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TOURISTS GET THE TASTE OF ARMY LIFE
Created on the site of an updated former military base in Transylvania, Romania, Arsenal Park is an action-packed offering designed to put fi tness- hungry holiday makers through their paces. With 80 hectares of land, there’s plenty of
room for outdoor team sports, adventures, hikes and even marches, training drills or tank driving. Horse riding, airsoft, paintball, buggy riding, all-terrain vehicle experiences, jeep off-roading, archery and golf are also on the menu. What’s more, old tanks have been transformed
into bedrooms – or there are more standard bedrooms available, albeit with unused cannons! Bega Grup, the operators of the base, acquired
the insolvent military factory in 2003. It has spent a reported £17m turning the ruined workshops, bunkers and ammunition warehouses into a holiday camp that gives a taste of military life. Details:
www.arsenalpark.co.uk
DIVE INTO THE NEW AQUA ZUMBA CRAZE
Hot on the heels of the popular Latin American group class Zumba Fitness® comes Aqua Zumba – an unoffi cial spin-off where people perform the moves in a pool rather than in a studio. The new classes, which are now
being offered in the UK, still have the same sense of fun and lively music – but with the added resistance of water. Dearne Valley Leisure Centre
launched its Aqua Zumba session in April after the success of the studio-style version. Centre manager Michele Parnham told The Star: “Aqua Zumba is already fully booked, with 50 active water enthusiasts trying out their moves in the water.”
walnuts are healthiest nut
Walnuts have been found to be the healthiest nut, above other popular varieties such as almonds, peanuts, pistachios, hazelnuts, Brazil nuts, cashews, macadamias and pecans. The famous Christmas treat could
now become a year-round favourite thanks to scientists at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania, US, who have revealed that walnuts have more antioxidants than any other nut, in
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addition to a healthy combination of vitamins, fi bre, minerals and protein. Dr Joe Vinson, who led the study,
says: “A handful of walnuts contains almost twice as much antioxidants as an equivalent amount of any other commonly consumed nut.” Dr Vinson’s team also found that
the quality, or potency, of antioxidants present in walnuts was highest compared to the other varieties of nut.
THE BUDDY SYSTEM WORKS FOR KIDS TOO
While it’s not unusual for adults to go to the gym together, especially for weight training, recent research has found that taking part in physical activity with a ‘best friend’ can also lead to higher levels of activity among children. The BHF-funded study, carried out by the University of Bristol, focused on school children aged 10 and 11. It was found that boys whose best friends are
physically active engage in more physical activity themselves. Girls who regularly take part in active play with their best friend achieve higher levels of physical activity than girls who do so less frequently. The study is part of the Bristol 3Ps Project, which
examines the infl uence of peers and parents on physical activity levels in children.
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