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Perth: (The Conversation) Last week, three tiny Australian satellites from Curtin University's <keyword id="23932163" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Binar-Space-Program" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Binar Space Program" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Binar Space Program">Binar Space Program</keyword> burned up in Earth's atmosphere. That was always going to happen. In fact, Binar means "fireball" in the Noongar language of the First Nations people of Perth. When a satellite is in low Earth orbit (2,000km or less), it experiences orbital decay as it drags closer and closer to the surface, eventually burning up. But these cube satellites (<keyword id="21533654" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="CubeSats" source="keywords">CubeSats</keyword>), known as Binar-2, 3 and 4, entered the atmosphere much sooner than originally planned. They only lasted for two months - a third of what was expected. This significantly reduced valuable time for science and testing new systems. The reason for their untimely demise? Our Sun has kicked into high gear, and the Binar satellites are far from the only casualty. Recent high <keyword id="20792842" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Solar-activity" source="keywords">solar activity</keyword> has been causing an unexpected headache for satellite operators in the last few years, and it's only increasing. <h2>Why is the Sun so active? </h2> Solar activity includes phenomena such as sunspots, solar flares and solar wind - the stream of charged particles that flows toward Earth. This activity is a product of the Sun's ever-changing magnetic field, and approximately every 11 years, it completely flips. At the midpoint of this cycle, solar activity is at its highest. While this cycle is known, specific solar activity is challenging to predict - the dynamics are complex and solar forecasting is in its infancy. In the last few months, indicators of solar activity were more than one and a half times higher than predictions for this point in the current cycle, labelled <keyword id="22712826" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="solar-cycle-25" source="keywords">solar cycle 25</keyword>. <h2>The impact of <keyword id="20087207" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="space-weather" source="keywords">space weather</keyword> </h2> Space weather refers to the environmental effects that originate from outside our atmosphere (mostly the Sun). It affects us on Earth in a variety of noticeable and unnoticeable ways. The most obvious is the presence of auroras. In the past few months, auroras have been visible far more intensely and closer to the equator than in the last two decades. This is a direct result of the increased solar activity. Space weather, and solar activity in particular, also creates additional challenges for satellites and satellite operators. Higher solar activity means more solar flares and stronger solar wind - resulting in a higher flux of charged particles that can damage or disrupt electrical components on satellites. It also means an increase in ionising radiation, resulting in a higher dose for astronauts and pilots, and potential disruptions to long-distance radio communications. But for satellites in low Earth orbit, the most consistent effect of solar activity is that the extra energy gets absorbed into the outer atmosphere, causing it to balloon outward. As a result, all satellites less than 1,000km from Earth experience a significant increase in <keyword id="23473319" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="atmospheric-drag" source="keywords">atmospheric drag</keyword>. This is a force that disrupts their orbit and causes them to fall towards the planet's surface. Notable satellites in this region include the International Space Station and the Starlink constellation. These satellites have thrusters to counteract this effect, but these corrections can be expensive. Low Earth orbit also contains many university satellites, such as the Binar CubeSats. Cube satellites are rarely equipped with tools that can adjust their altitude, so they're entirely at the mercy of space weather. <h2>What happened to Binar? </h2> The Binar Space Program is a satellite research program operating out of Curtin University. It aims to advance our understanding of the Solar System and lower the barrier for operating in space. The program began operations with its first satellite, Binar-1, in September 2021. This was less than a year into solar cycle 25 when solar activity was relatively low. In these conditions, the ten-centimetre cube satellite started at an altitude of 420km and survived a full 364 days in orbit. The program's follow-up mission - Binar-2, 3, and 4 - were three equally sized CubeSats. However, they were expected to last approximately six months owing to the extra surface area from new deployable solar arrays and a forecast increase in solar activity. Instead, they only made it to two months before burning up. While cube satellite missions are relatively cheap, the premature ending of a mission will always be costly. This is even more true for commercial satellites, highlighting the need for more accurate space weather forecasting. The good news is the Sun will calm down again. Despite the current unexpectedly high solar activity, it will likely slow down by 2026, and is expected to return to a solar minimum in 2030. While this was not an explicit goal of the mission, the Binar Space Program has now poignantly demonstrated the dramatic effects of solar activity on space operations. While the untimely loss of Binar-2, 3 and 4 was unfortunate, work has already begun on future missions. They are expected to launch into far more forgiving space weather. (The Conversation).

Right now, the Sun is far more active than predicted - and small satellites are paying the price

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Japanese authorities want the conveyor-belt road to run between Tokyo and Osaka.</li><li>As well as tackling a trucker shortage, the road could reduce carbon emissions.</li></ul><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/japan-airlines-free-flights-initiative-could-backfire-experts-2024-10">Japan</a> is planning to build what it describes as a "conveyor-belt road" between the cities of Tokyo and Osaka to address a shortage of truck drivers.The idea is that giant containers on pallets will be placed on a blocked-off, secure conveyor belt in the middle of the highway. Automated forklifts will be used to load and unload goods. A<a target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement" href="https://youtu.be/W0v0zAxu5Wo?si=70e1TxIE_t6tx9yw"> video </a>made by the Japanese government shows how it might work.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://apnews.com/article/japan-transport-delivery-trucking-labor-1c5b3524bce93e7e460dd735cbeab6c4">AP News</a> reported that a trial for the project, also known as an "auto-flow road," will begin in 2027 or 2028. The aim is to have full operations underway by the mid-2030s.According to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/business/economy/20240623-193996/"> Japan News,</a> the system could do the same amount of work as 25,000 truck drivers each day. The publication said such a system linking Tokyo to Osaka, 320 miles (515km) away, would cost up to ¥3.7 trillion or nearly $24 billion. Yuri Endo, a senior deputy director overseeing the project at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, told AP that the project will allow for a "24-hour automated and unmanned transportation system.""We need to be innovative with the way we approach roads," Endo said.She added that, as well as helping combat a shortage of delivery drivers, the road could help reduce carbon emissions. According to a recent <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.nri.com/">Nomura Research Institute </a>study cited by <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/06/2d4b612cffa6-japan-to-face-36-truck-driver-shortfall-in-fy-2030-think-tank.html">Kyodo News,</a> Japan will have 36% fewer truck drivers than needed to meet the country's logistical demands in 2030.The number of truck drivers is expected to fall from 660,000 in the fiscal year of 2020 to 480,000 in fiscal 2030, the think tank said."It will be necessary to improve the efficiency of logistics in order to avoid serious economic effects," Kazuyuki Kobayashi, the institute's logistics consulting group manager, said earlier this year.The shortage of truck drivers is partly due to an aging population. However, it is worsening due to laws introduced in April that limit the amount of overtime drivers can work.According to government estimates, if the truck driver shortage remains unaddressed, it could leave a third of all cargo undelivered and leave a $76 billion dent in Japan's economy by 2030.It follows similar systems being considered by Switzerland, which would involve self-driving pods on an underground pathway, and London, which is weighing up an automated transport system using low-cost linear motors, AP reported.

Japan's intense trucker shortage may inspire a drastic solution — a giant conveyer belt between cities

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Fed chair Powell and BOJ governor Ueda are making key statements on Friday.</li><li>Powell's speech at Jackson Hole may signal future US interest rate cuts.</li></ul>It's a busy day for central bank and market analysts.Central banks often make cryptic statements — in part to avoid jolting the markets — so analysts will be busy trying to make sense of public statements from the bosses of the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan on the same day.Fed chair Jerome Powell is set to give a keynote at the central bank's annual economic symposium in <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fed-interest-rate-cute-powell-jackson-hole-signal-us-economy-2024-8">Jackson Hole, Wyoming</a> at 10 a.m. EDT on Friday. Investors will be <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/interest-rate-cuts-wall-street-how-much-jackson-hole-fed-2024-8">watching</a> for signals around interest rate cuts: when it's coming, its size, and the pace of subsequent cuts.Meanwhile, Kazuo Ueda, the governor of the Bank of Japan, sat through five hours of grilling in parliament on Friday, weeks after the central bank's rate hike sent <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/markets-japan-rate-hike-yen-fx-carry-trade-stock-futures-2024-8">global markets plunging</a> in early August.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.kansascityfed.org/research/jackson-hole-economic-symposium/jackson-hole-economic-policy-symposium-structural-shifts-in-the-global-economy/">Ueda was a panelist at the Jackson Hole symposium</a> last year, so there was speculation that he is missing the by-invite-only event this year due to the special parliamentary hearing at home. However, sources told <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUB2196D0R20C24A8000000/">Japanese media</a> that the decision not to attend was made earlier.At Friday's hearing, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-23/boj-s-ueda-still-plans-to-hike-rates-if-economy-meets-outlook?ref=biztoc.com">Ueda attributed</a> the market volatility early this month to "overdone" concerns over the US economy. Ueda also said the central bank plans to hike rates if Japan's inflation continues to move toward its 2% inflation target."There is no change to our basic stance that we will adjust monetary policy as we gain confidence in the likelihood" of the economy achieving the inflation target, said Ueda, per <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Bank-of-Japan/BOJ-Gov.-Ueda-restates-stance-on-policy-normalization-after-market-rout">Nikkei.</a><h2 id="005ed888-64ec-452e-a2b0-dee943451d1f">BOJ rate hike to carry chaos</h2>Japan has been mired in deflation for decades, so the BOJ has been trying to stimulate the country's economy all this while. Now, Ueda has the tough job of weaning the economy off the stimulus without causing shocks domestically — and internationally.Post-pandemic, the Fed's rate hikes have complicated the BOJ's job, as higher rates in the US encouraged dollar-denominated investments, boosting the dollar. This, in turn, battered the Japanese yen, which hit a near <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/dollar-defensive-amid-lower-yields-yen-hovers-near-38-year-trough-2024-07-03/">four-decade low.</a>The depressed yen made imports expensive for Japan. So while it was good for the country's fight against deflation, a quick decline in the yen also caused other problems, like depressed consumption.To support the yen, the BOJ lifted its ultra-low rates in late July. However, the world's financial system is so entwined that the move unraveled <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stock-market-crash-yen-carry-trade-unwind-fed-japan-rates-2024-8">carry trades</a> that had a domino impact on the world's markets.Days after the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stock-market-crash-asia-nikkei-kospi-taiex-asx-recent-lows-2024-8">historic market rout</a> in early August, the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/market-crash-japan-central-bank-boj-cools-interest-rate-hike-2024-8">BOJ walked back</a> on more hikes in the short term. But Ueda's Friday statement affirmed more hikes — although he also said he would carefully communicate the BOJ's thinking going forward."We will continue to monitor the situation closely with a very high sense of urgency," he said, per Nikkei.The BOJ's closely-watched <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Inflation/Japan-s-inflation-accelerates-for-third-consecutive-month-in-July">"core-core" inflation rate</a> was 1.9% in July — below the central target.Despite Japan's difficulties in boosting inflation, the BOJ's current policy rate around 0% is still too low, so the central bank is likely to continue hiking rates even if inflation dips below 2%, wrote Takahide Kiuchi, an executive economist at the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.nri.com/jp/knowledge/blog/lst/2024/fis/kiuchi/0823">Nomura Research Institute,</a> on Friday.However, given the volatility in stock and the yen following the central bank's last rate hike, it's likely to move cautiously, added Kiuchi, a former BOJ policy board member.Kiuchi expects the BOJ to hike rates next in January.

Powell's not the only central banker in the spotlight. Away from Jackson Hole, one chief had to endure 5 hours of intense questioning.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The level of training for Russian forces has gotten progressively lower throughout the Ukraine war.</li><li>A war expert said he is repeatedly surprised by "the new depths of how poor the Russian individual soldier quality is."</li></ul>A Ukraine war analyst told Business Insider that while watching this conflict, Russia has continually surprised him with how poorly trained its soldiers are. Even when he thinks they can't get any worse, they somehow find a way."I find myself being surprised with the new depths of how poor the Russian individual soldier quality is," George Barros, a Russia analyst at the Insitute for the Study of War, a US think tank, said.Each batch of new recruits gets progressively worse as Russia rushes them off to battle. He said that when it comes to Russian soldier quality, "it's becoming really difficult for me to see what other additional shortcuts they could take other than maybe deploying just people unfit for service," such as people with disabilities or who are too old."But the bar is very, very low at this point," he said.Captured Russian soldiers, war experts, Ukrainian troops, and Western intelligence have all pointed to Russian troops being poorly trained and treated as disposable throughout the war.The poor training, coupled with the intensity of the war, has resulted in quick deaths: In October 2022, only one month after Russia announced a mobilization of 300,000 Russian citizens, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-mobilization-some-drafted-dead-less-than-month-2022-10">some of those new soldiers were already dead</a>, having only received days of training before being sent to Ukraine.Russia's losses have risen recently as Russian troops continue to suffer from deficiencies in training.<div type="image" title="Three Russians soldiers riding on an armored vehicle." height="1126" width="2000" msid="113459827" hostid="261" sizebytes="253536"></div>US intelligence estimated in December that Russia had lost 87% of the troops it had before the start of its full-scale invasion, meaning it started the new year without the vast majority of its professional army, which had its own problems. It is now largely fighting with a replacement force that it hastily threw together.Russia's losses, while they have been high since the start of <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-did-russia-invade-ukraine-putin-politics-motive-2023-6">its invasion of Ukraine</a> in February 2022, appear to have soared in recent months.The UK Ministry of Defence said in July that <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-may-seek-to-bleed-russia-troops-in-kursk-expert-2024-9">more than 70,000 Russian troops were likely killed or wounded</a> between May and June. It blamed "an effective Ukrainian defense and a lack of Russian training" as Russia fought in multiple sectors.That rate — more than 1,100 casualties a day — appears to have continued, with Ukraine regularly reporting similar Russian losses every day, including reporting 1,140 casualties in 24 hours last Wednesday. Business Insider could not independently verify the reported Ukrainian figures.In addition to the poor training Russian troops receive, Barros also said the higher Russian death toll was due to Russia running operations at a high tempo across multiple sectors of the front for almost a year now. Russia "has been just sort of sprinting for a very long time," he said.<h2 id="18c88b97-5ca2-4005-bdfa-3fa52564ac79">Quantity, not quality</h2>In some ways, Russia's high losses have been part of its strategy: Russia has a much larger population and military than Ukraine, and it can use those soldiers to try and overwhelm Ukraine's forces.Barros said that Russia's "whole theory of victory is based on mass, not individual excellence."He said Russia was inspired by the Soviet army victories in World War II: "They won their wars not because of the individual excellence of soldiers or units. It's because the Soviet Union found a way to be able to wage effective operational war with large masses of essentially uneducated, individually ineffective soldiers, but together with mass, were able to achieve what they needed."<div type="image" title="A Russian soldier firing artillery, fire erupting from the barrel." height="2307" width="3460" msid="113459829" hostid="261" sizebytes="435000"></div>In its invasion of Ukraine, Russia has repeatedly used <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-meat-wave-assaults-leave-frozen-bodies-avdiivka-ukraine-soldier-2024-1">"meat wave" tactics</a> rooted, in some ways, in the Soviet "Not a step back!" doctrine. These brutal Russian tactics have involved sending waves of untrained, poorly equipped soldiers forward to overwhelm Ukrainian positions before sending more skilled soldiers forward.Russia has been able to reconstitute and sustain losses, replacing killed or wounded with new recruits, but there are challenges. Russia can't take severe losses indefinitely.Russian President Vladimir Putin has not made any attempt to launch a mass mobilization since 2022. Russia experts and Western intelligence have said the move is a politically risky one that he appears unwilling to take.That limits its pool of new soldiers. Instead, Russia has recruited prisoners, used citizens of allies and partner countries like Cuba, and used men already in military service in a reserve capacity.Matthew Savill, a military strategy expert at the Royal United Services Institute think tank and a former intelligence analyst at the UK Ministry of Defence, told BI that Russia's weak response to Ukraine's attack on its Kursk region, which started last month, may at least partly be because "Russian reserves aren't as extensive as we think they are."

Ukraine war analyst says Russia keeps surprising him with just how bad its soldiers are: 'The bar is very, very low' 

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Low-intensity or Zone 2 cardio has big benefits for fitness and health, a doctor said. </li><li>Easy runs can help you improve your endurance and even make you faster.</li></ul>Stop working so hard — if you want to run faster and go further without getting tired, you might need to slow down first, according to an exercise science expert and triathlete. Exercising at a low intensity while maintaining a low heart rate — known as Zone 2 training — is an underrated way to build your endurance and overall cardio fitness, said <a target="_blank" href="https://doctors.nyp.org/morgan-a-busko-md/columbiadoctors-693-white-plains-road">Dr. Morgan Busko</a>, sports medicine physician at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center."For everyone, the very beginner runner to the most elite athlete, longer runs where you're maintaining a low heart rate are really beneficial for building aerobic endurance," she told Insider. "By running slower for longer periods, you're setting yourself up to be able to run faster."While not every runner, athlete, or gym goer needs to focus on training in Zone 2, it can be a great tool for making the most of your <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/cardio-exercises-better-than-running-to-build-muscle-stamina-2022-4">cardio sessions</a> without overdoing it or risking an injury. <h2>Knowing your heart rate zones can help you train smarter, not harder</h2>The benefit of low-intensity training is that you can actually boost your performance by not pushing yourself as hard on all your workouts. But to make sense of heart rate zones, you need to understand your maximum heart rate, the highest number of beats per minute your body can handle in a workout. While the most accurate way to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/guides/health/fitness/how-to-check-your-heart-rate">measure maximum heart rate</a> is done via stress testing in a lab, you can estimate it with a simple formula of subtracting your age from 220. For example, a 30-year-old would have an estimated max heart rate of 190.From there, you can estimate your heart rate zones:<ul><li>Zone 1, for light exercise or active recovery, is about 50% to 60% of max heart rate</li><li>Zone 2, an easy pace, for building aerobic endurance, is 60% to 70% of max heart rate</li><li>Zone 3: a moderate pace that's challenging but sustainable, 70% to 80% of max heart rate</li><li>Zone 4: for high-intensity training, 80% to 90% of max heart rate</li><li>Zone 5: near all-out effort that you can't sustain for long is 90% to 100% of max heart rate</li></ul>As an example, if your max heart rate is 190, Zone 2 training would be between 114 and 133 beats per minute.The easiest way to monitor your heart rate during exercise is to use a wearable fitness tracker like a smart watch. However, you can also estimate when you're in Zone 2 by aiming for a pace at which you can carry a conversation without feeling out of breath. <h2>How low-intensity or Zone 2 training builds aerobic endurance </h2>A solid understanding of heart rate zones can help runners develop speed and stamina while helping prevent burnout or injury, according to Busko. Research from elite endurance athletes shows that a successful training balance involves aiming for about 20% to 30% of workouts to be moderate to high intensity — that means <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/workout-tips-for-energy-motivation-from-marathon-runner-2023-9">about 70% to 80% should be low-intensity or easy runs</a>, she said, a ratio known as polarized training. "Polarized training is underrated and really important in the world of running because a lot of people think that in order to run a fast time, they need to do all of their runs fast. That's not the case," Busko said. According to this technique, a majority of your training should be at 60% to 70% of your max heart rate — a good estimate is a pace at which you can easily have a conversation without getting out of breath. To understand why low-intensity training is so powerful, it's important to know a little about how exercise works to make our bodies stronger. Aerobic exercise (colloquially known as cardio) occurs when the body has access to oxygen to help power the muscles, like when you're walking, jogging, or biking. However, once you're moving at a speed or intensity that's too much for the available oxygen supply, you've hit what's known as anaerobic exercise. Examples include sprinting, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/how-to-start-weightlifting-if-only-do-cardio-yoga-2021-10">lifting weights</a>, or high-intensity interval training (HIIT). For anaerobic exercise, your body starts tapping into stored glucose (sugar, broken down from carbohydrates) as a fuel source. That's important because we store glucose in limited amounts, so once you start burning through it, it's only a matter of time before the tank is depleted. But the more you train at lower intensities, the longer your body can last before needing to make that switch. Zone 2 training causes your body to adapt at a cellular level by boosting mitochondria, which increases the power output of the muscle tissues. It also helps train your body to burn fat for fuel instead of carbs. As a result, your body will be able to handle higher demands and for a longer period of time before getting into the higher heart rate zones and using up its glucose reserves— sort of like building a bigger gas tank. <h2>Zone 2 training can be especially useful if you're doing other exercise or sports</h2>The specifics of how individual athletes should incorporate Zone 2 training into their routines can vary based on factors like experience, total exercise volume, and max heart rate.The general rule of 80% low intensity, 20% high intensity can help guide you in getting the right mix of running with other exercise, too, according to Busko. If your weekly workouts involve heavy weightlifting or circuit training, easing up on the runs can help you keep building endurance without overdoing it. "You probably do want to have a fair number of those miles in Zone 2 because you're getting a much higher intensity workout if you're doing <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/6-tips-know-before-starting-crossfit-according-to-training-director-nicole-carroll-2022-9">CrossFit</a> or HIIT," she said. "<h2>Don't forget to take rest days for best results</h2>The key to Zone 2 is keeping your easy runs easy, and starting to feel exhausted or achey can be a sign you need to slow down, according to Busko."If you find that you're not recovering well, you're showing up sore and tired for a run, or you're losing the motivation or zest for it, you may be running too hard,"she said. But even if you're adding more low-intensity workouts to your schedule, it's still important to prioritize rest days from running, along with <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/active-recovery-strategies-reduce-muscle-soreness-boost-muscle-gains-2021-12">active recovery</a>, according to Busko. With her triathlon background, she loves swimming and light biking to give her body a break from running, and also recommends yoga. It's also wise to take a day off from any exercise once a week. <div type="image" title="a man in athletic clothes checking a smart watch and phone" height="1414" width="2121" msid="104167364" hostid="261"></div><h2>New or less frequent runners don't need to worry about heart rate zones as much</h2>If you're a total beginner to running (or other aerobic exercise) Busko said not to worry about your stats and just focus on having fun with strategies like finding a route you love, or <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/exercise-workout-partner-best-way-to-get-fit-harvard-expert-2021-7">inviting friends to run with you</a>. "I think there's a lot to be discovered in just the simplicity of running and finding joy in it before diving into all of those metrics," she said.Unless you're racking up 20 or more miles a week, it's fine to go at whatever pace feels right, according to Busko.And even experienced or competitive runners may want to take a break sometimes from the stats — Busko said she rarely runs with a GPS watch because it can distract from the experience. "Giving people too many things to think about is kind of taking away from whether you're enjoying the run," she said.

You're working out too hard. A doctor explains why low-intensity Zone 2 cardio is the key to getting stronger and faster.

The terrifying <keyword id="146947" type="General" weightage="70" keywordseo="lightning" source="Orion">lightning</keyword> and thunder phenomenon that <keyword id="6355192" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="lucknow" source="Orion">Lucknow</keyword> witnessed in the wee hours of September 11 is the kind never seen before. Although lightning with thunderstorms are not unusual, the residents of Lucknow faced a harrowing night because of high frequency. The Met officials said there was lightning for 11 and half hours intermittently from 7.40 p.m. to 7.10 a.m. However, the India Meteorological Department (<keyword id="6366970" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="imd" source="Orion">IMD</keyword>) does not have data on the number of lightning strikes between these hours and any previous records. Atul Kumar Singh, a senior scientist at IMD Lucknow, said that movement of cloud mass is comparatively slower during monsoon. "Cyclonic circulations over north-west Madhya Pradesh and the monsoon trough was slightly to the south of its normal position due to which there was abundant moisture supply from Bay of Bengal over the state of Uttar Pradesh in the lower troposphere. "At the same time there was an active western disturbance in the middle troposphere which was interacting with low level easterly due to this synoptic setting up this kind of rainfall activities in Uttar Pradesh," he explained. Noted environmentalist Prof Venkatesh Dutta from the Department of Environmental Science at the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, said: "Lightning occurred owing to the fact of intense heating of the Earth's surface and atmosphere. Such type of extreme weather events undoubtedly reflects the impacts of rising atmospheric temperature and climate change. August was the hottest-ever recorded in Lucknow and Uttar Pradesh, and the heat intensified cloud activities." Virendra Singh Yadav, a retired deputy director of the Geological Survey of India, said: "Lucknow and adjoining areas may also experience an increase in the severity and frequency of these incidents in future. Hence, there is a need for prevention, preparedness and to invest in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) which will save lives, livestock, property and infrastructure. It is a wakeup call to us by nature. "Lightning is of three types. The first is thundercloud or intra-cloud lightning. The second is cloud-to-cloud or Inter-cloud lightning and third is cloud-to-ground lightning (CG). The third type of lightning takes a toll on lives and property, and therefore, is of more concern to us. However, inter-cloud and intra-cloud lightning are also dangerous as they may hit aircrafts. "Its peak power and total energy are very high, with the peak power discharge in the order of a 100 million watts per metre of the channel and the peak channel temperature approaching 30,000 degrees Celsius. Peak currents in a lightning discharge range up to hundreds of kilo amperes (kA) with its typical value being 40 kA." Another scientist said: "Owing to global warming, we are observing the increasing number of hot days in a year which, when combined with rain, leads to occurrence of more intense thunderstorms and lightning of greater intensity."

Scientists explain intense lightning phenomenon in Lucknow

<ul><li>Tesla is losing the confidence of Wall Street amid reports it's pivoting from a low-cost Model 2 to robotaxis.</li><li>Deutsche Bank just downgraded Tesla's stock and Barclays cut its price target. Both see double-digit declines over the next year.</li><li>"We view Tesla's shift as thesis-changing, and worry the stock will need to undergo a potentially painful transition in ownership base," Deutsche Bank said.</li></ul>Another day, another negative Tesla note from Wall Street.Tesla has come under intense scrutiny from sell-side analysts after a Reuters report from earlier this month said that <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/tesla-stock-price-crash-weakness-model-y-price-cut-inventory-2024-4?utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets">the EV maker was shifting away from its low-cost Model 2 vehicle</a> to instead focus on building a fully-autonomous robotaxi.<h3>Deutsche Bank downgrades Tesla</h3>Deutsche Bank analyst Emmanuel Rosner is not impressed with the potential pivot, calling it "thesis-changing" for investors in a note on Thursday.Rosner downgraded Tesla stock to "Hold" from "Buy" and cut its price target to $123 from $189, suggesting potential downside of about 19% from current levels. "Pushing out Model 2 will create significant earnings and FCF pressure on 2026+ estimates, and make the future of the company tied to Tesla cracking the code on full driverless autonomy, which represents a significant technological, regulatory and operational challenge," Rosner said. Rosner slashed his 2027 earnings per share estimate for Tesla to $2.40 from a prior estimate of $4.25, and added that there could be further downside to the company's earnings power if they completely abandon the development of a low-cost vehicle. "The delay of Model 2 efforts creates the risk of no new vehicle in Tesla's consumer lineup for the foreseeable future, which would put continued downward pressure on its volume and pricing for many more years, requiring downward earnings estimate revisions for 2026+," Rosner said.Tesla stock fell 2% in early Thursday trading, and is down nearly 40% year-to-date. Perhaps the biggest risk to Tesla, aside from lower earnings, is the idea that a pivot to robotaxis could cause a complete recalibration of its underlying shareholder base."We view Tesla's shift as thesis-changing, and worry the stock will need to undergo a potentially painful transition in ownership base, with investors previously focused on Tesla's EV volume and cost advantage potentially throwing in the towel, and eventually replaced by AI/tech investors with considerably longer time horizons," Rosen said.<h3>Barclays cuts Tesla price target</h3>It's not just Deutsche Bank that has soured on Tesla.Barclays <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/tesla-stock-price-target-slashed-barclays-negative-catalyst-q1-earnings-2024-4">slashed its Tesla price target on Wednesday by 20%,</a> and said it expects the company's first-quarter earnings call next week to be a negative catalyst.Calling it "one of the most widely anticipated calls ever," Barclays analyst Dan Levy said the company is facing challenging near-term fundamentals in combination with a longer-term "investment thesis pivot" as it considers moving away from the Model 2.According to Levy, if Tesla is indeed moving away from the Model 2, that would be bad news for the stock valuation going forward, calling it a "clear net negative for the Tesla investment thesis.""It casts significant uncertainty on the path ahead for Tesla, making success of the stock dependent on bets with seemingly binary outcomes," Levy said. "Indeed, we are hard pressed to think of any other precedent of a company of Tesla's size basing its path of success on such binary bets."<h3>Wedbush also concerned about Model 2 pivot</h3>Even long-time Tesla bull Dan Ives is worried about Tesla's potential pivot away from a low-cost Model 2.In <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/tesla-stock-price-rebound-rally-model-2-robotaxi-electric-vehicle-2024-4">a note from last week,</a> Ives said Tesla needs to commit to its Model 2 development plans if it wants to have any chance in reversing this year's painful stock price decline. "If robotaxis is viewed as the 'magic model' to replace Model 2 we would view this as a debacle negative for the Tesla story. It would be a risky gamble if Tesla moved away from the Model 2 and went straight to robotaxis," Ives said.Ives said Wall Street's criticism of Tesla is warranted, especially given the fact that the EV maker has seen declining profit margins and <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/tesla-stock-price-q1-vehicle-delivery-miss-expectations-tsla-musk-2024-4?utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets">its first year-over-year sales decline since 2020.</a>"For Musk, this is a fork in the road time to get Tesla through this turbulent period otherwise dark days could be ahead," Ives said.

Wall Street is souring on Tesla's pivot away from low-cost vehicles towards autonomous driving

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Maureen Hagar was an emotional eater who weighed 355 pounds two years ago.</li><li>She joined a gym, followed a so-called "slow-carb" diet, and once lost 10 pounds in a week.</li></ul>First, it was the scooter; second, the walker; and then a cane.Maureen Hagar ditched her <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/flying-with-wheelchairs-airlines-disability-rights-2021-7">mobility aids </a>after losing 185 pounds through a healthy diet and regular exercise.The 73-year-old, who weighed 355 pounds when she began the regime in 2022, is down to 190 pounds — and has a goal of shedding about a dozen more."I'm very proud," Hagar told Business Insider. "It's taken a lot of stamina and commitment."She said she'd had issues with her weight throughout her life, sometimes not helped by her mom. She meant well but, after <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ina-gartens-favorite-chocolate-cake-2022-6">baking a cake</a>, would tell Hagar she couldn't have a slice."She was thin, and so were my sisters," Hagar said. "She'd bring in the cake and say everyone could have some except me."Soon, she hid Hershey's candy bars in her bedroom and ate giant bowls of Rocky Road ice cream.<h2 id="aaabadc3-0852-47e1-bd87-55d46b5299ab">Hagar turned to food to deal with her stress</h2>Nevertheless, the retired secretary said she was relatively athletic and burned calories while enjoying sports like swimming and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/i-made-new-friends-playing-tennis-we-talk-everyday-2023-8">tennis</a>.Then, after getting married and having her son 34 years ago, she found it increasingly <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/overeating-physical-signs-according-to-a-dietitian-2022-8">hard not to over-eat</a>."I'd eat things like casseroles and pasta, but instead of just one portion, I'd have at least two," she said. "I would wait until my husband was asleep and go back to the stove or refrigerator."Hagar developed a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/health/diet-nutrition/emotional-eating">pattern of comfort eating</a>. Her son was <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/took-decades-accept-sons-autism-diagnosis-2024-5">diagnosed with special needs</a>, and she turned to food as a means of dealing with the stress. "I bottled up my emotions," she said.<div type="image" title="A woman wearing a black, blue and beige patterned shirt." height="2250" width="3000" msid="110804133" hostid="261"></div>She <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/health/conditions-symptoms/signs-of-diabetes">became diabetic </a>in the early 2000s. Doctors warned of the health risks, and she followed several diets and exercise programs — once losing 70 pounds, which she regained during the pandemic.The family invested in a mobility scooter so that Hagar could join them on hikes and strolls along the boardwalks in California, their home state.Then, in 2023, Hagar's mindset finally shifted. She was 355 pounds — morbidly obese for her 5ft 4in height. A relative encouraged her to join a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.lifetime.life/">Life Time gym</a>, where she began doing low-impact aqua aerobics, including marching in the Olympic-size pool.She went from completing just a handful of laps to 25 and then 50, encouraged by her personal trainer, Derek Conway, whom she hired in July 2023.Conway, also worked with Hagar, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/woman-mental-physical-health-improved-coming-out-gay-2023-1">who has arthritis</a>, on the gym floor, doing gentle cardio on a seated elliptical machine and exercise bike. They did strength and conditioning exercises — and now spar with boxing equipment.<h2 id="f298597d-801c-4663-a37b-f23f267fdde8">The trainer said low-intensity exercise suited Hagar better</h2>"One of our goals has been to redevelop her balance and dexterity in her feet," Conway told Business Insider. "She'll step up and over small steps using support and trudge through the water, pushing against it."He said the key to Hagar's fitness program was to get as much movement as possible for as long as possible. She goes to the gym in the mornings five days a week and stays for three hours."We don't do anything high-intensity except swimming," the trainer continued. "She'll swim as far as possible, then walk until her energy returns."Instead of sprints, we do steady-rate cardio, exerting moderate effort."<div type="image" title="A personal trainer sparring with his client at a gym" height="423" width="564" msid="110804130" hostid="261"></div>The 34-year-old helped devise a nutrition plan for Hagar. It is based on the so-called<a target="_blank" href="https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/slow-carb-diet#TOC_TITLE_HDR_2"> "slow carb" diet</a>, which includes high-protein foods such as eggs, fish, and chicken and vegetables, especially legumes, such as lentils and beans."We cut out all bread, processed food, and simple sugars," Conway said. Hagar said the diet was responsible for limiting her glycemic response. She reversed her diabetes and stopped taking medication last November.She told BI she was shocked to lose as much as 10 pounds in one week. Her average weight loss was four to five pounds. Hagar's scooter and walker were consigned to the garage. She tossed one of her canes and started to walk without the other.<h2 id="67f5d182-1e58-45f9-83cd-d3ded0440de4">Hagar, 73, and Conway, 34, have a special bond</h2>Next week, she plans a kayak trip with her husband and friends.The septuagenarian also credits Conway with persuading her to discuss her feelings openly. Despite the 39-year age gap, she said their time together was a form of "<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-does-therapy-work-and-what-is-it-2019-10">talk therapy</a>.""He cared about what I was sharing, and we got all my emotions out," Hagar said. "I'm stubborn and like to do things my own way, but I listen to Derek and don't make excuses."Do you have an interesting story about weight loss that you'd like to share with Business Insider? Please send details to <a target="_blank" href="mailto:jridley@insider.com">jridley@businessinsider.com</a>.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Donald Trump dismissed the notion that he should debate RFK Jr.</li><li>The former president said Kennedy "not a serious candidate."</li></ul><a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-attack-democrat-plant-rfk-jr-polling-republican-voters-2024-4">Donald Trump </a>on Thursday scoffed at the notion that he would debate long shot presidential hopeful <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-robert-f-kennedy-rfk-jr-2023-7">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.</a> even as the former president's allies show more concern about Kennedy's campaign."I don't know anything about him," Trump told reporters as he left his <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-cohen-tape-pay-cash-what-is-trump-saying-2018-7">criminal trial in Manhattan</a>. "Look, RFK is falling very low."Trump repeatedly attacked Kennedy over social media this past weekend, despite the former president's claim that he knows little about Kennedy."He's, uh, not a serious candidate," Trump said on Thursday. "They say he hurts Biden. I don't know who he hurts, he might hurt me. I don't know. He has very low numbers, certainly not numbers that he can debate with. He's got to get his numbers a lot higher before he's credible."Early polling has also shown that Kennedy's inclusion hurts Trump. An NBC News national poll found that Trump led Biden by two points, but when Kennedy and other third-party hopefuls were added, Biden ended up with a two-point lead. It should be noted both outcomes are within the margin of error and illustrate the extremely close margin of the race entering the summer. According to FiveThirtyEight's weighted national polling average, Kennedy is polling at 10% while Trump and Biden are at 41.4% and 40.8% respectively.The former president's barrage of criticism comes after Kennedy showed genuine efforts to appeal to Trump voters. The noted vaccine skeptic has refused to rule out recalling the Moderna COVID-19 shot, a position held by his running mate, Nicole Shanahan. Kennedy has also expressed sympathy for some Americans convicted of charges related to the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. As Politico reported, Kennedy has repeatedly appeared on more <a target="_blank" href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/01/rfk-jr-trump-2024-elections-00155425">MAGA-aligned podcasts</a> and shows. Kennedy rose to initial fame as an environmentalist in line with his family's well-known liberal views, but in recent years, he has found much more in common with the right-wing. He abandoned his primary challenge to President Joe Biden in favor of an independent run.Trump's refusal to debate Kennedy may not be entirely in his hands. The nonprofit Commission on Presidential Debates, created by both major US parties, has hosted every presidential debate since 1988. The commission has faced intense criticism over its treatment of third-party candidates. It allowed Texas businessman Ross Perot to participate in all three debates in 1992 but blocked him four years later. No third-party candidate has come close to surpassing Perot's mark of nearly 19% of the popular vote he received in 1992. Since 2000, the commission has imposed a 15% threshold in major national polls, which no third-party challenger has met.But Trump and his allies have been harshly critical of the debate commission. The Republican National Committee voted in 2022 to leave the commission. On Wednesday, Trump's campaign managers threatened to hold a debate without the commission if they refused the former president's request to move up the first debate, which is set for September 16 at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.Biden recently told radio host Howard Stern that he would like to debate Trump, but there is rampant speculation such a debate will never occur. The pair's first debate in 2020 was an objective disaster. The second debate was canceled after Trump refused to accept a virtual format after the then-president tested positive for COVID-19.While millions of Americans vote before Election Day, the debates hold a powerful place in the political calendar. In an era where Americans watch little live TV besides sports and the Oscars, the debates are frequently one of the highest-rated telecasts of an election year.

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<keyword id="42747" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="tata-motors" source="Orion">Tata Motors</keyword> on Tuesday said it plans to keep updating its SUV range as it expects the robustly growing segment to remain highly competitive with presence of all leading players. Sports utility vehicles are driving the overall growth of the domestic passenger vehicle segment. As per the latest SIAM data, SUV sales account for 60 per cent of the overall passenger vehicle sales in the country. In an interaction with PTI, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Managing Director <keyword id="1890649" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="shailesh-chandra" source="Orion">Shailesh Chandra</keyword> said the company has a leadership position in some of the SUV sub-segments and is looking to consolidate in others. "The SUV segment is going to be an intensely fought segment. The top three-four players will have just a few thousand (units) here and there. At some point someone will be number one, sometimes somebody else will become number two," he said. He noted that in such scenarios it is more important to focus on the individual products and whether they are in the top two consideration for buyers. <keyword id="796" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="chandra" source="Orion">Chandra</keyword> said Punch and Nexon are market leaders in their respective segments while <keyword id="19169064" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="harrier-safari" source="Orion">Harrier Safari</keyword> combo was number two in its vertical. Tata Motors on Tuesday rolled out new versions of <keyword id="1606144" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="harrier" source="Orion">Harrier</keyword> and <keyword id="62620" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="safari" source="Orion">Safari</keyword> with price starting at Rs 15.49 lakh and Rs 16.19 lakh, respectively. "Going beyond this, we are coming with two more models -- Curvv and Sierra -- in 2024 and 2025, respectively," he stated. So the company's SUV portfolio is going to further strengthen from where it is now, Chandra noted. "We have been number one for quite some time. There have been few new launches by other players. The ranking will keep changing... there is no clear number one here. "Important thing is that we are doing excellent in all these four SUVs that we have. More importantly, we are adding to this portfolio, so our strength in SUV is going to always remain very strong going forward," he added. The updated versions of both Harrier and Safari have received top safety ratings from the vehicle safety group <keyword id="2032193" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="global-ncap" source="Orion">Global NCAP</keyword>. "With their 5-star GNCAP rating and highest scores by any Indian vehicle to date, our SUVs are the safest spaces on Indian roads," Chandra said. In a separate statement, Global NCAP said it has given five-star safety ratings to the new versions of <keyword id="595044" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="tata-safari" source="Orion">Tata Safari</keyword> and Harrier SUVs. Both models have achieved the highest ever score for adult and child occupant safety in the crash tests done by Global NCAP on Indian cars so far, it stated. Global NCAP rates vehicles from zero to five based on their safety features and automobiles with a higher rating are considered safer for occupants. "This is a very strong result... the top adult and child safety score in our testing to date confirms the manufacturer's strong commitment to developing safer vehicles, which we warmly welcome and applaud," Global NCAP Secretary General Alejandro Furas said in a statement. Global NCAP's crash test protocols assess frontal and side impact protection for all models, as well as electronic stability control. 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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Tai chi, a type of Chinese martial art, can help lower blood pressure more than cardio like running. </li><li>The calming effect of tai chi may make it more effective, according to researchers. </li></ul>A gentle, low-impact form of exercise may help keep your heart healthy and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-lower-high-blood-pressure-with-exercise-2021-3">lower your blood pressure</a> even more than hitting the treadmill, new research suggests.Tai chi, a Chinese martial art with slow, meditative movements, was found to help people at risk of hypertension to reduce their blood pressure, according to a study published February 9 in <a target="_blank" href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2814872">JAMA Network Open</a>.Doctors at the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences worked with researchers from several universities and hospitals in Beijing to study 342 people at <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/health/treatments/hypertension">risk of high blood pressure</a> (known as prehypertension).The study participants ranged in age from 18 to 65 and followed an exercise program for a year. Half the group were randomly assigned to do tai chi, while the other group did cardio exercises such as jogging or cycling. Both groups did their assigned exercise four days a week for an hour each day.Within six months, participants who did tai chi saw more improvements in their blood pressure than the cardio group. By the end of the year, the tai chi group had even lower blood pressure, and were significantly more likely to have a healthy blood pressure than their cardio-trained peers, according to the researchers.They speculated that the extra benefits of tai chi may be related to its calming effect since <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3917559/#:~:text=Twenty%2Done%20of%20the%2033,)%2C%20and%20depression%20(ES%2C">previous evidence</a> suggests it can significantly reduce stress, boost mood, and help prevent anxiety.While more research is needed to understand how it works, the latest study suggests tai chi could be a safe, effective strategy for people of all ages to improve their blood pressure toward healthy levels.Although participants in the study exercised for four hours a week, some evidence suggests <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/few-minutes-of-wall-sits-can-lower-your-blood-pressure-2023-7">short bursts of activity can also help lower blood pressure</a>.If you're not sure where to start, try this <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/short-morning-routine-improve-focus-reduce-stress-healthier-life-2024-1">10-minute morning routine</a> from Dr. Kien Vuu, a longevity specialist who does qigong, a type of mindful movement that includes tai chi exercise.Vuu previously told Business Insider that even a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tips-easy-simple-boost-longevity-live-longer-healthier-habits-2024">few minutes of daily exercise</a> can add up to helping you live a longer, healthier life."Just five minutes is enough to get the energy going," he said.

Tai chi can help lower your blood pressure even more than intense cardio, new research suggests

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Pro dancer Madeline Collins said she loves low-impact workouts like barre and walking to stay in shape. </li><li>Collins, 28, said regular workouts keep her at peak fitness in spite of her heart condition.</li></ul>Madeline Collins, the 2018 Miss West Virginia who competed for the title of Miss America 2019, knows firsthand the hard work that goes into getting a dancer's graceful, athletic physique.She worked as a professional dancer for years, including full-time with the Walt Disney Company, despite living with a serious heart condition since she was born.Most people with the condition are told to remain sedentary for their own safety — Collins pursued a career dancing down Disney World's Main Street, sometimes in 100-degree heat."You need a lot of stamina to endure a Disney parade. It is so physically demanding. It's like nothing I've ever done before but it's one of the most joyous things," Collins, 28, told Business Insider in an interview coordinated through the fitness company <a target="_blank" href="https://www.purebarre.com/">Pure Barre</a>.Collins is, unsurprisingly, a fan of barre workouts — she partnered with Pure Barre because it merges her love of dance with low-impact workouts to keep her heart healthy and maintain her fitness without the strain of full-time dancing. She also swears by long walks to stay healthy."It's not like I'm doing anything crazy. It's the simplest things that anyone can do to stay healthy," she said. "I'm not going to be dancing down Main Street when I'm 60 but that's an easy way to maintain the body I've built."She said <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/low-impact-exercise-build-core-strength-muscle-stability-coach-advice-2022-5">low-impact exercise</a> is her favorite way to build strength, grace, and core stability, and the workouts can help you exercise to move like a dancer, even if you didn't grow up doing ballet.<div type="image" title="Contestant Madeline Collins showcases her dance talents on the Miss America stage" height="1654" width="1102" msid="109477786" hostid="261" sizebytes="89116"></div><h2>Low-impact exercise can help you build strength at your own pace</h2>Collins said she was drawn to barre — which focus on small, deliberate movements, like engaging your inner thigh muscles in a leg lift — because it's so similar to dancing."I don't think you have to be a ballerina," she said. "It offers the ability to work out hard, sweat, and see significant change without shooting up your heart rate."Tiny motions can be deceptively intense, so it's important to start slow. Try a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tone-butt-glutes-without-lifting-heavy-weights-2021-6">deep squat pulse</a> for 30 seconds or more and you'll see. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/low-impact-exercise-build-core-strength-muscle-stability-coach-advice-2022-5">Isometric exercise, such as planks</a>, provides a similar benefit, too.Subtle motions work to build muscle and strength (although not in quite the same way as <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/strength-training-techniques-eccentric-concentric-build-muscle-2022-6">lifting heavy weights</a>) by keeping the body under tension, which can be challenging but effective."When you look at a dancer's body and see all those beautiful sculpted muscles, that's all the work they put in," Collins said. "It's a lot of tiny movements where you're flexing your muscle but you really feel it the next morning."<h2>Walking is a great way to improve heart health</h2>Collins was born with a rare condition called Tetralogy of Fallot, involving four defects of the heart, which can the flow of oxygen through the body.She said sometimes causes numbness in her legs with exertion. Collins stays active at a lower intensity by making walks an essential part of her routine.She currently works at a children's hospital and walks about two miles roundtrip and back every workday.Collins said the extra movement in her routine helps her feel focused and energized.Research suggests <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/walking-10000-steps-for-health-not-science-based-in-marketing-2021-7">walking more</a> can help improve your heart health and reduce your risk of illness. Adding <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-five-hundred-extra-steps-per-day-live-longer-2023-9">500-1000 extra steps per day can boost your health and fitness</a>, a cardiologist previously told BI.

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