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20 The Link Magazine • September 2003

A time for new year resolutions

Stress... commitments... pressure...

These are familiar to a lot of
people nowadays, and they can
lead to dis-ease unless you do
something about it, writes
Darren Gunter of the Link Cen-
tre Active Lifestyle Unit.
The ironic thing is that we can
knock ourselves out at work and
at home in our efforts to provide
Want to set yourself the best life we can for ourselves
new challenges? and our families, and give no ef-
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fort or thought at all to the upkeep
of our most valuable asset .... our
health.
Study after study proves that not less. Ask anyone who exer-
exercise and activity reduces stress, cises.
improves our physical fitness and
Is it because you think the gym
mental alertness, decreases our
chances of developing many dis- will be full of muscle bound
eases and improves our confidence meatheads and lithe, lycra clad
and sense of well-being. ladies? Then you obviously
; Hgdo 00 r^ C so many advantages to leading an haven't looked in a gym for a very
So why is it that when there are
long time.
y
Improve our fitness? • Improve Your confidence? active lifestyle that less than ten You just don't like aerobics? There
/ per cent of the UK population ex- is no longer any such thing as 'just
Lean to defend yourself? Become a British Champion?
ercises regularly? And if you are an aerobics class'.
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