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FITNESS ONTARIO_ Two pluses. and then. a f lop Fitness Ontario came to the Town of Newcastle last week and some eighty-five bodies were tested as to physical fitness at the Bowmanville library. 1 saw this as a good opportunity to sneak over and possibly come up with a programn that would assure me that j could continue to keep pace with a couple of walking and skiing buddies on Sunday mornings. Mfter al Rutherford has given up smoking and spends this time cutting and splitting wood whihe Bunting spends some of his idie time walking and bicycling. A physical fitness program, 1 felt, could offset my dsadvantage with this duo. So iast Friday night it was, gather up the running shoes, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts and off to the Bowman- ville Library for the Fitness Ontario test. Lois: "My name is Lois, a technician with Fitness Ont- ario and. I wili conduct you through your test, after f illing out the necessary forms." At the first stop it was no surprise to find 1 was over- weight at 207 pounds but of this 27.9 percent is body fat. Lois: "There is no sense asking you to drop a lot of By Roy Forres ter weight ahl at once. I would suggest you drop ten pounds and hohd your weight at the 197 pound level with your body fat content then at 24 percent. We wiilý test you again when we return in six months" I found in my next test that 1 hassie with opening new piekie jars as does every other average maie of fifty- five. Muscuhar strength was average, a littie stronger with the right hand than the lef t. Lois: "Great, excellent, try it again". This burst from Lois came when taking the flexibility test, 36.2 cm. on the flexibility board as well as, touching kçnuckles on the floor with knees straight. The first real plus and excellent marked on the score card. Lois: "We will now under- take the respiratory function analysis. Take some deep breathes and then expire ahl the air you can and as fast as you can into this tube." (The tube was attached to an electrical recording mach- ine) Really what couki I expect tbanks good friends for your Ioyalty and good wiII. Hope your holidays wiII be f illed to the brie with old fushioned Christmas cheer! Rha m's Garage "Stippy's and Staff" bere after ail I consume over a pack a day of those filthy fags. Lois: "Try it again and this time try to expire your air asfast as possible". Af ter a lot of flashing lights and the pushing of buttons the recording showed 5.20 litres of air expired which gave my second plus, 114 percent of normal. Lois: "That is excellent, : but . . . the rate of air expelled is a little low. An acceptable level for your- weight, age, etc. wouldbe 72 percent within the first sec- ond you have recorded 66 percent. At this point T was some- what elated and eager to take the aerobic capacity test. It was going to be'a breeze after ahl Sunday morning I hadkept pace with Rutherford and Bunting over hill and dale and across rough terrain for a continuous two hours... returned home for dinner ... and walked with Donna for another two hours in the afternoon. A rhythmic 'up one, two three, down one, two, three,' on two steps would be a piece of cake. Lois: "Sit here and relax lIl take your blood pressure . .relax .., relax ... just let your arm go limp, l'II do the lifting." Lois then calîs the head techncian who after a few casual jokes takes my blood pressure. "Sorry", your blood pressure is too high today to take the remainder of the test ..the flop. Well . . . I feel fine... survived four hours of wahk- ing Sunay ... and it is only 'Up 1,2,3, down 1,2,3 and the tempo is not that fast . . . not what that 25 year old youth is doing in the next test. 1 I can only recali the many times, many of them recent, when with Donna we step onto the dance floor with a real up tempo and skirt about the dance floor with no regard to blood pressure and what May be. This enjoyment wouid be greatly hampered if I must Christmas gift Donna with a stethoscope, inflatable tube and bicycle pump so my blood pressure can be taken before tripping the light fantastic. And what about Rutherford and Bunting ... it wouhd be too embarrassing. Mr. Roast Beef DR. A.F. McKENZIE DR. P.I. MAARTENSE KAY LYCETT POLLITT, WALTERS AND HALIKOWSKI H.H. BARLOW MOM'S KITCHEN RAY'S BARBERSHOP OXFORD BRICKLAYERS OR VILLE CHATTERTON MILLSON'S INSURANCE AGENCY - Ed and Olive Milison HAMILTONS INSURANCE JAMES ARD ORONO BUILDING CONTRACTOR >c4 r-±~-4*>.,S.~~ - I Family Restaurant ý4 ;x