Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association. Vol 40. No. 7. April 13 1977
Jim's Gym!
Jim's Gym!
Latest offering from the Gym this week is . . . Beginners Hockey, for the everyday novice-cumlearner who wishes to learn the intricacies of the curved baton. Every Tuesday 2.30-3.30.
A message from Jim to the V.U.W. student parents.
If you have children who aren't at school yet, why not bring them along to the Gym on Tuesdays at 9a.m. Here for ½ hours you can give your child or children the run of the Gym and better still why not run with them?
The opportunity to give children new experiences in a dimension which they enjoy is invaluable to children and for the parent can be enormous fun just joining your child on the trampoline twinging on a bar, rope or ring or trying to play table tennis . . . under the table.
The Exercycle.
What's the use of an exercycle?
For the person who can't abide running, swimming or circuit training and really does want to get him/herself in a better physical frame of physical! Not to mention on rainy days. If you take part in some sort of physical activity ¾ times per week stimulates your heart and lungs to work a little harder for 10-15 minutes then there will be over a period of time a cumulative improvement in the efficiency of the heart-lung system i.e. fitness. Activities such as squash, rugby, netball are not guaranteed to do this as there is an element of stop-start to them. The exercycle can provide a valid form of easy training at an easily controlled level. You have control of the machine and as a result need never work at a level above the one which you choose. So if you want to know more and give the machine a try (and we have three secreted in various private places around the Gym) then come and have a chat with Hugh or Diana.
An added bonus is the active-study system. You read a book and pedal for whatever period you are training for. As a result swot becomes sweat.
Extension Report.
The foundations are taking shape and very soon the big pour will be taking place and many jugs of concrete will be poured in to the devious channels following equally devious architects plans. Watch out for rising reinforcing as phoenix like the extension grows over the next month.