In an age when keeping fit and working out is not considered all that cool by the young, Patrick Campbell and Lizzie Yorkston are exceptions. But then these two young Maleny students have goals in mind which require a personal level of fitness.
LIZZIE YORKSTON is into her third year of a Bachelor of Human Movement degree at the University of Queensland. She wants to be a senior PE teacher and apart from keeping fit herself she has to study human physiology. Lizzie has organised her own gym program at the well-equipped Maleny Gym and thinks keeping herself fit is simply part of her own career path. For the first few
years that path will probably mean teaching PE to children in Queensland country schools, something this young person is quite cool about.
Patrick Campbell is in Year 12 at Maleny High this year and at 16 he is already an accomplished and dedicated sportsman. He has won several school swimming records, but his focus is now as a sprinter. At a zone carnival last year he achieved 11.3 secs in the 100 metres which gave him a buzz and made him realise that he had the speed to at least qualify for the Asian National Games.
Patrick trains 4-5 times a week at the Maleny Gym under the guidance of personal trainer Dan Clarke. His personal challenge is to improve his upper body stature and build up his hamstrings – the key leg
muscles for a sprinter. Patrick intends to build up slowly through low level
competition and see where his personal fitness will lead him. Of course Year 12 will be a busy one for Patrick who knows he has to carefully arrange his studies alongside his personal fitness program and his part-time job of junior swimming coach at the Maleny pool. But then Patrick, like Lizzie, is well able to stretch himself to his outer limits.
Maleny Community Gym is located at the Maleny Showgrounds. Contact trainer April Adsett Ph: 5494766 or email: apriladsett@hotmail.com
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