Recreation Centre

If you have been able to drag yourself away from exam study to read this column...good. Better still why not take advantage of some of the free offers available through this column. Remember 24 hours per day and 7 days per week — 168 hours. Can you afford 1-2 hours per week out of 168 for a little light relief?

Old Gym Fever — learn to Disco Dance. Tues, 5.30-6.30

Thursday Night Fever — the mixed social fitness class with a difference — 5.30-6.30 (Group encounters were never like this).

All Day and Every Day — cycle your heart out (or in) with 20 minutes a day on the exercycles. Three in the Clinic, one in the weights room.

Home Remedies — Recreation Centre Staff can tailor an in-study activity routine. 20 minutes taken daily or as prescribed after study.

Badminton Beginning Again — Tues 10-11, Fri 10-11, Fri 11-12.

Thursday Morning's Gentle Gyrations — A general fitness class 10-11.

If you have difficulty choosing one of these free offers, better take these all or come and talk to the Centre Staff about it.

Fitness Analysis Week. July 17th-21st.

"Blessed are the pure in heart...but the flesh is weak."

A means to determining your level of fitness. Measure your progress. Are you fit enough not to be active? Your means to checking your programme's effectiveness. Follow this column for fitness analysis.

Training Notes — New sensational findings in respect to dieting turn up at regular intervals. Sometimes, fats are to be avoided, sometimes carbohydrates get the blame, etc. The actual truth is rather simple. If the number of calories ingested corresponds to the number consumed in the metabolism, body weight does not change except for small variations of up to a couple of pounds (1kg) a day which may occur, mainly due to fluctuations in the body's water content. All excess calories are converted into fat. It matters little if the calories are in the form of fat, carbohydrates, protein or alcohol. (Astrand 1971).

Recreation Centre Quiz no. 2

Answer to URC Quiz no. 1 - Fred Ping (of course).