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Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Why experts say Zone 2 cardio is a key to fitness
Happy Monday, folks! I'm always looking to improve my endurance, and experts say Zone 2 cardio is key. Let's dive in. HIIT may be hot, but Zone 2 cardio is a go-to for building endurance and improving heart health. Zone 2 cardio is any moderate-intensity exercise where your heart rate stays at 60% to 70% of your maximum. (Here's how to track that.) If you want to try it, brisk walking is the most popular form, but swimming, rowing, jogging and cycling are all fair game too, says Dr. Carrie Jaworski, a specialist in sports medicine. It's trendy because it can be done for longer and more often, and is easier to recover from. 'Zone 2 training helps the body become more efficient at using fats for fuel,' Jaworski said, and it can also 'improve lipid levels and insulin sensitivity as well as decrease the risk of cardiovascular events.' Time to lace up for a quick stroll around the block! [USA Today] My favorite type of cardio is indoor cycling. What's yours? Let me know. See you tomorrow! About One Small Thing: One Small Thing is a daily health newsletter from Yahoo News.
Straits Times
27-05-2025
- Sport
- Straits Times
IOC confident that Brisbane on track for 2032 Olympic Games
IOC President-elect Kirsty Coventry speaking as IOC Coordination Commission members attend a press conference for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games on May 22. PHOTO: EPA-EFE – The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) confidence that Brisbane organisers were on the 'right path' to host the 2032 Olympics has been reaffirmed by a three-day visit to the city by the coordination commission, its new chief said on May 22. Former showjumper Mikaela Cojuangco Jaworski officially took over during the visit from IOC president-elect Kirsty Coventry as chair of the commission, which oversees preparations for the Games on behalf of the Olympic movement. 'Through our regular engagement with the organising committee, we are confident that Brisbane 2032 is on the right path,' Jaworski told a news conference in Brisbane. 'This week gave us meaningful opportunity to witness progress first-hand and to reaffirm our commitment to Games that will leave a lasting legacy for the community and place Brisbane confidently on the world stage.' Jaworski said the example of the legacies for Melbourne and Sydney when those cities hosted the Games in 1956 and 2000 should convince waverers in Brisbane of how beneficial the Olympics would be for the city. 'Melbourne has hosted, and Sydney has hosted, and there's certainly legacy there. There's a lot of goodwill globally remembering these cities as hosts, and I think we can count on Brisbane... being brought to the world stage (if) we have a successful Games,' she said. Since the last meeting of the coordination commission, the Queensland government has published its third, and what it says will be the final, venue plan for the Games. Despite bid commitments on sustainability in line with the IOC's 'New Norm' reforms for host cities, the plan included the building of a new Olympic stadium and a national aquatics centre in an inner city Brisbane park. 'When you talk about the 'New Norm', one of the key things is about the Games being part of the city or the host. It's not about turning the host into what the Games need, but the other way around,' Jaworski said in answering a question about the changes. Local organising committee chief Andrew Liveris said it had been a relief to finally get a plan in place his team could enact, even if he did not think any ground would be broken on the big new venues until the end of 2026. He said: 'I love to plan and implement. It's really hard to plan when the plan keeps moving on you, right? So our job now is to create certainty out of this plan. There's work to do on that.' 'We're not out of the woods completely, but we are mostly out of the woods, and we have certainty around some pretty big decisions,' he added Liveris said all the venues needed to be completed at least a year before the start of the Games and accepted that issues of labour shortages in Australia's construction industry and local building constraints were a concern. 'We are part of a bigger problem, and one that has to be solved by the current (Queensland) government. They're very dedicated to doing it,' he said. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Sydney Morning Herald
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
IOC backs in Victoria Park, as Brisbane 2032 organisers remain hopeful for arena
Speaking at a Suncorp Stadium media conference to mark the end of the IOC visit, Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee president Andrew Liveris appeared confident the government's approach of attracting private funding would work. 'Now, what better site, right? That's a great precinct, and that'll be part of the legislation,' he said. Liveris said there was no doubt Brisbane needed a new inner-city arena, which would replace the ageing Entertainment Centre at Boondall. 'This is a city that's definitely grown up quite a lot, if I could use that term, but the absence of an arena or an entertainment complex was clearly being discussed at great length,' he said. Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee chief executive Cindy Hook also weighed in. 'I don't think we need that venue desperately for the Games, but gosh, if we add it and we've got some more options, I would love to see that,' she said. Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie told parliament on Tuesday the private sector interest in building the arena had been 'exciting'. 'That is why we are hitting the ground running, opening the process today to hear from the private sector about their vision and what they can do in that area,' he said. Another deviation from GIICA's recommendations was the Crisafulli government's decision to hold Olympic rowing on the Fitzroy River. Rowing's governing bodies have expressed concerns the river's currents would not meet technical specifications. Dubi said the decision might ultimately be taken out of the government's hands. 'No one else than the federation can say 'field of play ready', but the collaboration is essential,' he said. '...We have full confidence about the onboarding of the international federation [World Rowing] and getting their views to make the plan great one.' For the visiting IOC officials, including president Thomas Bach, president-elect Kirsty Coventry and newly minted Brisbane 2032 Co-ordination Commission chair Mikaela 'Mikee' Cojuangco Jaworski, this week marked their first in-country meetings with the Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee. Jaworski, who replaced the promoted Coventry in the role earlier this month, said it was a homecoming of sorts, having spent much of her life in Australia for equestrian events. Loading 'I would regularly – once a year – be living on the Brisbane Showgrounds when I was competing there,' she said. 'Little did I imagine that I'd be sitting here now and, just seven years away, it's going to be the heart of the Olympic and Paralympic Games as the Athletes' Village.' Of the existing venues, Jaworski said she was most impressed by the Gold Coast – and hoped some of the new minor venues across the state would learn from its example. 'We were at Carrara yesterday and I couldn't help but marvel at how many people were using it, how many courts were available – it was so accessible, and the size of it was just something that I could imagine events being held there, the Games going on, there, people going through it,' she said. 'For me, the fact that it has local use and then will be used for the Olympic Games, allows me also to look forward into those that are being built, and seeing how they also have that same potential to be world-class and at the same time local.'
The Age
22-05-2025
- Sport
- The Age
IOC backs in Victoria Park, as Brisbane 2032 organisers remain hopeful for arena
Speaking at a Suncorp Stadium media conference to mark the end of the IOC visit, Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee president Andrew Liveris appeared confident the government's approach of attracting private funding would work. 'Now, what better site, right? That's a great precinct, and that'll be part of the legislation,' he said. Liveris said there was no doubt Brisbane needed a new inner-city arena, which would replace the ageing Entertainment Centre at Boondall. 'This is a city that's definitely grown up quite a lot, if I could use that term, but the absence of an arena or an entertainment complex was clearly being discussed at great length,' he said. Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee chief executive Cindy Hook also weighed in. 'I don't think we need that venue desperately for the Games, but gosh, if we add it and we've got some more options, I would love to see that,' she said. Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie told parliament on Tuesday the private sector interest in building the arena had been 'exciting'. 'That is why we are hitting the ground running, opening the process today to hear from the private sector about their vision and what they can do in that area,' he said. Another deviation from GIICA's recommendations was the Crisafulli government's decision to hold Olympic rowing on the Fitzroy River. Rowing's governing bodies have expressed concerns the river's currents would not meet technical specifications. Dubi said the decision might ultimately be taken out of the government's hands. 'No one else than the federation can say 'field of play ready', but the collaboration is essential,' he said. '...We have full confidence about the onboarding of the international federation [World Rowing] and getting their views to make the plan great one.' For the visiting IOC officials, including president Thomas Bach, president-elect Kirsty Coventry and newly minted Brisbane 2032 Co-ordination Commission chair Mikaela 'Mikee' Cojuangco Jaworski, this week marked their first in-country meetings with the Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee. Jaworski, who replaced the promoted Coventry in the role earlier this month, said it was a homecoming of sorts, having spent much of her life in Australia for equestrian events. Loading 'I would regularly – once a year – be living on the Brisbane Showgrounds when I was competing there,' she said. 'Little did I imagine that I'd be sitting here now and, just seven years away, it's going to be the heart of the Olympic and Paralympic Games as the Athletes' Village.' Of the existing venues, Jaworski said she was most impressed by the Gold Coast – and hoped some of the new minor venues across the state would learn from its example. 'We were at Carrara yesterday and I couldn't help but marvel at how many people were using it, how many courts were available – it was so accessible, and the size of it was just something that I could imagine events being held there, the Games going on, there, people going through it,' she said. 'For me, the fact that it has local use and then will be used for the Olympic Games, allows me also to look forward into those that are being built, and seeing how they also have that same potential to be world-class and at the same time local.'
GMA Network
22-05-2025
- Sport
- GMA Network
IOC confident that Brisbane on track for 2032 Olympics
SYDNEY - The International Olympic Committee's confidence that Brisbane organizers were on the right path to host the 2032 Olympics has been reaffirmed by a three-day visit to the city by the coordination commission, its new chief said on Thursday. Former showjumper Mikee Cojuangco Jaworski officially took over during the visit from IOC President-elect Kirsty Coventry as chair of the commission, which oversees preparations for the Games on behalf of the Olympic movement. "Through our regular engagement with the organising committee, we are confident that Brisbane 2032 is on the right path," Jaworski told a news conference in Brisbane. "This week gave us meaningful opportunity to witness progress firsthand and to reaffirm our commitment to Games that will leave a lasting legacy for the community and place Brisbane confidently on the world stage." Jaworski said the example of the legacies for Melbourne and Sydney when those cities hosted the Games in 1956 and 2000 should convince waverers in Brisbane of how beneficial the Olympics would be for the city. "Melbourne has hosted, and Sydney has hosted, and there's certainly legacy there," she said. "There's a lot of goodwill globally remembering these cities as hosts, and I think we can count on Brisbane ... being brought to the world stage (if) we have a successful Games." Since the last meeting of the coordination commission, the Queensland government has published its third, and what it says will be the final, venue plan for the Games. Despite bid commitments on sustainability in line with the IOC's "New Norm" reforms for host cities, the plan included the building of a new Olympic stadium and a national aquatics centre in an inner city Brisbane park. "When you talk about the 'New Norm', I think one of the key things is about the Games being part of the city or the host," Jaworski said in answering a question about the changes. "It's not about turning the host into what the Games need, but the other way around. So it is unique." CREATE CERTAINTY Local organizing committee chief Andrew Liveris said it had been a relief to finally get a plan in place his team could enact, even if he did not think any ground would be broken on the big new venues until the end of 2026. "I haven't been able to wipe the smile off my face (since the announcement)," he said. "I love to plan and implement. It's really hard to plan when the plan keeps moving on you, right? So our job now is to create certainty out of this plan. There's work to do on that. "We're not out of the woods completely, but we are mostly out of the woods, and we have certainty around some pretty big decisions." Liveris said all the venues needed to be completed at least a year before the start of the Games and accepted that issues of labour shortages in Australia's construction industry and local building constraints were a concern. "We are part of a bigger problem, and one that has to be solved by the current (Queensland) government," Liveris said. "They're very dedicated to doing it." —Reuters
