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what should our maximum heart rate be during exercise?

  • Written by: Angela Spence, Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology (BSc, PhD), Curtin University
what should our maximum heart rate be during exercise?Exercising at your maximal heart rate isn't always effective.Izf/Shutterstock

You have your runners on, your FitBit is charged, but now what?

When you exercise, your heart and breathing rates increase, delivering greater quantities of oxygen from the lungs to the blood, then to exercising muscles.

Determining an optimal heart rate for exercise...

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How to get ready as the US-China trade war spills over to other countries

  • Written by: Hongzhi Gao, Associate professor, Victoria University of Wellington
How to get ready as the US-China trade war spills over to other countriesChina is the world's second largest economy. EPA/Aleksandar Plavevski, CC BY-SA

The ever-escalating tensions in trade relations between the US and China have caught the nerve of politicians, businesses and the public. This conflict is challenging the traditional approach to trade disputes, which usually involves one of the disputing countries...

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Migrants want to live in the big cities, just like the rest of us

  • Written by: Dr. Sajeda Tuli, Fulbright Scholar, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra
Migrants want to live in the big cities, just like the rest of usMelbourne is a favourite destination for migrants from overseas and elsewhere in Australia.TK Kurikawa/Shutterstock

Migration is getting increasing attention in Australia, with the Morrison government recently putting the focus on settling migrants in regional areas to ease pressure on the capital cities. Newly released statistics show 79% of...

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