GI Jane meets Barbie Like
HEALTH & FITNESS
many of us I struggle to find any time to keep as fit
and healthy as I’d like, and I’m not averse to self-deception as to why I’ve done less exercise than I should.
I met with Sarah Donohue who has won and placed many times in the American Women’s Tri Fitness (WTF), who is crusading for all women to reap the rewards of exercise. She put me through a routine that lasted less than an hour, and felt exceptionally hard work at the time. But the aches I endured for the next four days proved just how much could be achieved in such a short intense workout.
secret is plyometrics and heavy weights. Sarah is evangelical about the benefits of being fit and healthy, with the added payback of strong bones, raised endorphin levels, improved self-esteem, and increased muscle mass that also raises your metabolic rate. What is the downside?
Sarah put me through my paces at the David Lloyd Centre in Kidbrooke, with a really friendly feel, and encouraging staff.
children and an on-site crèche.
They have many activities for Thus
removing the opportunity to avoid visiting the gym because you can’t get a baby sitter. Take your children with you.
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You can get fit whilst your children have many activity options too.
Sarah aims to bring WTF to the UK, to give more women the opportunity that she has enjoyed to take part in their wide range of activities. Part pageant, part army style obstacle course, part strength tests, and part gymnastics.
It
has been described as GI Jane meets Barbie for good reason. And it cultivates camaraderie and competitiveness, as well as an opportunity to compete in many arenas.
of hiding under a jumper I’ll be plyometricing my way around SE9.
The
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National Service Veterans Alliance Among
the veterans marching in Whitehall at this year’s Remembrance Sunday march will be SE9’s Alan Tizzard, chair of the National Service Veterans Alliance.
The Alliance is campaigning for recognition for the more than two million people who were conscripted to undertake national service between 1945 and 1963.
Alan, of Kingsground, joins members of the Alliance who now march along Whitehall in their own right as National Servicemen.
The Alliance is lobbying for the Servicemen, some of whom did duty for more than three years full time, to be granted a medal in recognition of their sacrifice.
Alan said: “For at least two years of our lives,
Soul Singers Sought Greenwich
Soul Choir
has a new home. The 15-strong choir now meets on Tuesday evenings at Eltham Community Church in
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This winter instead
our freedom was taken away from us, followed by a further period of compulsory attendance at evening parades and weekend camps.
“In many other countries, this has been recognised by issuing an official medal, but not here”, he said.
Alan was called up for national service in 1950, aged 18, and was a tank driver in the British Army of the Rhine during the cold war period.
Alan can be contacted on 8859 8378 or
alantizzard@nsva.fsnet.co.uk
Westhorne Avenue. Their repertoire includes a wide range of soul songs from Aretha Franklin, Bill Withers to Amy Winehouse. For more details, ring Abi Gilchrist on 07958 612 582 or email her
greenwichsoul@googlemail.com
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