Canberra.<br />
Narrowly missing out on Rio Olympics<br />
selection, he’s continuing his quest to be fitter,<br />
faster and better for the next Olympic Games.<br />
A member of Sport Waikato’s regional talent<br />
programme, Pathway to Podium, Joshua<br />
focuses on being a well-rounded person as<br />
well as an athlete.<br />
<strong>Fitness</strong> <strong>Journal</strong> finds out more...<br />
What motivates you?<br />
I want to challenge myself and improve as<br />
much as I can to be the best I possibly can,<br />
because this is the reason I believe we are on<br />
this earth: to do awesome stuff, and be the<br />
best possible version of ourselves. I also want<br />
to make the people I care about proud (ironically,<br />
it’s the people who care about me, re-<br />
gardless of my success that I want to impress<br />
the most). As well as those close to me, I want<br />
to establish myself on a wider scale as well.<br />
What are your greatest successes to date?<br />
– 2014 New Zealand National Championships<br />
winner in Queenstown;<br />
– 2015 Oceania Continental Boxing Championships<br />
Gold Medallist; and<br />
– Representing New Zealand at various<br />
Olympic qualification tournaments.<br />
What’s on the cards this year?<br />
I am aiming to solidify my place as the top<br />
welterweight in New Zealand boxing early in<br />
<strong>2017</strong> at a National ranking tournament, after<br />
an early <strong>2017</strong> warm up fight. Then we head<br />
overseas to earn a ticket to the Gold Coast<br />
Commonwealth Games 2018.<br />
What are your future goals?<br />
To win a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth<br />
Games, and onto higher honours beyond<br />
2018; 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo<br />
and a possible professional career.<br />
How did you become involved in boxing?<br />
I always considered myself a top athlete<br />
individually, involved in athletics, running,<br />
and football (soccer), and I didn’t want to be<br />
left out of the fun when my younger brother<br />
David and Dad got into the sport of boxing.<br />
We went down to Ringside Gym in Hamilton<br />
and got started. I had my first fight more<br />
than five years ago, in 2011.<br />
What is your greatest challenge?<br />
The most challenging aspect of the sport is<br />
the mental fatigue that comes with anticipating<br />
competition, the consistent mental and<br />
physical preparation, and the high degree<br />
of “unknowns” in a sport as chaotic as mine.<br />
In each fight we have three fast-paced three<br />
minute rounds against another guy who has<br />
been training his best to beat YOU, as you are<br />
training your best to beat HIM.<br />
The team around you?<br />
– My brother and training partner David<br />
Nyika has been a front-runner in the family<br />
in terms of boxing, and has set a high standard<br />
becoming probably the best amateur<br />
boxer New Zealand has ever had;<br />
– My dad Simon who is a highly enthusiastic<br />
fan of the sport;<br />
– My coach Rick Ellis, who is highly ambitious,<br />
with long-sighted aspirations for us,<br />
– Daniella Meier who oversees my campaigns<br />
and keeps me accountable with all<br />
the detailed areas of sport that separate the<br />
“great” from the “really good”;<br />
– My family and friends who keep the machine<br />
rolling with strength.<br />
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What does the sport involve in terms of<br />
training?<br />
I would normally do each part of training<br />
once a day, with extra running fitted in<br />
around it for fitness. During tournament<br />
preparation, I will do one skill session<br />
per day, along with running either in the<br />
morning or late at night. Strength is done<br />
independently from this in a weights session<br />
every two days (only in the off-season).<br />
During training camp, we have two days per<br />
week of HARD conditioning, which runs<br />
for about 40-55 minutes, plus time to warm<br />
up, and stretch down afterwards. On these<br />
days, I don’t do an additional run or strength<br />
session.<br />
What gives you the most pleasure?<br />
The satisfaction and relief that washes over<br />
you after a win, and the support and interest<br />
you generate from family, friends, and<br />
people beyond your inner circle. Also, I enjoy<br />
learning what it takes to improve myself<br />
from within, which is greatly rewarding. You<br />
learn about yourself, what you’re capable of,<br />
and what you can improve on in every aspect<br />
of your life. Everything else in life starts to<br />
become easier when you’ve conquered the<br />
big challenges involved in my sport.<br />
What are your long-term goals and what is<br />
required to achieve them?<br />
I want to attend and win at these top-level<br />
tournaments: Commonwealth Games, World<br />
Championships, and Olympic Games. I believe<br />
to achieve this I need to figure out and<br />
plan objectively (with my team) what needs<br />
to be done with a clear head, and then attack<br />
these goals by following this path with the<br />
kind of craziness/dedication that makes me<br />
stand out from the crowd.<br />
How important is goal setting?<br />
Very important. This applies to both my<br />
studies and my boxing. I have set my goals,<br />
and acknowledged that setbacks along the<br />
way are inevitable. I learnt to accept that I<br />
will feel plenty of discomfort along the way.<br />
That helped me to pull through all the tough<br />
times. This has been hugely instrumental in<br />
shaping who I am.<br />
Was there a time when you thought of<br />
giving up?<br />
I once realised that in among the hard<br />
training and all the other challenging aspects<br />
of the sport, that I was greatly valuing the<br />
downtime (restful time) I spent with my girlfriend.<br />
There was a time I considered stopping<br />
boxing altogether because it occurred to<br />
me that I was enjoying the downtime more<br />
than the training or the competition. I had a<br />
break from boxing after this, but realised that<br />
the downtime doesn’t mean as much without<br />
having the hard work to make the restful<br />
time special. I learned that there is no blissful<br />
comfort without the gruelling discomfort<br />
that has to come before it. I guess to live life<br />
properly, you need the “yin” AND the “yang”.<br />
“Yin” = passive, and “Yang” = active. I have a<br />
yin-yang-inspired tattoo on my chest that<br />
represents this theme. I decided to continue<br />
the sport and embrace the discomfort without<br />
thinking twice about it.<br />
What are your favourite local training spots?<br />
Hamilton’s Lake is a cool spot for hill sprints<br />
(this is where all the runners go). My favourite<br />
hill though is Radnor Street – she’s a steep<br />
one! These hill sprints keep my fitness and<br />
power up.<br />
Where in the world would you want to train/<br />
compete?<br />
In England or the USA (Los Angeles, Las<br />
Vegas, or New York). England is a country<br />
that I have a lot of love for, having lived there<br />
when I was 11-14 years old, and America<br />
has a very interesting blend of cultures and<br />
history.<br />
What other sports are you are involved in?<br />
– Road running, and I used to do athletics<br />
and cross-country back at high school.<br />
Managed to win the senior Cross-Country<br />
and Athletics championship in my last year<br />
(2009) at Hamilton Boys’ High School.<br />
– I was also heavily involved in football (soccer),<br />
playing for the HBHS 1st 11, Waikato FC<br />
Youth team, and Hamilton Wanderers.<br />
Who inspires you and why?<br />
Conor McGregor – He encourages and deals<br />
with pressure in an unbelievable way, and is<br />
a courageous risk-taker when accepting the<br />
fights.<br />
Floyd Mayweather – Has beaten the<br />
world’s best fighters consistently, for a long<br />
time. Not only does he win consistently, but<br />
he barely gets hit and has managed to overcome<br />
plenty of adversity in his career. He has<br />
taken on the pressure that Conor McGregor<br />
has, except with never losing a fight, and he<br />
has done so for decades.<br />
Muhammad Ali – He stood for much<br />
more than just himself and his own success.<br />
He went against public opinion by standing<br />
up for what he believed in (such as not going<br />
to fight in Vietnam), which stopped him<br />
being able to participate in boxing while he<br />
was in his prime. He made political stands<br />
at a time when a man of his background was<br />
not encouraged to do so.<br />
What advice would you give to others wanting<br />
to have a go?<br />
Be ready to endure plenty of discomfort of<br />
every kind!<br />
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Advertorial<br />
ROB MAY<br />
BUILDERS<br />
Building relationships,<br />
communities…and homes<br />
The importance of good foundations,<br />
careful planning and straightforward clear<br />
communication are integral to success;<br />
whether in business or life.<br />
Cambridge-based Rob May Builders<br />
have some pretty impressive work<br />
ethics which apply to all aspects of the<br />
business, as well as to everyday life.<br />
Business owners Jono and his wife Paula<br />
McCullough apply the same rules to their<br />
business as they do to raising their three children<br />
– straightforward realistic expectations<br />
and an underlying message of the mportance<br />
of hard work and integrity .<br />
With a reputation for excellence, as well<br />
as strong community involvement, Rob<br />
May Builders provide their Master Builder<br />
registered services throughout the Waikato<br />
region. From quality new homes to alterations<br />
or smaller jobs that just need doing<br />
right, the attitude of the team is that no job is<br />
too big or small, and every job deserves the<br />
same dedication and commitment.<br />
It is this ethos which results in the demand<br />
for Rob May Builders quality homes<br />
throughout the region – and sees them continue<br />
to thrive and give back to the community<br />
they are an integral part of.<br />
As well as a personal involvement in<br />
cricket, rugby, netball, swimming, dance and<br />
soccer through his active three children (who<br />
Rob May Builders is named after), the business<br />
also sponsors a number of local teams,<br />
including Cambridge cricket (all teams).<br />
Family is huge to the McCulloughs. It’s<br />
obvious that their kids are a huge driving<br />
force behind the energy Jono and Paula put<br />
into the firm, but it goes beyond that to the<br />
way they treat those who work for them,<br />
those they work with and those they work for<br />
as an extension of their family.<br />
If you look after the McCullough’s and<br />
work hard for them they’ll look after you. As<br />
loyal as the day is long. Many customers have<br />
become good friends. Suppliers know they<br />
will be treated fairly and honestly, and shown<br />
loyalty if they show Jono and Paula the same<br />
values. Subcontractors are paid on time,<br />
helped out when needed, and are willing to<br />
help Rob May out when needed too. It’s a<br />
great way to do business and a great thing<br />
to be a part of.<br />
It’s like a community of people working<br />
towards a common goal: making new<br />
houses well, making old houses better,<br />
creating homes for good people and doing<br />
it with good old-fashioned family values of<br />
loyalty, honesty and integrity.<br />
Community involvement<br />
When a business is part of the growth of a<br />
community, such as Rob May Builders, it is<br />
refreshing to see that business value and<br />
respect that relationship – and give back<br />
to the community. Rob May Builders is a<br />
strong supporter of sports in the region –<br />
supporting and sponsoring local teams.<br />
Stephen Jones<br />
Stephen Jones<br />
For an athlete, making it to the Olympic<br />
Games is a definite career highlight. Add to<br />
that a couple of world titles, and there is no<br />
doubt that Stephen Jones is well respected<br />
for his sporting abilities.<br />
Equally importantly however, he is also<br />
well respected in his home-town of Cambridge;<br />
for his work ethic, his attitude and as<br />
an ‘all round good bloke’.<br />
So it makes perfect sense that Stephen<br />
Jones has been chosen to be brand ambassador<br />
for an equally well respected business;<br />
Rob May Builders.<br />
The partnership is unique, in that Rob<br />
May Builders are proud to be aligned alongside<br />
such an exciting athlete; not only for his<br />
achievements but also for his personal qualities.<br />
And in turn, Stephen is delighted to have<br />
such a strongly principled business show<br />
support and belief in him and his future.<br />
The beginning<br />
Stephen met Rob May Builders’ owner Jono<br />
McCullough by chance – walking down a<br />
Cambridge street when he spotted a sign for<br />
the building company on a site in progress.<br />
With plans for a new home already drawn<br />
up, Stephen decided to check out Rob May<br />
Builders as an option. Jono and his team im-<br />
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mediately impressed Stephen – clear concise<br />
communication, a demand for excellence,<br />
and a commitment to achieving the desired<br />
outcome.<br />
The decision to build with the Rob<br />
May team led to friendship and a working<br />
relationship; each respectful of the other’s<br />
commitment, drive and values.<br />
The athlete<br />
A relative latecomer to the sport of rowing,<br />
Stephen Jones only picked up the sport nine<br />
years ago in 2007.<br />
Impressively, has already won two gold<br />
medals as part of the men’s eight at the 2013<br />
and 2014 U23 World Rowing Championships,<br />
as well as a final placing of sixth with<br />
the men’s eight in the Rio Olympic Games.<br />
Now a member of the <strong>2017</strong> Rowing New<br />
Zealand Elite team, Stephen is training<br />
towards the <strong>2017</strong> World Rowing Cup II in<br />
Poland ( June), World Rowing Cup III in<br />
Switzerland ( July) as well as the Henley Royal<br />
Regatta in the United Kingdom.<br />
The Henley event is the icing on the cake<br />
for Stephen, who has always strived to row<br />
there.<br />
In the meantime he trains for up to six<br />
hours a day, continually working to improve<br />
his skills and fitness – and with the support<br />
of family, his partner Anna (known as Bam)<br />
and of Rob May Builders.<br />
The home<br />
As a full-time athlete, Stephen is the first to<br />
admit that building his first home was under<br />
a carefully planned tight budget.<br />
“There was no room for mistakes,” he says.<br />
“And we had to have complete trust in the<br />
builders responsible for building our home.”<br />
Thanks to Rob May Builders, the outcome<br />
was everything he and Anna hoped for.<br />
Having been born in Wellington and lived<br />
in Auckland, since moving to Waipa in 2013<br />
Stephen now confidently calls Cambridge<br />
home. His new home is his permanent base<br />
and allows him to cycle to and from training<br />
on Lake Karapiro every day.<br />
For Jono, the importance of a sporting<br />
brand ambassador is simple; “it’s about who<br />
Stephen is as a person, as well as his sporting<br />
achievements. I’m a great believer in encouraging<br />
all kids to get into sport – it teaches<br />
commitment, responsibility, communication<br />
skills – all skills they require later in life for<br />
success.”<br />
The partnership<br />
While Jono is an avid supporter of sports,<br />
from grassroots to elite, he cheerfully admits<br />
he knew ‘ next to nothing’ about rowing<br />
when he met Stephen.<br />
“Cricket and rugby have always been my<br />
thing,” he says. Having spent time in the<br />
coach’s boat and gained a clear understanding<br />
of what the sport of rowing involves, Jono<br />
has a newfound respect for Stephen.<br />
“It’s a seriously tough sport; not just<br />
physically, but mentally too. For us, having a<br />
partnership with Stephen is not just about his<br />
sporting ability and the fact we believe in his<br />
future within the sport.<br />
“It is also about the qualities he possesses<br />
as a person and how he would represent our<br />
business, our region and New Zealand in a<br />
positive way.<br />
“We have the same core values and that is<br />
hugely important to me and to our brand.”<br />
At home with Stephen Jones<br />
Biggest challenge of building a new home?<br />
Having lots of different ideas from friends<br />
and family, and having to figure out what<br />
was actually achievable within our budget.<br />
The Rob May team definitely made this<br />
a lot easier to manage with their years of<br />
experience.<br />
Part of the process you enjoyed most?<br />
Seeing everything come together was really<br />
exciting. After spending several months<br />
planning, it was fantastic to visit the site each<br />
night and see the daily progress on the build.<br />
What did learn from the process?<br />
I really don’t know where to start. We had<br />
never done this before so everything was<br />
a learning curve. A big one was to trust the<br />
professionals and take all their suggestions<br />
on board, as they have obviously done this<br />
many more times than we have.<br />
Favourite feature of your home?<br />
We have a few favourites, the scullery is a big<br />
one as it gives us so much extra space in the<br />
kitchen which is pretty important when you<br />
have a full house of flatmates! The outdoor<br />
room has been a favourite this summer for<br />
barbecues and entertaining in the weekends.<br />
Our raked ceiling in the living room is also<br />
something we really love as it makes the<br />
whole space feel bigger.<br />
Your advice to other first time home builders?<br />
Firstly, don’t rush the process - especially the<br />
initial planning stage. Secondly, make sure<br />
you get involved. To achieve the result you<br />
want, you need to know whats happening<br />
with the build. There are a few things we<br />
picked up on along the way that we were able<br />
to change and make improvements.<br />
Contact Jono and the team today!<br />
027 458 9856<br />
sales@robmay.builders<br />
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www.robmay.builders
STICKING<br />
TO A GOAL<br />
BY LISA POTTER<br />
Alia Jaques has come a long way since running<br />
around her garden with a tiny hockey stick.<br />
Since showing an interest in the sport<br />
as a youngster, she has gone on to represent<br />
New Zealand as a Junior Black<br />
Stick and is currently in the National Black<br />
Sticks Development Squad.<br />
Hamilton born and raised, the former<br />
Waikato Diocesan School student picked up<br />
a hockey stick when she was just five, wanting<br />
to follow in the footsteps of her older<br />
siblings.<br />
“They both played hockey and dad<br />
coached our primary school team, so I was<br />
always enthusiastic about it. I was so little<br />
that my dad broke a hockey stick in half so I<br />
could play.”<br />
The cost of ruining one hockey stick turned<br />
out to be a good decision. Alia hasn’t wavered<br />
from her love of the sport and the committed<br />
athlete has always prioritised hockey; her<br />
determination to succeed seeing her juggle<br />
full time study, two part-time jobs and regular<br />
travel to Auckland for training sessions.<br />
A year of firsts and career highlights for<br />
Alia, 2016 saw her wear the iconic black and<br />
white uniform on more than one occasion.<br />
First up was playing for the New Zealand<br />
Under 21 team at the Junior World Cup in<br />
Chile, followed by her debut (a week later) in<br />
the national Black Sticks’ team in a test series<br />
against Malaysia (which New Zealand won).<br />
Alia now trains regularly in Auckland with<br />
the Black Sticks she grew up idolising, as part<br />
of the National Black Sticks Development<br />
Squad.<br />
“Now I’m aiming to get fitter and faster,<br />
with a long term goal of being part of the<br />
Black Sticks team for the Tokyo Olympics.”<br />
<strong>Fitness</strong> <strong>Journal</strong> finds out more...<br />
What motivates you?<br />
The love of the game is a big motivator and<br />
wanting to be the best I can be. Representing<br />
your country is such a thrill and in those<br />
hard moments I am able to dig deeper to<br />
make my country proud, my family and the<br />
community who support me and enable me<br />
to do what I love. It is a physical game that<br />
has so many different aspects and that is why<br />
I love it so much.<br />
What are the challenges?<br />
Keeping up my fitness and overcoming<br />
Achievements<br />
2016<br />
• NZ Futures, Junior World Cup Qualifier – 2nd<br />
• Midlands U21 – 1st<br />
• Midlands NHL – 3rd<br />
• NZ Futures, AHL Perth Tour – 6th<br />
• Junior World Cup<br />
• Black Sticks National team test series<br />
against Malaysia<br />
2015<br />
• NZ U21 Japan series – 2nd<br />
• Midlands U21 – 3rd<br />
• Midlands NHL – 3rd<br />
2014<br />
• NZ U21 India series – 1st<br />
• Midlands U21 – 4th<br />
injuries. I have had some major injuries<br />
throughout my hockey career, with an ACL<br />
rupture when I was younger and a stress<br />
fracture a few years later. These just made<br />
me more determined to get back on the<br />
pitch and I learnt to appreciate every minute<br />
on the field, because I knew how I felt when<br />
I couldn’t play. Another challenge is juggling<br />
university, hockey, work and family/friends.<br />
It takes a lot to manage and it helps to have<br />
people who understand around you.<br />
Who are your supporters?<br />
Midlands High Performance director Simon<br />
Brill, who always takes the time to advise and<br />
help me. He has believed that I can always<br />
give something special to each team I am<br />
part of. Another important person is Christina<br />
Jacklin. And most importantly my family<br />
and friends who have always been there to<br />
support me, from driving me to training in<br />
Auckland when I need to study, to just being<br />
the best support I could ask for.<br />
What does your sport involve?<br />
It is physically demanding and one you can<br />
always improve your skills for, even if you<br />
are the best. The average week usually involves<br />
three to four training sessions, usually<br />
club, regional or high performance sessions.<br />
Then we have two games in the weekend.<br />
Ned Dawson Planet Hockey Photography<br />
Some trainings are fitness-based, others skills<br />
and some are understanding based.<br />
What are your short-term goals?<br />
Implementing a skill perfectly in a game<br />
which I have been working hard to do in<br />
training.<br />
Long-term goals?<br />
To compete in an Olympic Games and win a<br />
gold medal. This involves a lot of hard work<br />
and getting selected into the Development<br />
Squad or Black Sticks squad.<br />
What are your favourite local places to train?<br />
Swarbrick Park in Dinsdale which is where I<br />
live, as the place is usually quiet in the mornings<br />
with great flat areas and hills for training.<br />
Also the YouthFit gym which is where<br />
I do all my strength and conditioning with<br />
my coach Barry Jennings who has known me<br />
since high school. I love Gallagher Hockey<br />
Turf because it is right by the lake and is so<br />
close to my house.<br />
Where in the world would you would like to<br />
train/compete?<br />
Holland - the atmosphere would be incredible<br />
as they treat their hockey players like<br />
superstars and because they are the best in<br />
the world. I would love to be a part of that<br />
and learn from the players there.<br />
What other sports have you have played?<br />
Through high school I was involved in;<br />
equestrian, touch, athletics, cross country.<br />
What advice would you give to someone who<br />
wants to play hockey?<br />
The sport is so much fun and you make great<br />
friends. For those who have aspirations and<br />
dreams; keep trying and never give up. One<br />
of my favourite quotes is ‘if you never give<br />
up, you can never fail’. And as cliché as it, ‘the<br />
best things are never easy’.<br />
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CHEERS TO OUR CHAMPS<br />
TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONS<br />
New Zealand’s sporting superstars and future champions took to the track at the recent<br />
Jennian Homes NZ Track and Field Championships. Held at Porritt Stadium, Hamilton, the<br />
event saw the best and newcomers battle it out for supremacy. Tauranga’s Joseph Millar shot<br />
into the spotlight after upstaging Olympic medallists on the final day, with a stunning victory<br />
in the 200m of 20.37s, breaking two long-standing New Zealand records.<br />
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Olympic Bronze medallist, Tom Walsh,<br />
showed fine form taking his eighth<br />
National Title<br />
Young gun Ryan Ballantyne stepped up to take out<br />
the silver medal in the Open Shot Put<br />
Hamilton got to witness the great Olympic Bronze Medallist, Eliza McCartney,<br />
who launched herself to a third straight National Open Title<br />
Hamish Kerr showed fine form dominating the Open High Jump<br />
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AT<br />
HOME…<br />
with Dr Libby<br />
Welcome to the first in our<br />
At Home series, where we<br />
take a sneak peek inside the<br />
sanctuary of people’s homes.<br />
For this issue, Dr Libby kindly<br />
shares some of her favourite<br />
things about her home.<br />
What’s your favourite thing about your<br />
home?<br />
My garden. I am so grateful for the ability<br />
to grow my own fresh organic herbs and<br />
vegetables – it is truly nourishing for both<br />
the body and soul.<br />
Where is your go-to ‘restful’ space and why?<br />
By a window where the sun first shines in as it<br />
rises in the morning. I’m usually there with a<br />
book first thing and the dappled light through<br />
the trees is so special to see each day.<br />
What is your favourite kitchen gadget and why?<br />
A blender – drinking your greens among the<br />
other meals is an easy way to ramp up your<br />
intake!<br />
What is always in your fridge/pantry?<br />
Real whole foods are a non-negotiable for<br />
me. I always have organic vegetables and<br />
eggs on hand - you can make a nutritious<br />
meal out of these in a pinch! And organic<br />
sauerkraut. I eat it daily.<br />
What’s your Sunday morning ‘treat yourself’<br />
breakfast?<br />
The foods I eat don’t change. I just tend to<br />
stretch breakfast out over a longer period on<br />
a Sunday.<br />
Do you have any unusual collections?<br />
A few projects from primary school that<br />
make me smile.<br />
What is your favourite interior colour and<br />
why?<br />
I love the combination of old timber with<br />
metal. A raw vintage industrial feel as it<br />
reminds me of my dad’s shed when I was<br />
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Sleep, sleep,<br />
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When we sleep well we are better able to burn body fat<br />
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In her upcoming Sort Your Sleep tour around Australia and<br />
New Zealand, Dr Libby explores the true cost of poor quality<br />
sleep and sleep deprivation on our mental and physical health.<br />
Addressing sleep, mood and fatigue from the nutritional,<br />
biochemical and emotional aspects, Dr Libby looks at what<br />
you can do to cultivate great health in these areas of your life.<br />
Are you a night owl who often finds you burn the midnight<br />
oil just to try and squeeze in the demands of your day? Do<br />
you regularly experience a low mood or find yourself reaching<br />
for things to lift your mood and energy to get you through the<br />
day? Solving your sleep could be your key to greater health.<br />
The Sort Your Sleep event is a guide to understanding<br />
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at Waikato Diocesan School for Girls (tickets are available<br />
through drlibby.com)<br />
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TACKLING<br />
PIGMENTATION<br />
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EXPLORE WAIKATO<br />
Ten Waikato places to take<br />
mum this Mother’s Day<br />
If you’re at a loss for what to give mum on Mother’s<br />
Day, why not explore your own backyard together.<br />
From an adventure on two wheels with<br />
some stunning scenery, to a gourmet<br />
high tea in a rural setting, or some retail<br />
therapy – Waikato has plenty of great half and<br />
full day activities to spoil mum with this year.<br />
Check out this list with some suggestions to<br />
suit any mum’s taste - and get planning.<br />
1. A gourmet picnic in her favourite garden at<br />
Hamilton Gardens<br />
Book and collect a gourmet picnic basket<br />
from Hamilton Gardens Café to enjoy at<br />
your leisure anywhere on site at Hamilton<br />
Gardens.<br />
Whether it be in the middle of the Tudor<br />
Garden, alongside some blooming roses in<br />
Rogers Rose Garden, in the Taj Mahal style<br />
structure at the Indian Char Bagh Garden or<br />
with some duckling friends at Turtle Lake,<br />
you’re sure to find a perfect place to take in<br />
the sights while enjoying your lunch.<br />
2. Spend a day exploring the Bohemian town<br />
of Raglan<br />
The West Coast town of Raglan makes for a<br />
fantastic day out.<br />
A walk along the boardwalk and footbridge,<br />
a delicious coffee and meal at one of<br />
the many cafes, or a selection of water activities<br />
including kayaking, canyoning, stand-up<br />
paddle boarding or surfing are just some of<br />
the activities you can fill the day with.<br />
Top it all off with a sunset on the wharf<br />
with some fresh and tasty fish and chips – a<br />
must-do in Raglan.<br />
3. Visit a destination café for a memorable<br />
meal in an idyllic setting<br />
For a bite to eat, consider taking mum along<br />
to one of the many destination cafes around<br />
the region.<br />
A short drive to The LilyPad Café near<br />
Cambridge is a great choice for a family<br />
friendly environment with a country feel.<br />
With the Garden Art Studio on site and<br />
delicious breakfast, lunch and kids’ menu –<br />
The Lily Pad is a great choice for families.<br />
The Olde Creamery in Ohaupo is a peaceful<br />
escape in an historic rural setting.<br />
With the alfresco or indoor dining, and<br />
shabby-chic gift shop, you can opt for a<br />
traditional Victorian-style high tea, or their<br />
seasonal menu for a day out. Not far from<br />
Hamilton city in Tamahere, The Strawberry<br />
Farm and Punnet Café is sure to delight.<br />
With natural fruit ice cream, and a playground<br />
for the kids, as well as a healthy and<br />
delicious menu with stylish rustic décor in<br />
the licensed café.<br />
4. Get outdoors for a walk in the wilderness<br />
at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari<br />
If mum is the outdoorsy type and likes to<br />
escape into nature, look no further than a<br />
visit to Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari<br />
near Te Awamutu.<br />
The ancient forest and its many native<br />
inhabitants are protected by the predator-proof<br />
fence that runs the perimeter of<br />
the mountain.<br />
Choose from a guided tour of the wetlands<br />
or forest, a combination of both, or a<br />
self-guided wander along the meandering<br />
paths to the overhead sound of the birds.<br />
5. Treat her to some retail therapy<br />
If mum is overdue for some retail therapy,<br />
treat her to a tiki tour to Tirau. The quaint<br />
South Waikato town is most well-known<br />
for its corrugated iron dog, sheep and ram<br />
structures, but is also a popular shopping<br />
destination for visitors and locals alike.<br />
The main road has an extensive range of<br />
antique and gift stores, a fabulous clock shop,<br />
boutique fashion and funky art and craft<br />
stores. For a more central shopping splurge,<br />
you can’t look past Te Awa The Base for a bite<br />
to eat, visit to the playground and bountiful<br />
options for shopping.<br />
6. Chasing waterfalls<br />
Mum will love an afternoon of waterfall<br />
exploring; whether it be a short wander or a<br />
full on hike, you’ll find a stunning waterfall in<br />
most directions from Hamilton City.<br />
Raglan’s Bridal Veil Falls is a short 15 minute<br />
walk, while Wairere Falls near Matamata,<br />
the tallest in the North Island is a popular<br />
track with vista views, and Marokopa Falls<br />
near Waitomo will blow you away with its<br />
size and volume.<br />
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7. Sample a slice of the high life with high tea<br />
at Zealong Tea Estate<br />
If mum likes the finer things in life, a visit to<br />
Zealong Tea Estate in Gordonton is a must.<br />
New Zealand’s only tea estate, Zealong produces<br />
the purest Oolong tea in the world.<br />
With guided tours of the estate, their<br />
signature high tea, or a combination of both,<br />
mum will love discovering the rich culture<br />
and history of this unique attraction.<br />
The high tea includes beautifully presented<br />
tea-inspired sweet and savoury delicacies<br />
with locally-sourced ingredients, as does the<br />
full restaurant menu.<br />
8. Soak in the healing waters of Te Aroha<br />
Mineral Spas<br />
For an indulgent getaway where mum can<br />
enjoy some pampering, send her to the<br />
Edwardian spa town of Te Aroha. Located<br />
beneath Mount Te Aroha in the Hot Springs<br />
Domain you’ll discover the world’s only hot<br />
soda water geyser, and the Te Aroha Mineral<br />
Spas offering luxurious massage and beauty<br />
treatments or a soak in the famous mineral<br />
spas – a great way to relax<br />
9. Take your artsy mum gallery hopping<br />
The arts are alive in Hamilton and Waikato<br />
with a vibrant mix of large and boutique<br />
galleries around the region.<br />
From Waikato Museum and ArtsPost in<br />
the heart of Hamilton City, Wallace Gallery<br />
in Morrinsville or Tony Sly Pottery in Raglan<br />
to Inspirit Gallery in Tamahere and Heritage<br />
Gallery in Cambridge, there are plenty of<br />
spots where mum can find the perfect piece<br />
for that wall, garden or mantelpiece. Or just<br />
enjoy the experience along the way.<br />
10. Head underground in Waitomo<br />
For the more adventurous mothers, Waitomo<br />
is the perfect underground playground<br />
to explore.<br />
From high energy black water rafting,<br />
ziplining and abseiling, to gentle walking tours<br />
or boat rides under galaxies of glowworms, the<br />
whole family will love exploring Waitomo.<br />
It’s also home to a number of great walking<br />
tracks including the popular Mangapohue<br />
Natural Bridge and Ruakuri Cave Walk, as<br />
well as top cafes like HUHU Café, Waitomo<br />
Homestead and Roselands Waitomo Caves.<br />
For more information on these and the many<br />
other things to see and do for Mother’s Day<br />
(and beyond) in the Hamilton and Waikato<br />
region, visit www.hamiltonwaikato.com<br />
Mother’s Day 5km<br />
Fun Run Walk<br />
14 may <strong>2017</strong><br />
Jennian Homes No<br />
P 07 855 6089<br />
Enviro-friendly, natural<br />
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Join us for a 5km run, walk or leisurely stroll this<br />
Mother’s Day.<br />
It’ll be a great start to the day and you’ll be doing your<br />
bit to help beat heart disease.<br />
All participants will receive a Dick Frizzell designed<br />
event t-shirt.<br />
For more information and ticket sales visit<br />
jennianmothersday.com<br />
When:<br />
Sunday 14 th May, <strong>2017</strong><br />
Check-in from 8:00am<br />
Event starts 9:00am<br />
Jennian Homes North Waikato<br />
39 Roy Hilton Drive, Flagstaff, Hamilton<br />
P 07 855 6089<br />
E northwaikato@jennian.co.nz<br />
jennian.co.nz<br />
Where:<br />
Hamilton Gardens<br />
Gate 2, Hungerford<br />
Crescent<br />
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Treat Mum with a stunning<br />
piece of jewellery from<br />
GOLDSMITHS GALLERY.<br />
Every piece of jewellery<br />
purchased over $80 receives<br />
a voucher for a free cupcake<br />
from THE GIRL ON THE<br />
SWING. Promotion valid<br />
from 1-14 May <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
In two locations:<br />
441 Victoria Street, Hamilton<br />
Phone (07) 838 3418<br />
Ground Floor,<br />
Chartwell Shopping Centre<br />
Phone (07) 852 5341<br />
www.goldsmithsgallery.co.nz<br />
Exquisite Jewellery by<br />
Expert Craftsmen<br />
9ct Rose Gold Garnet and<br />
Diamond Ring $650<br />
Spoil Mum this Mother’s<br />
Day with a gift from<br />
PENNYS BOOKSTORE<br />
& THE WILLOW TREE.<br />
Cards, gifts, books and<br />
more we have something<br />
for every special Mum!<br />
Phone 07 854 8389<br />
Level One,<br />
Opposite Robert Harris,<br />
Chartwell Shopping Centre,<br />
Chartwell, Hamilton<br />
DAY<br />
Treat Mum this Mother’s Day<br />
Send your mother to WATERS DAY<br />
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package.<br />
Starting with a heavenly therapeutic<br />
massage, warm honey mask applied<br />
with rose quartz wands, dreamy<br />
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sculpture, beautiful mineral makeover,<br />
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Phone 07 838 3220<br />
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For thoughtful gifts for Mum see<br />
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available on Sunday within Hamilton.<br />
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Our winning mother will be treated at<br />
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the Jessica System Manicure and finally<br />
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If this sounds like what your mother<br />
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You may even wish to join her in our<br />
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BOOK<br />
CORNER<br />
Book some timeout<br />
A<br />
book for Mother’s Day is more than<br />
just a book; it is an invitation to sit<br />
down and relax and indulge in the<br />
gift of some time for yourself. We’ve put<br />
together a selection of our recommended<br />
reads for Mother’s Day…<br />
Dinnertime Goodness<br />
Nadia Lim<br />
$45, Penguin<br />
From a shy MasterChef contestant to a true<br />
foodie inspiration, Nadia Lim exudes good<br />
health - and delights in sharing her passion<br />
for delicious food. This is My Food Bag’s<br />
third cookbook and it’s one you should treat<br />
yourself to – as well as friends and family.<br />
Hero ingredients are themed into their place<br />
of source; ground, sea and sky. Celebrating<br />
local growers and ingredients, step-by-step<br />
instructions allow even the most hesitant<br />
cook to achieve impressive results. Many of<br />
the recipes are tailored to gluten free and<br />
dairy free options. This is likely to become<br />
your weekly go-to source of meal inspiration.<br />
>WIN<br />
Enter to win a copy of Dinnertime<br />
Goodness by Nadia Lim and enjoy<br />
creating your own fresh, flavoursome<br />
delights. To enter, email your name<br />
and address, with DINNERTIME<br />
GOODNESS in the subject line, to<br />
win@fitnessjournal.co.nz or enter<br />
online at fitnessjournal.co.nz<br />
Entries close <strong>April</strong> 30 <strong>2017</strong><br />
The Little Breton Bistro<br />
Nina George<br />
$34.99, Hachette<br />
Follow one woman’s journey from utter<br />
desolation to slowly rediscovering a life<br />
never lived, in this refreshingly unique tale.<br />
Be warned - the beauty of rural France and<br />
of second chances may ignite your own<br />
wanderlust.<br />
A Secret Garden<br />
Katie Fforde<br />
$37, Century<br />
This is the book equivalent of a deliciously<br />
layered cake, oozing surprising nuggets of<br />
flavour. A tasty read, packed with loveable<br />
characters and sparkling humour. You’ll<br />
want to curl up and read it non-stop<br />
through to the end.<br />
Juggling in High Heels<br />
– How to Organise Chaos<br />
Lisa O’Neill<br />
$45, Random House NZ<br />
Relatable and approachable, Lisa O’Neill has<br />
become something of a modern day guru for<br />
Kiwi women. This is the perfect book to dip<br />
into for ideas, inspiration and reassurance, to<br />
help find your way from chaos to calm.<br />
>WIN<br />
Enter to win a copy of Juggling in<br />
High Heels by Lisa O’Neill. To enter,<br />
email your name and address, with<br />
JUGGLING in the subject line, to<br />
win@fitnessjournal.co.nz or enter<br />
online at fitnessjournal.co.nz<br />
Entries close <strong>April</strong> 30 <strong>2017</strong><br />
The Mistress<br />
Danielle Steel<br />
$37, Penguin NZ<br />
There’s something instantly recognisable<br />
about Danielle Steel’s writing style and if<br />
you’re a fan, you’ll love this story. Love,<br />
jealousy, obsession and a touch of intrigue.<br />
The perfect weekend read.<br />
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LO·CA·VORE<br />
[one who eats foods grown locally<br />
whenever possible]<br />
The term locavore has been around for a while now, but it<br />
still feels foreign on the tongue. It’s easy to put it in the drawer<br />
“hypes with silly names” and decide not to like it.<br />
But locavores are not the odd ones out<br />
they used to be. Farmers’ markets<br />
around the country are gaining in<br />
popularity, proving that a growing number<br />
of people are concerned about where supermarket<br />
food is coming from. They want to<br />
support the local economy, want to meet the<br />
producers of their foods, and they want to<br />
eat healthy.<br />
So, is local food healthier than conventional<br />
food?<br />
Research suggests that those who choose<br />
foods grown closer to home are more likely<br />
to have a safer supply with less pesticides,<br />
better food quality and less post-harvest<br />
handling, which is known to be a significant<br />
factor in the spread of food-borne infections.<br />
Also, fruit and vegetables sold at farmers’<br />
markets are<br />
picked when<br />
at their peak,<br />
boasting<br />
flavour,<br />
vitamins, minerals and even a higher level of<br />
antioxidants as the plant develops them to defend<br />
itself against the increased ripening stress.<br />
There are several well-documented problems<br />
with large-scale farming that can cause<br />
health risks.<br />
For produce, issues are contaminated<br />
fertilisers, irrigation with unsafe water and<br />
the handling of foods by workers who do not<br />
adhere to good hygiene practices.<br />
With animals, the major problems are the<br />
abuse of antibiotics in livestock, concentration<br />
of animals allowing pathogens to spread<br />
freely and the impact of stress preventing<br />
animals from fighting off infections. In<br />
contrast, there are practically no food-borne<br />
infection outbreaks recorded coming from<br />
small, local producers.<br />
Often small producers follow organic<br />
growing or spray-free standards and they<br />
have a more personal incentive to look after<br />
their crop or livestock. Other than medium<br />
and large companies, they also have a<br />
direct relationship with consumers, which<br />
increases the likelihood of safer practices,<br />
ensures a stronger bond and adaptation to<br />
the demand.<br />
Eating local, seasonal foods keeps the<br />
carbon footprint low and the health<br />
impact high. Eating with the<br />
seasons may require some<br />
creativity when it comes to<br />
one’s typical diet but it is well<br />
worth it.<br />
Buying what is plentiful at the farmers’<br />
market means it is the best season for the<br />
produce and it is also cheaper than what you<br />
would spend for out-of-season produce.<br />
Locavores embrace their region and what<br />
it has to offer: Healthy and flavoursome food,<br />
low carbon footprint, relationships with<br />
producers and low prices.<br />
What’s not to like?<br />
WAIKATO FARMERS’ MARKETS<br />
local produce + locally produced goods<br />
Every Saturday in Cambridge<br />
Every Sunday in Hamilton<br />
KNOW WHERE YOUR FOOD COMES FROM<br />
- Buy directly from farmers<br />
- Ask about produce and growing methods<br />
- Live with the seasons and save<br />
- Get recipe ideas and enjoy seasonal events<br />
www.facebook.com/waikatofarmersmarkets<br />
Gate 3 Brooklyn Road, Claudelands<br />
Sunday, 8:00-12:00<br />
Victoria Square, Cambridge<br />
Saturday, 8:00-12:00<br />
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QUICK<br />
BITES<br />
The not-sohumble<br />
oatcake<br />
There’s something profoundly<br />
comforting about oat-based foods,<br />
such as porridge and oatcakes. It may<br />
be time to revisit this nourishing pantry<br />
staple, thanks to Nairn’s offering<br />
a modern take on the classic,<br />
with its range of Nairn’s Scottish<br />
Oatcakes and Fine Milled<br />
Oatcakes.<br />
While at first glance you<br />
might dismiss the humble<br />
oatcake, truth is that<br />
it’s an easy option<br />
for a quick lunch<br />
or appetiser. Made<br />
with wholegrain oats, the<br />
range is vegan, wheat free and<br />
high in fibre, to keep energy levels up and<br />
satiation for longer; the perfect snack for<br />
busy teenagers or athletes.<br />
With no artificial colour, flavouring<br />
or preservative, it just takes a little<br />
imagination to add oatcakes to<br />
meals – dunk them into your<br />
soup, add hummus and salad, use<br />
as a crumb topping.<br />
There’s a swag of<br />
pretty nifty recipes on<br />
the nairns-oatcakes.com<br />
website and you can<br />
also check out the<br />
many flavours (our<br />
fave is the fruit and seed<br />
oatcakes).<br />
>WIN<br />
Enter to win one of three Nairn’s<br />
Oatcake prize hampers – and sample<br />
the range for yourself (or share<br />
with some friends). Nairn’s range<br />
includes: Fine Milled Oatcakes,<br />
Scottish Oatcakes, Dark Chocolate<br />
Chip Oat Biscuits, Mixed Berry<br />
Oat Biscuits and Stem Ginger Oat<br />
Biscuits. They are available nationwide<br />
from supermarkets, for more<br />
information and recipe ideas visit<br />
www.nairns-oatcakes.com or visit @<br />
nairnsoatcakesnz on Facebook and<br />
Instagram.<br />
To enter, email your name and contact<br />
details (including your address), with<br />
NAIRN’S in the subject line, to win@<br />
fitnessjournal.co.nz or enter online at<br />
fitnessjournal.co.nz<br />
Entries close <strong>April</strong> 30 <strong>2017</strong><br />
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RAD Ballet, NZAMD Jazz, Contemporary and Hip Hop.<br />
Offering classes from<br />
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At Limelight Dance Academy we hope to create and nurture a<br />
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well rounded individuals.<br />
American Jazz, American Tap, Classical Ballet, Hip Hop,<br />
Contemporary. Ages: 3 years to adult.<br />
We have moved to a brand new, custom-built, 4-studio complex<br />
with sprung floors, commercial air con, ventilation system,<br />
wall-length mirrors, & free parking. We have been in Hamilton<br />
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limited to ensure effective learning. Fees are paid by the term.<br />
You are welcome to visit us at<br />
188 Kent St, Frankton (Norton Road end)<br />
Learn to dance in a caring, inclusive studio culture. We have<br />
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Enrol now for Term 2. Spaces may be limited. Preschool fees<br />
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Please contact us for other fees.<br />
We also teach partner dance – Ballroom, Latin, Salsa, Argentine<br />
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For more information please contact Kerry Mills<br />
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OUT AND ABOUT<br />
t AOTEAROA BIKE CHALLENGE<br />
Tauranga City Council (500+ staff) proved to have the best pedal power in the country,<br />
taking first place as the best performed organisation (categorised by size) in the first<br />
Aotearoa Bike Challenge. Nearly 2 million kilometres were cycled as part of the event,<br />
which successfully encouraged more Kiwis to cycle, with more than 14,000 people<br />
from over 1000 organisations taking part, including almost 4000 new riders. During<br />
the Challenge participants made more than 150,000 trips by bike, and cycled an<br />
impressive 1.99 million kilometres. That’s the same as cycling to the moon five times.<br />
WAIKATO JUNIOR SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS<br />
After a week of stormy weather, Hamilton turned on perfect conditions for the <strong>2017</strong><br />
Swimming Waikato Junior Championships which were held at St Peter’s School at<br />
Cambridge. More than 190 swimmers, aged 12 and under, competed over 15 events<br />
and four age groups to determine the regional junior champions. With the Mooloo<br />
Ole Ole Ole song blaring over the speakers, more than 360 medals and 800 finalist<br />
ribbons were handed out to swimmers over the two days.<br />
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<strong>INSPO</strong> – <strong>Fitness</strong> <strong>Journal</strong> tries …<br />
REEBOK NANO 7s<br />
We love the opportunity to<br />
test drive the latest sporting<br />
releases.<br />
Admittedly there was a bit of a tussle<br />
over who got to test the stylish<br />
Reebok Nano 7s. Columnist and<br />
nutritionist Danielle Roberts is a regular at<br />
the gym and the perfect person to put the<br />
Reebok Nano’s through their paces. Check<br />
out what she thought below.<br />
The promise: The latest in Reebok’s CrossFit<br />
range, the Nano 7s sleek design and dynamic<br />
Fit enables anyone working out to be light on<br />
their feet, powerful in their movements and<br />
efficient in their workouts (reebok.com)<br />
Appearance:<br />
The colours are<br />
not normally my<br />
style, but I love<br />
the vibrancy as<br />
a change to my<br />
usual gym footwear<br />
attire.<br />
First impressions:<br />
In the beginning, I<br />
found them quite<br />
restrictive on my<br />
feet and within five<br />
minutes my feet<br />
went numb. However,<br />
like most new<br />
footwear, you need<br />
to allow some time<br />
to ‘break them in’<br />
to your individual<br />
feet. It took a week<br />
of wearing them<br />
every day for my feet to stop feeling numb<br />
and then I could wear them for the whole<br />
session. It also helps if you don’t do them up<br />
too tightly.<br />
Functionality: The flat bottoms are great for<br />
weight sessions, in particular leg exercises.<br />
They allow me greater squat range and greater<br />
balance for weighted lunges or Bosu work<br />
for the legs and core.<br />
Greater range and balance means I can<br />
get more out of my workouts than if I was<br />
wearing my usual running shoes doing these<br />
exercises. I liked how the shoe moulded with<br />
my foot, making them comfortable to wear,<br />
and the nice padding for the sole of the foot.<br />
It is important to have a comfortable pair<br />
of shoes that support the foot, as often injuries<br />
further up in the body can stem from<br />
misalignment of the foot and ankle (from<br />
personal experience). We often forget about<br />
the health and wellbeing of our feet until<br />
they start to play up.<br />
Here are some things I did to break in my<br />
Reebok Nano 7s:<br />
Start by wearing them for as long as you<br />
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They aren’t runners, so don’t run in them or<br />
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The verdict: These are designed specifically<br />
for CrossFit and for gym workouts – and<br />
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and competitive players of all ages and<br />
fitness levels, it’s hard to look past the<br />
sport of squash. Whether you’re a first timer<br />
or keen to get back into the sport, Waikato<br />
offers a host of squash club and options.<br />
Find a club near you<br />
There are more than 25 clubs in Waikato. All<br />
have showers, upstairs clubrooms to socialise<br />
or purchase affordable refreshments and<br />
each have club activities/programmes.<br />
If you become a member, you gain 24<br />
hour access to the club all year around.<br />
Squash is very affordable and one of the<br />
cheaper sports you can play. Check out the<br />
Squash Waikato website (squashwaikato.<br />
co.nz) to find the most suitable club for you.<br />
Club programmes/club nights<br />
Now is the perfect time to get involved, with<br />
most clubs offering a junior and senior club<br />
session starting in term two, and many also<br />
offer coaching too. This is a good time to<br />
give the sport a go as you can have a hit with<br />
others who are new<br />
like you, or with<br />
someone around<br />
your own level.<br />
A friendly club<br />
member is likely to<br />
show you some tips<br />
on the night. Often<br />
you can attend three<br />
club sessions for free<br />
to see if you like it<br />
and there’s usually<br />
a racquet you can<br />
borrow. Many clubs<br />
also hold a social<br />
business house series<br />
which anyone can<br />
enter.<br />
‘Pay to Play’ for non-members<br />
Want to play at a time that suits you - on<br />
your own or with a friend? Check out the<br />
‘pay to play’ website options and pay a casual<br />
rate online at one of the participating clubs.<br />
Or if you know a member, play at most clubs<br />
for as little as $5 a time.<br />
Adult Squash Start Coaching course<br />
– 6 weeks<br />
Sign up for an Adult Squash Start Coaching<br />
course in Hamilton or Cambridge through<br />
Squash Waikato and learn the basics from a<br />
professional coach. It’s affordable and a great<br />
way to meet others who are keen to learn at a<br />
beginner’s level.<br />
You could grab your partner, workmates<br />
or friends and sign up together. There are<br />
4-6 per group and equipment is provided.<br />
Check out the website squashwaikato.co.nz<br />
for more information.<br />
Secondary school students<br />
Students wanting to give squash a go can join<br />
their local club’s junior night or their school<br />
squash team and play in the Waikato Secondary<br />
School Teams event in June.<br />
All students can get a Secondary School<br />
grade for just $15 which allows them to enter<br />
all Squash Waikato tournaments.<br />
This way they can see if they like the<br />
game before committing to a club’s annual<br />
membership.<br />
A very popular tournament is the Werder<br />
Racquets Junior 1 Day Series, which is for<br />
beginner players.<br />
There are eight to choose from which are<br />
held around Waikato each year. For more<br />
information contact manager@squashwaikato.org.nz<br />
For more information, contact Glenda<br />
Knox, Squash Waikato development officer at<br />
squashsf@sportsforce.org.nz<br />
RODICA BARTON-WELLINGTON<br />
CLUB MANAGER<br />
07 834 3271 | 021 203 9871<br />
office@hstc.co.nz<br />
www.hstc.co.nz<br />
325 Tristram Street, Hamilton<br />
CONTACT David Ross (president)<br />
hamiltonoldboyssquash@gmail.com<br />
027 447 2639<br />
Corner of Willoughby St & Richmond St<br />
Next to the stadium<br />
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SQUASH<br />
Squash provides the answer. Many are<br />
opting to give squash a go or dusting off their<br />
old racquets and reconnecting with the sport.<br />
It fits in well with a busy life, especially since<br />
you can play when you want, with who you<br />
want and there are a number of ways to link<br />
in with the sport.<br />
Squash allows people to achieve many<br />
things at once; to exercise, get fit, help with<br />
health, socialise and have fun, all within a<br />
short space of 45 minutes. And the fact each<br />
club has showers and refreshments means it’s<br />
easy to get on with the day after your game.<br />
Rain or shine, squash can be played with famin<br />
Waikato is on the rise<br />
BY GLENDA KNOX<br />
Waikato is a strong squash district which has<br />
produced large numbers of national and international<br />
representative players, coaches, administrators and<br />
referees over the years.<br />
Lugton E Grade Mens<br />
This trend continues strongly today,<br />
with many from Waikato recognised<br />
on the world circuit for their excellence<br />
in squash.<br />
It started back in 1936 when the original<br />
squash court was built in Barton St for up to<br />
40 professional gentlemen to join, at just two<br />
pounds a year. Now in <strong>2017</strong> we have more<br />
than 2300 men, women, girls and boys as club<br />
members and more than 5600 people who<br />
have participated casually in various social<br />
club programmes (450 more than last year).<br />
However, this data from Squash NZ<br />
doesn’t capture all those who link in to clubs<br />
on an ad hoc basis or who take advantage of<br />
the pay to play opportunities that more clubs<br />
are starting to offer. With statistics showing<br />
squash has been in decline, Waikato is seeing<br />
a turn around, with growth on growth over<br />
the past two years. Squash in Waikato is definitely<br />
on the rise.<br />
Society has altered, due to a changing<br />
landscape. For many, trying to find time to<br />
exercise is a struggle. Let’s face it, most of<br />
us are crazy busy, struggling to keep up with<br />
the everyday hustle and bustle of work and<br />
family life. We want to have time to mix and<br />
mingle with friends, we’re told we need to<br />
exercise for 30 minutes a day for physical<br />
and mental wellbeing, and wouldn’t it be a<br />
luxury to get some quality time for ourselves<br />
doing something we enjoy.<br />
Glenda Knox is SportsForce<br />
Squash development officer<br />
ily, friends or others new to the sport, whether<br />
you’re five years old or 80+ and is suited to<br />
any level. Trevor Coulter from Hamilton who<br />
started playing at the age of 40, was the World<br />
Masters 80+ Champion back in 2015!<br />
In Waikato, we have been providing many<br />
new opportunities for students, teachers and<br />
their families, thanks to Kiwi Sport Funding.<br />
Over the past two years more than 2200<br />
students have been part of an eight-week<br />
squash programme at a school or club, with<br />
many clubs and schools now owning their<br />
own squash kits. Hundreds of teachers and<br />
club coaches have been upskilled to deliver<br />
squash programmes with a further 1600 children<br />
booked in this year. The programme<br />
is proving a hit as Kiwi Squash provides<br />
something new. The fundamental skills<br />
learnt through this world class programme<br />
are transferable to all other sports. Most programmes<br />
that commenced in schools back<br />
in 2014, when Kiwi Squash was launched, still<br />
continue independently today, with students,<br />
teachers and parents who are keen, being<br />
offered ways to link into clubs.<br />
It’s amazing how many teachers and parents<br />
either used to play squash or had family<br />
members who used to play. Squash was a<br />
very popular sport in its peak, in the 80s. By<br />
linking in with schools, interest is growing<br />
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With winter sports season just around<br />
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A little known jewel in the Hamilton landscape<br />
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A number of prominent non-tennis users<br />
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“It really is about sports getting a little<br />
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As a football enthusiast he cringes at the<br />
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“Utilising alternative training venues –<br />
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The centre houses some prominent tenants<br />
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Association, Lugton Park Tennis Club and NZ<br />
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WAIKATO HUMAN<br />
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Have you got big goals to<br />
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The hub (launching this month) will<br />
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This is a paid service giving the community<br />
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Also on offer will be physiotherapy<br />
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The hub will be run by expert staff within<br />
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The testing and recommendations made will<br />
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Testing can include:<br />
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– Wingate test<br />
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We offer supervised and personalised exercise<br />
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aerobic, resistance, flexibility and balance<br />
training. We also offer baseline and progress<br />
assessments, including: ECG monitored<br />
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Other services offered at the Waikato<br />
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– Anthropometric assessment (ISAK Level 1)<br />
– Acclimation training-state-of-the- art<br />
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– Field testing<br />
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humanperformance@wintec.ac.nz or phone<br />
07 834 8860<br />
Introducing the new<br />
Waikato Human<br />
Performance Hub<br />
It’s a first for the Waikato. And great news for you!<br />
If you’re serious about your wellbeing or sports performance<br />
– regardless of your current fitness or skill level – you’re going<br />
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For the first time, experts from a wide range of sporting and<br />
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TAKE A<br />
JOURNEY<br />
to support Red Cross<br />
Take up the challenge to<br />
walk in someone else’s<br />
footsteps, as part of the new<br />
fundraising event for Red<br />
Cross – Red Cross Journey.<br />
Go a set distance over one month and<br />
learn what it’s like to flee a country to<br />
reach safety, or what Disaster Welfare<br />
and Support Team volunteers do in an emergency<br />
in New Zealand.<br />
The fundraiser is also a great way to get<br />
fit heading into winter, while raising some<br />
money to support the work Red Cross does<br />
to help vulnerable people .<br />
Join a journey<br />
Take a walk in their shoes – follow the<br />
incredible journey of a former refugee now<br />
living in New Zealand or see what’s like to<br />
be a Disaster Welfare and Support Team<br />
member deployed during an emergency in<br />
our own backyard.<br />
Go the distance they’ve walked, in your<br />
own time, between May 8 and June 8 <strong>2017</strong><br />
and fundraise to support the work Red Cross<br />
does in your own community and around<br />
the world.<br />
How does it work?<br />
This month, Red Cross’ new online platform<br />
will be live so you can register and join in the<br />
fun. On the platform, you can choose one of<br />
two journeys to follow:<br />
1. Take on the challenge of going the same<br />
distance as a former refugee family walked to<br />
safety across dangerous terrain. This journey<br />
will be more thanover a thousand kilometres<br />
so you may want to form a team – ideal<br />
for corporates, schools, families, friends,<br />
flatmates.<br />
2. Or travel the same distance as a Disaster<br />
Welfare and& Support Team volunteer as<br />
she trains and attends disasters around New<br />
Zealand. This journey will be based on the<br />
10,000 steps a day health message, so you<br />
can challenge yourself to achieve it on your<br />
own - or take a more social approach and<br />
make up a team.<br />
Then, from May 8, every step you take<br />
during a normal day can be counted towards<br />
your target. An easy way to measure yourthe<br />
stepsyou’ve done is to download a free step<br />
counter onto your smartphone.<br />
If you’ve got Strava or MapMy<strong>Fitness</strong><br />
then it’s even easier. Those apps will feed<br />
your steps directly to your online page on<br />
the Red Cross Journey platform. If you<br />
don’t have a smartphone, just calculate the<br />
distance you’re walking each day/week and<br />
enter this onto your page.<br />
Once you’ve joined up and are on the<br />
move, you’ll receive updates when you reach<br />
each milestone, revealing the next stage of<br />
your journey. The more you walk, the more<br />
you’ll learn about the real journey of the<br />
person you’ve chosen to follow.<br />
You can choose to walk or run; or any<br />
sport that involves stepping can be included<br />
in the journey, for example, rugby,or football,<br />
or netball or dance etc.<br />
Fundraise for Red Cross<br />
Red Cross Journey is not only a great way<br />
to challenge yourself and your friends to get<br />
active for a month, it’s also a peer-to-peer<br />
fundraising event.<br />
When you register for Red Cross Journey<br />
through the online platform, you’ll create your<br />
own fundraising page. You will have a unique<br />
URL (web address) which you will be able to<br />
share with your own networks – friends, family,<br />
colleagues, flatmates, neighbours… everyone –<br />
and ask them for donations.<br />
The more money you raise, the more you<br />
help Red Cross support people in need in<br />
Waikato, around New Zealand and overseas.<br />
When supporters like you join Red Cross<br />
Journey to raise money, you help Red Cross<br />
respond immediately after a disaster like the<br />
Havelock North gastro outbreak or the recent<br />
earthquakes in Kaikoura and Marlborough,<br />
run community development programmes<br />
throughout New Zealand, support former<br />
refugees, transport people to their medical<br />
appointments, teach life-saving skills to children,<br />
deliver Meals on Wheels, support people<br />
in need overseas and so much more.<br />
Have a look around redcross.org.nz for<br />
more insights and stories of the good work<br />
Red Cross does. To get involved in Red Cross<br />
Journey, like the Red Cross Facebook page or<br />
visit redcross.org.nz/red-cross-journey<br />
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FUTURE OF<br />
COMMODORE<br />
Makes Geneva Motor Show<br />
public debut<br />
The next-generation Opel Insignia<br />
Grand Sport and Grand Tourer made<br />
their public debut today at the <strong>2017</strong><br />
Geneva Motor Show, giving global media a<br />
first look at the future of the Holden Commodore<br />
and a taste of the exciting new GM<br />
global product in the pipeline.<br />
Destined to go on sale in New Zealand<br />
in 2018, the next-generation vehicle<br />
is giant step change for GM globally and<br />
the medium/large car segment as a whole,<br />
promising sleek, premium design, state-ofthe-art<br />
technology features and exhilarating<br />
performance.<br />
Inspired by the 2013 Opel Monza concept,<br />
the next-generation Insignia utilises a<br />
clean sheet design created at Opel’s Russelsheim<br />
headquarters under the guidance<br />
of renowned Opel/Vauxhall Vice President<br />
- Design, Mark Adams.<br />
GM Australia Design Director, Richard<br />
Ferlazzo, said the European team worked<br />
closely with the GM Australia team to give<br />
the vehicle the flowing, sleek profile and athletic<br />
stance expected of a Commodore, while<br />
the sculpted headlight design and prominent<br />
grille clearly speak to the ‘sculptural artistry<br />
meets German precision’ Opel design philosophy.<br />
“We’re excited to finally be able to show<br />
what is a truly global vehicle to media and<br />
customers over the course of the Geneva<br />
motor show and we’re more than confident<br />
everybody will love it,” said Mr. Ferlazzo.<br />
“We’ve been in discussions with Mark’s<br />
Opel team for a long time and have made<br />
sure the Commodore DNA is strong in the<br />
car with an athletic stance, muscular flowing<br />
lines and a strong road presence all hinting at<br />
the exceptional drive experience and hightech<br />
features.<br />
“Commodore influence is also strong<br />
for the interior ensuring the vehicle boasts<br />
luxury design and materials combined with<br />
impressive occupant space and luggage capacity,<br />
enough for the whole family space.”<br />
Next-generation<br />
Commodore key highlights<br />
Cutting-edge driver assistance systems<br />
and technology:<br />
• Autonomous Emergency Braking<br />
• Adaptive Cruise Control<br />
• Speed Limit Cruise Control<br />
• Lane Departure Warning<br />
• Lane Keep Assist<br />
• Forward Collision Alert<br />
• Side Blind-Zone Alert<br />
• Rear Cross-Traffic Alert<br />
Next-generation comfort and<br />
convenience technologies:<br />
• Massage seats<br />
• Rear one-touch folding seats<br />
• Heated Front and Rear seats<br />
• Ventilated Front seats<br />
• Express up/down all windows<br />
• Wagon power lift-gate<br />
• Active Noise cancellation<br />
Advertorial<br />
Available in sedan and sportwagon bodystyles,<br />
the next-generation Commodore also<br />
promises a host of state-of-the-art technology<br />
features including heads-up display,<br />
auto emergency braking with adaptive cruise<br />
control and a next-generation LED matrix<br />
lighting system offering double the amount<br />
of light cells as the all-new Astra hatch.<br />
The design and technology offering is<br />
taken to another level with driver comfort<br />
features including massage seats, heated front<br />
and rear seats, sportwagon power lift-gate and<br />
sportwagon’s rear one-touch folding seats.<br />
The next-generation Commodore is Holden’s<br />
latest announcement in its new product<br />
offensive and with unrivalled design, drivability<br />
and technology, will be a worthy flagship<br />
vehicle to the transforming Holden brand.<br />
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Attention all women...<br />
How strong are your pelvic floor muscles?<br />
• Are you able to cough, sneeze, laugh, run and jump without leakage<br />
– and without emptying your bladder first?<br />
• Do you limit your fluid intake to be safe?<br />
• Do you know where all the toilets are and plan outings around<br />
toilet stops?<br />
• Does decreased control of bladder or bowel influence your choice<br />
of activity or outing?<br />
• Are you ever embarrassed when vaginal or anal wind escapes<br />
during intercourse or exercise?<br />
• Do you have difficulty emptying your bowel and feel bloated and<br />
uncomfortable?<br />
• Are you aware of a heaviness or bulge vaginally especially at the<br />
end of the day?<br />
• Do you experience pain during intercourse or have decreased<br />
sexual sensation?<br />
If you experience any of these concerns you would benefit from<br />
strengthening your pelvic floor muscles.<br />
The strength and stability of the pelvic floor and central core form<br />
the solid power base that enables the more peripheral body parts to<br />
maximise their function. Ownership of these muscles comes with a<br />
sense of control, freedom and spontaneity.<br />
Any structure depends on its floor for support and stability.<br />
So does our body. Often the pelvic floor muscles are forgotten –<br />
whether they belong to an elite athlete, a dancer, a singer, a social<br />
participant or a spectator. All women need a pelvic floor they can<br />
depend on.<br />
The strength of a woman’s pelvic floor muscles also determine<br />
control of her most intimate body functions. These muscles are<br />
hidden away and are often neglected until the first symptoms<br />
appear. Because of the gradual onset of symptoms, decreased<br />
control of personal body functions is often accepted as inevitable.<br />
The subject is embarrassing and it is easier to avoid than address.<br />
Thankfully women of today are more proactive about looking<br />
after themselves and not waiting until the nest is empty to act.<br />
The extent of physical and social interaction can be severely<br />
compromised when bladder and bowel control are questionable.<br />
Choices are dependent on possible consequences.<br />
This is not a subject that many women are comfortable discussing<br />
and consequently close friends, family and even partners can be<br />
unaware of the situation and reasons for the excuses.<br />
Often it is thought that all exercise is good exercise BUT – if the<br />
strength of the pelvic floor muscles is inadequate, then excessive<br />
loading of these muscles will only weaken them further. Exercise<br />
does not need to stop but should be modified and be appropriate to<br />
pelvic floor status.<br />
There are several contributing factors that influence the status<br />
of the pelvic floor muscles. These include history of constipation,<br />
chronic respiratory problems, history of heavy manual work,<br />
excessive weight, inappropriate exercise, weak abdominals,<br />
childbirth, menopause, gravity and ageing. With pelvic floor<br />
dysfunction comes a decrease in self esteem and confidence.<br />
This will often affect intimate relationships and cause a<br />
reluctance to interact due to potential embarrassment.<br />
As we are living longer, we want to continue being spontaneous<br />
and confident in our activities. We need our pelvic floor to hold up!<br />
Unfortunately women are often unaware that there is help<br />
available. And the answer is not to pad up or to leap into surgery. Be<br />
proactive and take responsibility to regain control. Information and<br />
education enables a positive approach to health and wellness.<br />
Brenda Holloway is a private physiotherapist in Hamilton who<br />
has been addressing women’s pelvic floor dysfunction issues<br />
since 1991. No referrals required.<br />
Make an appointment today 07 8383400 x2<br />
www.brenda@brendaholloway.co.nz<br />
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