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Ageing Well: What Exercise Should the Over 50s Be Doing?

While growing older is inevitable, with exercise it’s still possible to feel young at heart. In 2017, 1 in 7 Australians were aged 65 years or older and with the way our population is aging it means in the future, people will be living…

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