Modern Australian

Yes, your kids can run all day – they’ve got muscles like endurance athletes

  • Written by Anthony Blazevich, Professor of Biomechanics, Edith Cowan University
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Most of us know children who can run and play for hours and hours, taking only short rests.

As a parent or carer, it can be exhausting. For scientists, why this is the case has long been the source of debate – is it due to fitness? Or something else?

Our study published today...