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New content added this month:
- Events happening from June to August including the Canterbury Duathlon Series.
- Upcoming training opportunities like workshops for organisers of community recreation programmes and events.
- Awareness dates: Bowel Cancer Awareness Month and Men's Health Month (June).
- Latest Active Canterbury Network Newsletter (May/June 2019).
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Here are some snippets on the latest physical activity research or news that we found interesting.
HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) has remained popular for its reported benefits to health, and for those with time restrictions that make longer workouts unrealistic. University of Otago researchers have also recently discovered that high-intensity exercise can reduce or reverse the loss in heart function caused by type 2 diabetes.
Bringing the science of high intensity interval training (HIIT) into everyday life could be the key to helping unfit, overweight people get more of the exercise they need to improve their health, according to an international research team.
ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie says New Zealand is rated 10th best in the world for gym membership but we have some of the worst physical inactivity levels globally.
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The Active Canterbury Newsletter is produced bi-monthly and aims to keep local physical activity providers informed. It has a focus on latest physical activity research, upcoming education and training opportunities, key events and tips on how to practically apply research and industry tools.
View the latest newsletter: AC Network Newsletter: May-June 2019