Dave Norris ONZM has been an international athlete, national basketball player, magazine editor, TV commentator, school principal and sports management businessman. He represented Ne
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Physical and Mental Health - Exercise, Fitness and Activity
Healthy body, healthy mind! Physical Exercise, Fitness, Running, Jogging, Gym and Activity. Twitter Hashtag: #GymEd Curated by Peter Mellow |
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Dave Norris ONZM has been an international athlete, national basketball player, magazine editor, TV commentator, school principal and sports management businessman. He represented Ne
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Running is great but last year more than 16,000 injuries cost ACC $86 million last year. AUT researchers Drs Kelly Sheerin and Hannah Wyatt are collecting data to develop apps that give recreational runners individualised training schedules based on a range of factors such as physical build and running terrain. The aim is to prepare runners better and help them avoid injury risk. Newshub spoke to them about their research.
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If you do it right, CWI can be effective, says John Cronin, the director of the Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand at AUT University.
"There is pretty good evidence out there suggesting changes in cardiac responses, peripheral resistance, blood flow and that if you toy with the temperature and hydrostatic pressure, it's good," says Cronin.
Hydrostatic pressure is the pressure exerted by water due to the force of gravity. The pressure increases in proportion to the depth due to the increasing weight of the water.
Cronin believes the technique can aid recovery but the question is, how much? Does it do more than, say, going for a light jog? "There is a lot of uptake in cold water immersion but, again, over and above other types of strategies?" asks Cronin.
Great comments from my colleague, Professor John Cornin at AUT.
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Watch AUT University's The Science of Strength: How strong is strong enough? on Livestream.com.
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A movie collection of 101 common exercises that you can do to improve you fitness. Includes Swiss Ball Exercises, stretching, cardio and weight training exercises found in most gyms. Graded for beginners, intermediate and advanced.
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I really need to invest in an exercise ball. I've been meaning to do work outs with an exercise ball and this is the time. The swiss ball exercise looks like it's going to benefit me so I'm going to have to try that
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To figure out if I scientifically have what it takes to be a runner, I need to get my mouth around a couple of tongue twisters.
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A new clinic at AUT Millennium Campus will lead a unique global network of anthropometrists providing data enabling elite athletes to know more about their body composition than ever before.
Dave Norris...legend! I had the privilege of sharing an office with him at AUT. A humble, funny and great man. Kia Kaha