Gill South: Going to great lengths for a jog

"Although I like to think of myself as a natural athlete, the aches and pains after exercise are becoming harder to take. Playing tennis in the holidays with the kids, I felt as if I had been run over by a truck the next morning.

I decide a bit of aqua jogging is just the ticket to get some exercise but not hurt myself or my joints. I've never been a jogger, the hockey run from school is still an extremely bad memory. But in the water, it's completely different."

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I am a 48 year old woman and have fibromyalgia, and a bad lower back

Cases of fibromyalgia are strongly associated with
severe nutrient imbalances and deficiencies.

I am 48 and have fibromyalgia, and a bad lower back, and the vertebrae in my neck have bone spurs and there is degeneration that causes nerve pain down one arm. I am not an exercise person - I DON'T run - always hated it, but have walked a lot. Not recently though (last 2 yrs).

My lower back gave out recently (muscular) I couldn't walk for 2 weeks. I know I really need to build up my core muscles to strengthen my lower back - tummy muscles especially. I need to loose weight too - I'm tall but carry weight around my mid section. I went for a gentle walk yesterday but as a result I am so sore all over - especially my thighs, hips - everywhere basically. Like I have been hit with a base ball bat all over my body - mostly to touch.

So what I have started doing on weekends is going to the XXXX pool - sitting in the hot spa with jets on my back and thighs then I do the aqua jogging with a belt. I figured out today that maybe I should be bringing my knees up to my tummy. when I did this I could feel my tummy muscles working. At times I could feel myself going forward so I do need to straighten up. I'm not sure what to do with my arms but will try what you have suggested, and I guess I am using my feet like paddles.

Running with the Wings of Mercury - a luncheon with Lorraine Moller

Running with the Wings of Mercury - a luncheon with Lorraine Moller

In association with Aquafins NZ and Wellington Scottish Harriers

Friday 22 February, 12 noon – 2.00 pm, The Upstairs Function Room,
The Loaded Hog, Queens Wharf, Wellington

Lorraine is the only woman to have run and completed all the Olympic marathons for women last century. She represented New Zealand at four consecutive Olympic Games commencing with the first marathon for women in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games through to the climax of her career, an Olympic bronze medal in the marathon at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. She is also three-time winner of the Avon and Osaka marathons and a Boston marathon winner.

Now based in Boulder, Colorado as a running coach and author, Lorraine recently completed her autobiography On the Wings of Mercury: The Lorraine Moller story and it debuted at Number 2 on the New Zealand Best Sellers List just before Christmas.
Luncheon Details:
$10.00 (payable at the door) includes a light lunch. A cash bar will be available
Seats are limited.
Please RSVP by email to Gill Gray, Aquafins New Zealand aquafinsnz@xtra.co.nz to secure your seat.
Lorraine's autobiography "On the Wings of Mercury" will be on sale and for autograph and Aquafins will be on display and available for purchase.

(Lorraine has been brought over from the USA by the Davies/Lovelock Foundation to give a clinic series on Lydiard coaching)

Is he overdoing it? – You decide

The manager of the swimming pool told me that there was a man aqua-jogging daily for 5-6 hours a day. He was concerned that this fellow was over-doing it and could I talk to him. I said that I thought I knew the person and would have a quiet chat with him.

“Fred” (not his real name), I asked when I next caught up with him about his worn out knees; “I hear there is some guy aqua-jogging 5-6 hours a day. Is that you?” “Oh no, that can’t be me”, he replied trying look innocent; “I’m only doing four hours a day. If I do more than that I end up rubbing all the skin off my back”.



Over-training – The Signs

• If you are overdoing things, you may have one or a combination of the following:
• Consistently elevated morning pulse.
• Irregular pulse
• Unusually slow pulse associated with light-headedness and unusually low blood pressure
• Tired, draggy feeling.
• Grumpy, hyper-emotional and overreacting to stress.
• Poor quality sleep.
• Craving for chocolate, caffeine and stimulants, indicating that your adrenal glands are stressed.
• Lowered immunity resulting in infections such as a sore throat, cold, or breakout of cold-sores.
• Sore, hard muscles; cramps and aches.
• Loss of form. Overworked muscles are “turned off” and your body awkwardly tries to recruit others that are inefficient for the job at hand.
• You find yourself stumbling over your own feet and your nose seems to be closer to the pavement than usual.
• Loss of motivation such as feeling like quitting workouts or procrastinating to do your training.
• Slow, disappointing times in workouts and competition.

Aquafins for effective cross training

“Aquafins are addictive! Besides providing an excellent strengthening workout they feel so naturally good in the water that pool running takes on a whole new dimension.
I have always been an advocate of pool running for athletes as a low impact, full-body resistance cross-training exercise. Aquafins enhance every aspect of deepwater workouts and shallow water exercising. They are a valuable aid not only as cross-training for serious athletes but also to those looking to increase their fitness, strengthen, tone, lose weight or who are recovering from injury or surgery. I recommend Aquafin water workouts as an essential inclusion into any fitness programme.”

Lorraine Moller, Running Coach, Boulder, Colorado (Four-time Olympic Marathoner representing New Zealand; Bronze Medallist, Women’s Marathon, Olympic Games, Barcelona 1992; Three Time Avon Women’s World Marathon Champion; Boston Marathon Winner)

For more information:
Gill Gray and Don Christe, Aquafins New Zealand, 50 Glen Road
Wellington aquafinsnz@xtra.co.nz
04 479 7474 or 04 970 1188
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Gary Moller comments:
Lorraine and I don't have any financial ties with the people who sell these training aids, nor are we being paid to say this: We simply think these are great for cross-training for sports like running and for general fitness, including weight loss and muscle toning without the usual wear and tear.