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Queensland researchers map muscle fibres and find calcium levels rising to high levels after a strenuous workout, increasing the risk of damage.
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| UpdatedApproaching 40 and attempting to run an ultramarathon? Would you do it if it potentially made you look years older?
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| UpdatedMost of us know we're not getting enough exercise. But do you know how much you are supposed to get? Or if you are even close?
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It can be hard to keep fit when the mercury regularly hits the high 40s. Marble Bar locals in the Pilbara have hit on a novel way to beat the heat, playing their own version of indoor cricket outdoors in the cool evening air. Read more
Topics: exercise-and-fitness, rural-youth, weather, marble-bar-6760
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The gym can be intimidating and overwhelming: a place of sweat, judgement, indignity and shame. But it can also be hugely beneficial, and it's just about finding the right one, writes Jarrod Boyle.
Topics: health, exercise-and-fitness, australia
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Eliza Wood heads along to cricket training in Marble Bar.
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| UpdatedIn a Western Australian town where the mercury regularly licks 50 degrees C, indoor cricket — outdoors — is the hottest game around.
Topics: exercise-and-fitness, sports-organisations, rural-youth, weather, marble-bar-6760
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Seven out of 10 Australian men are overweight or obese, yet when it comes to weight loss much of the focus is on women.
Topics: health, mens-health, diet-and-nutrition, exercise-and-fitness, australia
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| UpdatedAustralian women are outperforming men when it comes to keeping active across the country, with the difference starkest in Queensland, according to data from the Australian Sports Commission.
Topics: exercise-and-fitness, health, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedYou've vowed to get fit. Great. The thing is, it's a promise you've made to yourself before. So how can you tell if things will be different this time?
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Topics: dance, performance-art, women, offbeat, exercise-and-fitness, townsville-4810
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Topics: dance, performance-art, women, offbeat, exercise-and-fitness, townsville-4810
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Topics: dance, performance-art, women, offbeat, exercise-and-fitness, townsville-4810
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North Queensland women are boosting their body confidence by performing burlesque.
Topics: dance, performance-art, women, offbeat, exercise-and-fitness, townsville-4810
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With New Year's resolutions fresh in their minds, people everywhere hit the gym and pound the pavements, but physiotherapists say the key to getting fit is staying injury-free.
Topics: lifestyle-and-leisure, exercise-and-fitness, sports-injuries, doctors-and-medical-professionals, cairns-4870
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Whether you are super fit or not, taking a walk and seeing the spectacular coastal views Sydney has to offer is a great way to spend a few hours.
Topics: lifestyle-and-leisure, travel-and-tourism, human-interest, exercise-and-fitness, sydney-2000
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Major improvements are announced that will make the coastline around Sydney's spectacular Northern Beaches more accessible for cyclists and pedestrians.
Topics: government-and-politics, local-government, exercise-and-fitness, manly-2095, palm-beach-2108
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Unidentifiable children at Snug Falls
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View of Hobart from Mount Direction
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Tasmania is known for its bushwalks, and there are plenty you can tackle with toddlers in tow that will not leave you carrying them back to the car.
Topics: children, family-and-children, exercise-and-fitness, lifestyle, national-parks, hobart-7000
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An exercise program for seniors of multicultural backgrounds is having big success in keeping people in their homes for longer.
Topics: aged-care, community-and-society, exercise-and-fitness, women, older-people, health, waratah-2298, newcastle-2300, egypt