Children’s muscles recover rapidly from high-intensity exercise, and kids can produce repeated exercise efforts when most of us adults continue to feel exhausted.
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How can exercise, meditation and hypnosis change our brains and potentially prevent disease?
Our body burns more fat when we exercise before breakfast, but studies haven't found that means we lose more weight over time.
Four out of five experts say walking is enough exercise.
It's not just elite sportspeople who get muscle cramps. If you've ever experienced one, you'll know how painful they are. But why do we get them, and is there anything to be done?
Running (or walking) with others is good for health and social connections. But you don't have to aim for marathons.
The human spine can withstand heavy lifting, according to the latest research.
Although we can’t change our age or genetic profile, there are fortunately several lifestyle changes we can make that will reduce our dementia risk.
Middle-aged and elderly people taking up exercise shouldn't be put off by joint pain. It will pass.
Research shows that exercise offers promise -- as an alternative to prescription opioids -- for relieving chronic pain.
We found that over 12 years, women who had an unhealthy weight and had yo-yoed didn't gain more weight than women who had never yo-yoed.
Drinking coffee before exercising could make you run faster and lift heavier - if you've the right genes.
There are many benefits to walking - whether you do it in a group or on your own.
Here's how athletes at the Winter Olympics are able to perform in extreme cold.
Tennis should be a more regularly accessible sport for more children. That's where we find more Johanna Kontas, Heather Watsons and Andy Murrays.
Turns out taking antioxidant supplements after exercise doesn't do much to help reduce muscle soreness after all.
Western societies are obsessed with body image – and it's stopping self-improvement.
For good health and longevity, the right mindset – and less stress – may be more important than exercise.
Are your new diet, exercise, meditation and self-care resolutions for 2018 really a personal choice? Or are you a model Western "biocitizen," living a life of unfreedom?
Taking more exercise is a New Year's resolution to stick to. Exercise reduces risks of depression, cancers, heart disease, stroke and sudden death.
Top contributors
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Professor of Health Sciences, University of South Australia
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Professor and Laboratory Head of Physical Activity, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Honorary Adjunct Associate Professor, Bond University
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Professor, School of Allied Health Sciences, Griffith University
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Associate Professor in Exercise Physiology and Research Associate of Institute of Sport Exercise and Active Living (ISEAL), Victoria University
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Simon Rosenbaum is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Research Fellow, UNSW
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Lecturer in Prevention and Research Fellow in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health, University of Sydney
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Course coordinator for postgraduate level Certificate in Ergonomics, Rhodes University
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Professorial Research Fellow: Physical Activity and Health, CQUniversity Australia
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Associate Professor, School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University
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Alfred Deakin Professor, Deakin University
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Research Fellow, Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living, Victoria University
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Lecturer in Applied Sport Science, Deakin University
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Sport Science Research Fellow, Victoria University
