Active+Living

__**Welcome to Active Living and Health Tips!**__







Click on this link to see what you need for a comfortable and enjoyable Active Living session.

This page will include photos of activities we have done as well as various information on how to get fitter, perform certain exercises that you can do at home or in your own time. Click on the link below to see some easy exercises that you could do by yourself, or with a friend. If you don't have access to dumbells, you can always use tins of food from your cupboard. They help give you a little extra resistance so you are working on muscle tone.





Did you know your thigh muscles (quadriceps) are the biggest muscles in your body and if we don't use them enough, will turn to flab?! These exercises are easy and can be done anywhere, even on getting out of bed in the morning!



Click on the next link to see some Pilates moves that are superb for strengthening your stomach and whole body, especially brilliant for pre and post baby! If the words are too small, look at the diagrams to see what the exercises include. Remember, we have mats at school which you can practice on!





=__Badminton Coaching Sessions__= Session One of Coaching with Lee Colvin. See below for the obvious fun and games!













__**Health Tip**__ Click on this link for some fascinating information on Coke and water.

__Past sporting fun at He Matariki__ Click on this link to see Volleyball fun at He Matariki, taking on the staff at Te Ora Hou and the Pulse. In March 2009, Roz and Muriel took some of our students to Onerahi one Sunday morning to do the Beach 2 Basin fun run. We decided to wear silly wigs and hats just because! It was a great morning. See below.

Here are some photos of some of our walking trips we did out to Whangarei Falls and to Tutukaka lighthouse.



The students had an awesome opportunity to go kayaking with an instructor from Northtec. Here they are learning some tricks and having all sorts of fun in and out of the kayaks at Hikurangi!

Have a look and a go at the side body lift, plank leg lift and lying side crunch...all done lying down, well almost!

These 4 exercises will help strengthen your sides, tummy, back and thighs-good all round core strengthening.



For extra work on your abdominal (tummy) muscles and how to get that SIX PACK...oh yes, have a go at this...



Have a look at the next attachment to get some more ideas for an excellent all over body workout.





Now click on this link to see a really EASY lunge exercise to trim that bum up once and for all! Remember, the more the better!

= = = = =__ SWISS BALL ... __= = =

Follow these simple exercise routines to not only stretch but strengthen your **upper body**. When doing the "Dumbell Fly" and "Chest Press", you can always improvise with tins of canned food if you don't have dumbells. Use your imagination with extra equipment as it can add some extra resistence and really help in toning the body back into shape.



These following exercises can really help your largest muscle group in the body, the **quadriceps (thighs).**



For an all round **total body workout**, these exercises can help strengthen and improve flexibilty.





Click below to learn some more exercises that can help your entire body. Instead of dumbells use cans of food, and

remember you can do these exercises ANYTIME, ANYWHERE!





Click on these links to get some **honest** information about exercising so you know how to get the **best** from your workout.



These are chemicals that are mainly found in most **deodorants, shampoos and conditioners, make-up, toothpaste, body creams, sunscreens, food additives** etc, and research shows they can be a huge contributing factor to causing **breast cancer**. Have a look at this article below to find out more.



__BOOT CAMP FUN WITH ONE-2-ONE FITNESS__
Over the course of 4 weeks, the girls got to experience a fitness class based on having fun aswell as a workout. They participated in lots of activities, but boxing was a popular one. Here are a few photos from the last session.