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15-19 NOV | 2010
 Hello Dear,
Hopefully you’re keeping well and enjoying your time here at the grand old
University of Glasgow. Alas with the nights setting in, the chill creeping round
and wee snivels simpering up to the back of lecture theatres, summer is all
away. I know how it is when deadlines and exams loom out of nowhere- you’ve
got no time- barnies start about how cold the flat’s allowed to be at night
and food turns from a relaxing break into just fuel for the machine.

I’d just like you to know, if things are getting on top of you, there’s a whole load of
activities and support available right here at the University. So to turn any winter
frowns around and help ease any worries there’s a rosy five day health ‘week’ of
activities to help you keep healthy and happy in these new cold climbs. Get a massage
or take a laughter class and feel good, because you’re a dear, really, you are.

Love,

Granny Health Week x

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Stretch 2
Harmony
Up at the gym the youngsters run lots of
fitness workshops and sports classes and
training things week in, week out. For
Health Week, all of them will be free of
charge to give everyone a chance to see
how good they are. Stretch 2 Harmony is
one of the classes that takes place weekly
up there. The class improves flexibility,
posture and core stability - which sounds
especially useful for grannies. In just under
an hour the range of postures and exer-
cises should leave you feeling relaxed and
refreshed. It sounds excellent doesn’t it?
If bubble baths and biscuits aren’t doing
the trick, this could be just the ticket to get
you back to feeling just as brilliant as you
deserve to feel.
Monday, 1310 - 1350
Exercise Studio, Stevenson Building

Free Gym Condoms on

Access
Those dears at the University Gym are be-
ing awfully kind. As well as making all their
sports sessions and workshops free to try,
they’re also throwing open the doors of
the gym for Health Week, making their
brilliant facilities free to use. If you’ve
been peering in the windows wondering
how those fancy contraptions and line-
marked rooms can get you fit, now is your
chance to find out. Go onto the internet
and type in: www.gla.ac.uk/sport/ and
you’ll be able to keep up to date with the
dears and see what’s to be happening.
Monday - Sunday, check hours online
Stevenson Building
Campus
It’s important to keep yourselves all
wrapped up if you’re going to be around
the place this winter. The lovely chaps over
at the SRC have volunteers all week who’ll
be wandering round the vast Uni Campus
handing out free condoms- try and track
them down. They’ll be along to those pop-
ular club nights the unions run too hand-
ing out the wee wellies to help you keep
each other safe.
Monday, Thursday, Friday
Roaming Campus- catch them if you can
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There’s a select group of people who think
park benches were just made to be sat on.
The sporty folk who organise this outdoor
urban workout are not part of that group.
Apparently benches can be use for a whole
range of exercises. This outdoor session
looks to turns the humdrum features of
our dear green city into an outdoor gym
full of possibilities with which to improve
your fitness. It all sounds very exciting,
and the man we chatted to described the
proceedings as ‘intense’. The session is
weather dependant so don’t shoogle up if
it’s dreich outside.
Wednesday , 1310-1350
Meet at Stevenson Building Reception
Laughter
Workshop
Fancy a right laugh? If you do, head down
to see the bright buttons from Joyworks
who are bringing their mini laughter work-
shops to the Uni to get you all in stiches.
They’re pretty keen to get you young
things laughing, and promised their events
will leave you “ more inspired, more open
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minded, confident, full of energy and clos-
er to the people around you”. Whatever it
is that’s involved in all this must tickle the
right funny bones as this half-hour work-
shop has been jam packed in previous
years. Because you all loved it so much the
last time, this year we’ve booked them in
to do the whole thing twice.
Wednesday, 1030-1100, 1130-1200
Williams Room, John MacIntyre Building
Free Massages
Ten minutes of sitting back, relaxing and
having a good, free massage can do you
the world of good. Melt into some strong
hands and forget your worries thanks to
the kind dears at Woodland Herbs who will
be up at the Williams Rooms offering free
ten-minute mini-massages for a lucky few.
RSVP-ing is essential for these sessions as
everyone seems to want massaging hands
on them. Consider this your invite, then
email vp-support@src.gla.ac.uk with your
name quick-sharp to slot yourself in.
Thursday, 1130-1300
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Zumba
What a brilliant name for anything at
all- Zumba, as a name alone sounds just
fabulous eh? As one of the many weekly
classes which is free during health week,
Zumba promises a “great aerobic work-
out” along to Latin rhythms. The man
who does it says “this free flowing choreo-
graphed class suits all with high & low op-
tions, learn how to create movement with
ease and attitude”. Sounds like the dancin
without cheese and chips.
Friday, 1720-1820
Activity Hall, Stevenson Building
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Relax &
Recharge
Having a nice wee breather now and again
is really important. Cups of tea can be very
nice, but Yoga can be handy too. Some fan-
tastic people who are brilliant at this sort
of thing are holding a wee workshop to
teach some techniques for keeping your-
self out of those stress frenzies. They’ll be
dishing out easy yoga and meditation tips
and advice to improve mental clarity, re-
duce stress and anxiety, boost confidence,
and increase mental potential. Phew.
Tuesday, 1300-1400
Williams Room, John MacIntyre Building

Health Stall
There’s lot of different people who know
a whole lot about health, and a different
group of them will be coming in each day
to the Health Week stall downstairs on
level three of the Fraser Building to dis-
pense advice. Sandyford Sexual Health
Clinic, Men’s Health Forum, Time to
Change Campaign, Sport and Recreation
Service, and the University’s Counselling
service and Inter-Faith Chaplaincy will be
manning the stall across the various days.
If any of those take your fancy, pop down
have a wee chat with them between ten
and three, they’re all lovely people.
Monday - Friday, 1000-1500
Third Floor, Fraser Building

These are only some of the events taking place during Health Week- for more have a gan-
der over the page. All sports clubs and exercise classes are also free to try during the week
and are very open to new faces. For complete listings visit: www.gla.ac.uk/sport/
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All Free Gym Access, Stevenson Building

Day
SRC Advice Centre Drop-In, Ground Floor, John MacIntyre Building
Health Stall with the Health Stall with Coun- Health Stall with Time
Sandyford Clinic (1) selling Service & Inter- Change & See me (1)
Faith Chaplincy (1)

1000
Laughter Workshop (2

1100
Laughter Workshop (2

1200
Stretch 2 Harmony (3) Relax & Recharge (2) Urban Workout (5)
1300
1400 Condoms on Campus Table Tennis Drop-In (3) Tennis Club Drop-In (6

1500

1600
1700 Box Fit (4)

Late Condoms @ Quids, Judo Club Drop-In, 19

QMU 2000 (3)

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ednesday Thursday Friday

e to Health Stall with Sports & Health Stall with Men’s

Recreation Service (1) Health Forum (1)

2)

2)
Free Massages (2)
KEY
Condoms on Campus Condoms on Campus (1) Level 3, Fraser Building

(2) Williams Room, Upstairs in

6) the John MacIntyre Building

(3) Exercise Studio, Stevenson

Basketball Drop-In (4) Building

(4) Activity Hall, Stevenson

Building

Zumba (4) (5) Meet at Stevenson Build-

ing Reception
900- Condoms @ HIVE, GUU
(6) Dowanhill Tennis Courts
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