JULY/AUG 2009
Managers Report
What’s Happening?
Greetings all
Spring is upon us. A great time to experience the
outdoors we have here in Canterbury. We will be
starting the 1000 club shortly. These are members
who have has over 1000 visits in the last 10 years.
There are currently three members with over 1000
visits at the Lincoln University Recreation Centre.
They will be notified to you by the notice board
system over the next few weeks. These 1000 club
members will also be given a special Recreation
Centre t-shirt for their sweaty endeavours.
We have purchased a number of new Reebok steps
and exercise mats. We trust you will enjoy the new
equipment available to you. We have also received
our six new spin bikes. We at Lincoln University
Recreation Centre will continue to spend plus minus
$50,000 per annum on new equipment.
We wish the members starting the Body Creation
challenge the best of luck for the next three months.
We look forward to their transformation.
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There was some fantastic artwork from the Rec
Centre Children's colouring-in competition.
1st Olivia Inwood
2nd Josh Jones
3rd Oliver Kearns-Hill
24th Sept – Christchurch Girls High Teambuilding
25th Sept – Prize giving for Lincoln University rugby
and netball club.
30th Sept – Blues and Golds Awards dinner
Lectures resume for students on 7th September and
exams finish on 7th November 2009.
Business card winner
July/August 2009
Business Card Winner
Congratulations
Scott Walters
IT Asset Manager
Lincoln University
www.lincoln.ac.nz/its
Member of
the month
Rebecca Gibson
Yours actively
Peter Magson
Rebecca came 1st in the Athletics Competition held in
Australia. Rebecca is an elite Sports Scholarship student
at Lincoln University.
Personal Training
Interested in losing a few extra kilos?????
Paul Odlin, the Rec Centre's Male Personal Trainer is still offering consultations using the Smart shape
Nutritional Programme to help gym members improve their diet and achieve their body weight goals. Paul
looks specifically at what, when, how and why you eat.
Want to set yourself a goal of running/walking 10k????
Paul is also encouraging anyone to participate in a 10k run/walk at Hagley Park, Sunday September the
13th. Paul's personal training clients have been put through their paces and will be rearing to go for this
event. Entry fee is only $18 which includes breakfast. Anyone interested can contact Paul or go to
http://www.srichinmoyraces.org/nz/races/christchurch. Entries close the Friday before.
Paul Odlin
03 325 3606 extension 8893
027 25 22015
[email protected]
Otago U-17 Netball Tournament
In July, the Selwyn Under
17 Netball team
travelled to Dunedin to
compete in the Otago
U17 Tournament.
The girls played their
first two games on the
Saturday evening. A lot
of the scores were close.
The girls had a great
time and they are
looking forward to next
year, as seven of this
years team will
hopefully be back to
play!!
The team was;
Erin Smith, Chayna Petherham, Sarah Eaton, Cath Bain, Shani Els, Victoria Roxbrough, Kali Zygmant, Jessica McEwen
and Shanea Burt. Unfortunately Brittany Fisher was unable to come due to the flu so a U15 rep player Livvy Williams
joined the team.
The results were;
Southland B 31 Selwyn 27, South Otago 33 Selwyn 33
Southland U16 38 Selwyn 33, Dunedin 39 Selwyn 23,
South Canterbury 23 Selwyn 21, Upper Clutha 25 Selwyn 39, Central Otago 47 Selwyn 28.
A big thank you to Lincoln University for their Sponsorship this year.
Lifestyle
Excessive sitting
compromises health
A recent Australian study has found that too much sitting down has
health repercussions.
After conducting a study, University of Queensland researchers came
to the conclusion that excessive inactivity has a negative effect on
levels of both blood pressure and blood sugar, which in turn can lead
to heart attacks, cancer and type 2 diabetes.
The team of researchers, led by Professor Neville Owen from the
university’s Cancer Prevention Research Centre, studied the amount of
time that people spend watching television, and pitted it against data
pertaining to their blood glucose and cholesterol levels.
The amount of television that people watched was found to be related
to blood cholesterol and blood glucose, even after taking into
consideration the effect of their physical activity levels and the effect
they may have experienced from being overweight or obese. This
means that even active people who also spend long periods of time in
a sedentary position could suffer health problems as a consequence.
Speaking to the ABC, Owen said ‘Large muscles in the legs and the
backside, which are designed to be standing, maintaining posture,
moving about in hunter gatherers, when those muscles are just
immobilised for long periods of time, it looks like there are mechanisms
in the muscle through something called lipoprotein lipase, that seems to
push signals up through into the hormones and other systems that
control cholesterol in the blood and you end up with what looks like a
pretty unhealthy profile, specifically coming out of that flaccid, nonworking muscle’.
In an age where an enormous proportion of the workforce spend the
majority of their day in a seated position, these findings do not bode
well. But, unless we radically and quickly change the way in which most
workplaces operate, it seems that the best we can do is be practical
and insert small amounts of activity into our working day wherever we
can, and to this end Owen recommended have frequent breaks from
the desk to take shorts walks.
Source: ABC online
Nutrition
Muscle up
to burn
more
calories
As you age into your `40's and `50's they say you suffer
from furniture disease, where your chest falls into your
drawers. Jokes aside, the progressive loss of muscle mass,
accelerated in our 40’s-50s (~ 200g/year) and function
with age, called sarcopenia could be a major cause of
creeping obesity.
Dr Robert Wolfe from the University of Texas Medical
Branch has done the numbers on sarcopenia's affects. His
figures show that in young males, muscle mass ranges from
35 to 50 kg. In contrast, an elderly woman may have less than 13 kg muscle. For these different amounts of total
muscle, the natural regeneration (or synthesis) of protein ranges from about 230 - 900 g per day.
This means that young men break down and rebuild almost 1 kg of muscle every day. This process costs a lot more
energy in a young man than in an elderly women, and will result in a greater metabolic rate.
Wolfe estimates the energy used for muscle protein rebuilding to range from 120 Cal/day for an elderly woman to
485 Cal/day for a young man.
The difference in muscle protein turnover between these two examples, 365 Cal/day would lead to a gain or loss of
47g of body fat per day or 1.4 kg of fat per month. That's 15.6 kg expected fat gain per year for the elderly
woman versus a young male, simply due to a difference in muscle mass.
Wolfe shows that even a 10 kg difference in muscle mass translates into a difference in energy expenditure of about
100 Cal/day (420 kJ/day) or 4.7 kg fat mass per year.
Take Home:
Wolfe's data provide a clear case for maintaining muscle mass as you get older and also for the fat loss and fat
maintenance benefits of weight training.
Reference: The underappreciated role of muscle in health and disease. Wolfe, R., American Journal of Clinical
Nutrition, Vol 84, 475-82, September 2006.
SmartShape
It’s SMARTSHAPE check-in time again with Anna. I am really dreading this meeting. You see I was doing
really well – gave myself a 10 out of 10 for a good 6 weeks and then disaster struck. Hubby went away.
All my plans and organization seemed to evaporate.
How quickly we revert to type, I started missing lunch, chocolate, cheese and crackers became the staple,
and the end of the day unwind was the old chardonnay again. Reflecting on the situation I realized that as
soon as I had no time out, and had to sacrifice my usual exercise time – my focus and willpower had
evaporated and I found lots of excuses to get back to old habits.
Anna opened the meeting with the usual “how have things been..”. So I came clean. We started to discuss
what was happening in my world to make me fall off the wagon, and what had changed. During this
discussion I realized that actually the excuses I had made up had solutions and I was not really trying that
hard to solve them. It had become easier for me to just give up as soon as I was on my own, rather than
keep trying. I am sure that the gentle and unassuming coaching style of Anna had a lot to do with my
revelation!
Once we had identified the issues, Anna was able to come up with lots of ideas and SMARTSHAPE tips to
try and make sure I didn’t fail again. Hubby was due away again for another stint so this time it was
about proving to myself I could do it.
Some of the things we discussed;
• Accepting that it was ok to exercise with the kids, it didn’t have to be on my own all the time.
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Moving the exercycle so that I could hop on and still see the children playing
Using any nap time to have some down time for me and re-charge instead of zooming around and
doing jobs.
Getting that soup option going again and pretending that we were all going to work or school
and packing a lunchbox every morning so that by lunch time it was there to pull out – mine
included
Organising the dinner in the morning
I know this all sounds pretty basic but it was amazing how encouraging it was to have someone to talk to
about it. I left the meeting with Anna feeling like I could do it, and ready to accept the challenge again,
instead of despondent and about to give up. I also decided to set myself a little exercise goal and
entered into a cycling event – to try and keep the pressure on to exercise.
What I really like about the SMARTSHAPE concept is that you set your own goals and they can be all sorts
of things. Mine are focused on eating healthier options, having regular nutrition and fitting my clothes. I still
haven’t hopped on the scales, because it’s not about the number for me, but the clothes are starting to fit a
bit better.
SMARTSHAPE has also made me focus on my nutrition and eating habits in a way that has positively
helped me to understand so much more about what role food plays in my life. I found that I was focusing
on food to survive and reward myself for simply getting through the day. The SMARTSHAPE concept and
support material has helped me to re-focus that issue. I plan my food and nutrition now, I take the time to
make sure I eat well, eat for fuel, and look after myself. The meetings with Anna have helped me to find
lots of other ways to treat and reward myself – not just using food.
The other fantastic thing about the SMARTSHAPE concept is that because it is not a diet as such I have not
had to focus on calories, kilojoules, portions, points, or any food “counting” at all. By focusing on my goals I
have found that the changes I have made have been about lifestyle changes, not just what is on the
shopping list. There has been no denial, I still enjoy my chocolate, cheese, and the odd chardonnay – they
are just in the right place now instead of the daily food count.
So getting back to where I am – well Anna was very complimentary about my success, even though I had
had a backwards flip, she said she could see the changes. They are little, it is not happening fast but as I
said at the outset, nine months on – nine months to come off. Let’s see what the next 12 weeks brings.
Recipe of the Month
Devilled Eggs with Fresh Basil
Devilled Eggs
Diana Rattray
Fresh basil and a little Dijon mustard
flavour these delicious devilled eggs. Make
these for a special event or a weekend
snack for the family.
Ingredients:
12 large eggs, cooked, shells
removed*
1 to 2 tablespoons finely chopped
basil
4 to 6 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
salt and pepper, to taste
finely chopped red onion, optional
sliced grape tomato, optional
paprika, optional
Preparation:
*Hard-Cooked Eggs:
Place fresh eggs in a single layer in a saucepan, then cover with water to about 1 inch over the eggs. Bring to a boil,
cover, then immediately remove from heat. Let the eggs stand for about 17 to 19 minutes, then drain off hot water and
cover with cold water and a few ice cubes. Let stand until completely cooled before peeling.
Slice peeled eggs in half lengthwise and gently scoop out yolks. Put all hard-cooked yolks in a bowl and mash. Add basil,
4 tablespoons of mayonnaise, and mustard; stir until well blended. Add more mayonnaise if desired, and salt and
pepper, to taste. Fill the egg whites with a scoop of the yolk mixture. If desired, top with finely chopped red onion or
sliced grape tomatoes, or sprinkle lightly with paprika.
Makes 2 dozen devilled egg halves.
Events
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Phone: (03) 325 3606
Fax: (03) 325 3889
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