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NOR’WEST NEWS Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Thursday <strong>February</strong> <strong>11</strong> <strong>2021</strong> 5<br />
‘It’s a relief to find you’re still strong’<br />
• From page 1<br />
The mother of three children,<br />
seven grandchildren and 12<br />
great-grandchildren, played<br />
netball until she was 42. She<br />
even competed against her own<br />
daughters.<br />
Clark has always found her<br />
energy outdoors in nature; a keen<br />
hiker, horse rider and gardener.<br />
She owns a remote cabin in<br />
Lewis Pass, and although is not<br />
climbing the nearby mountain<br />
heights, she still loves to wander<br />
through the beech trees.<br />
Mundy used to work in<br />
her family’s fruit and tomato<br />
business which kept her strong<br />
and fit. When she finished up<br />
working, she decided to head to<br />
the gym. She’s been attending<br />
three times a week for the past<br />
four years.<br />
Onekawa has kept up<br />
consistent gym practice for more<br />
than 12 years. She now attends<br />
Female Federation five times a<br />
week.<br />
Onekawa can do multiple<br />
push-ups, straight-backed<br />
with her knees up. She also said<br />
she can do side plank rotations<br />
and dips, and has completed<br />
200m within 15 minutes on the<br />
ski erg.<br />
Clark knows the importance of<br />
rest days. She has been attending<br />
the gym on and off since 1998,<br />
and in spite of a hip replacement<br />
CAMARADERIE: Lin Clark, Isabel Mundy and Ngaire Onekawa all attend the gym multiple<br />
times a week, incorporating cardio, strength training, Pilates and balance exercises into<br />
their practice.<br />
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
taking her out of the game for<br />
a while, she is building up her<br />
practice one again. Clark enjoys<br />
chin-ups, the chest press and leg<br />
press.<br />
“It’s a relief to find you’re still<br />
strong,” she said.<br />
When answering why<br />
they attended the gym,<br />
Onekawa promptly stood up<br />
from her chair. “This is why,” she<br />
said.<br />
Mundy agreed: “To keep my<br />
core strong!”<br />
Clark said: “As you get older,<br />
the physical stuff becomes<br />
terribly important and you<br />
become more aware of your body<br />
and how it works.”<br />
“Coming to the gym is a<br />
positive step to being a strong<br />
and complete person.”<br />
For Clark, getting to the gym<br />
is also important for the mental<br />
benefits. Her life passions have<br />
been education and theatre;<br />
in 2019, she was awarded the<br />
prestigious Drama New Zealand<br />
President’s Award, given to<br />
someone who has significantly<br />
contributed to the drama space<br />
over their lifetime.<br />
They all share the same goal:<br />
To keep going.<br />
There is strong camaraderie<br />
between the three women,<br />
and they love being part of<br />
the community at Female<br />
Federation.<br />
Onekawa said she gets coffee<br />
twice a week with her new found<br />
gym friends.<br />
“It’s a sisterhood here,” said<br />
Clark.<br />
Jill Kennedy, their personal<br />
trainer is 64-years-old. She<br />
only has glowing reviews of<br />
the fitness levels of the three<br />
women.<br />
“I cannot wait til I retire to<br />
be able to work out with them<br />
all.”<br />
Clark said: “We are lucky<br />
enough to be able to work out,<br />
and so we choose to make the<br />
most of this and continue to stay<br />
fit.”<br />
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