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Are AFL grand finals really the hardest game of the year? We checked the data (opens the original)
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Every September, Australian Football League (AFL) fans are told the same thing: the grand final is the hardest game of the year – faster, fiercer and more brutal than the matches that came before it. It is something commentators, players and footy followers often repeat, but nobody checks. So, we checked, ahead of this Saturday’s decider between Fremantle and Brisbane. Using the AFL’s own match statistics and the historical records at AFL Tables, we built a dataset of all 5,111 games played betw
Do we really need 10,000 steps a day? (opens the original)
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Youâve probably heard that hitting 10,000 steps a day is the key to health and longevity. This magic number feels like a medical rule, handed down by doctors across the globe. But where did it come from? And is it even true? Believe it or not, but the infamous 10,000 steps a day recommendation didnât come from a research laboratory. In fact, it is not scientific at all. It came from a Japanese pedometer called the manpo-kei which translates to â10,000-step meterâ. This pedometer went on
Do we really need 10,000 steps a day? (opens the original)
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You’ve probably heard that hitting 10,000 steps a day is the key to health and longevity. This magic number feels like a medical rule, handed down by doctors across the globe. But where did it come from? And is it even true? Believe it or not, but the infamous 10,000 steps a day recommendation didn’t come from a research laboratory. It came from a Japanese pedometer called the manpo-kei which translates to “10,000-step meter”. This pedometer went on sale just after the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, at a
Does sniffing chocolate really help ‘leg day’ at the gym? (opens the original)
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Simply smelling chocolate can boost your gym workout, according to a recent study that’s generated headlines around the world. Sniffing chocolate could make your leg day workout easier, even on an empty stomach. Sniff chocolate, do more reps without trying harder! We’re not even kidding. It’s a psychobiology thing. But is all this too good to be true? Does the research check out? I’m an exercise scientist and here’s my verdict. The study recruited 23 young men who had been doing resistance train
Running on a treadmill is easier than running outside. Does that matter? (opens the original)
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While running on a treadmill is easier physiologically, outdoor runs may enhance fitness more effectively due to natural resistance and terrain variation. You hop on the treadmill, set your pace, and easily knock out a couple of kilometres. Then a few days later you head outside to run the same distance. You try and to keep the same speed you did at the gym, but it destroys you. Whatâs going on? Is it the weather? Your mood? Or is running outside genuinely harder? There are a couple of key rea
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