Kate O'Halloran
Digital Sport Journalist at Freelance
Digital Journalist at Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Digital Journalist @abcsport / @abcnews. Phd Gender and Cultural Studies. she/her. Email: [email protected]. Opinions my own.
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2 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Kate O'Halloran
Dual sporting star Erin Phillips has opened up on her body image challenges, telling ABC News Breakfast she went through a "really dark time" during the peak of her athletic career. “I was reverting to diet pills, and I wasn’t eating properly,” she told Catherine Murphy.
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3 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Kate O'Halloran
As the popularity of smartwatches, also called wearables, increases, so too does the amount of data users can access about their health. Statistics like resting heart rate, V02 max (maximal oxygen consumption) and heart rate variability (HRV) provide valuable insight into your fitness levels. But not all measurements are created equal. While HRV has long been used by elite athletes to dictate their training schedule, it has become a "buzzword" among the broader community.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Kate O'Halloran
As sisters growing up in south-western Sydney, Diane and Lorraine remember sitting on their dad's shoulders as he waded deep into the ocean. Mum — who couldn't swim — would watch on from the sand, minding one of their six siblings. "A few times, the waves were huge, and we got dumped, which terrified me," Diane, now 71, says.
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2 months ago |
abc.net.au | Kate O'Halloran
In 2020, Women's Super League club Chelsea announced that it was tailoring training to its players' menstrual cycles. The cutting-edge move, they said, would "enhance performance and cut down injuries". It's a seductive logic. Elite sport is all about finding an edge over your opponents, and the menstrual cycle, much like sleep and diet, is a variable that has the potential to deliver a competitive advantage. The trouble is, the hype on 'phase-based' training so far outweighs the evidence.
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2 months ago |
abc.net.au | Kate O'Halloran
It's a scorching hot Melbourne summer's day when the question I'm dreading arises. "Should we go to the beach?"The thing is, I can't swim. People often take this to mean I'm not very good at it. But what I really mean is that I can't float, can't doggy paddle, and don't know how to "breathe" while trying to do freestyle. Telling someone you can't swim is deeply embarrassing, especially when you grew up in Australia.
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