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☆ I took Pilates classes for a year. I was the only man in a class full of women, but it's become my favorite workout.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Ash Jurberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Because it's a low-impact workout, Pilates can also be great when dealing with pain or building lean muscle — which explains why professional athletes incorporate it into their fitness routines. AdvertisementRegular Pilates classes were completely worth it, and I love how they've impacted my body and mindDoing Pilates keeps my mind clear and my body in shape. Ash JurbergInvesting in Pilates classes was worth it because the sessions exercised my body and mind and kept me motivated. Concentrating on each Pilates exercise distracted me from thoughts about work or my to-do list. It took me 50 years to try Pilates, and I wish I had taken the classes earlier.

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☆ Patrick Mahomes defends his dad bod, saying he has 'a great body for a quarterback.' He's right.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Rachel Hosie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has defended his "dad bod." Having more body fat is actually helpful as a quarterback, which is the case for many sports. Reacting to a viral shirtless photo of himself, the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback defended his "dad bod" in an interview with Time magazine for the 2024 Time 100. "I definitely have the dad bod a little bit," Mahomes, 28, said. Having higher body fat doesn't mean Mahomes is lacking explosive power and strength in his muscles, even if they're a bit less visible.

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☆ Super Bowl LVIII festivities get underway with Opening Night in Las Vegas
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Samuel Joseph | Sam Joseph | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —After a long, grueling NFL season, it is finally Super Bowl week. The festivities got underway on Monday’s Opening Night, with players and personnel from both sides engaging with the media. Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesChiefs superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes also shook off jeers from crowd as he prepares for his fourth Super Bowl appearance. Though it seemed unlikely at one point, Mahomes and the Chiefs are back in the Super Bowl. “I’m in Las Vegas at the Super Bowl, playing football with my teammates for an extra week, there’s only two teams doing it.

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☆ Patrick Mahomes Sr. talks to CNN about Chiefs star’s ‘natural dad bod’ and his generational talent
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Now, Mahomes’ dad, Pat Mahomes, admits he has to take some credit for it, while also backing up his son’s work ethic. “Patrick works really hard, he’s at the gym all the time, he works out three times a week,” said on “CNN This Morning” on Thursday. Mahomes Sr. pitches for the New York Mets in a spring training game against the St. Louis Cardinals in 2000. Mahomes walks out for warmups prior to the AFC championship game against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium on January 28. For him to have the amount of success that he’s had this early on in his career is just surreal,” he told CNN.

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☆ The 12-3-30 'hot girl workout' is a waste of your time — these 3 routines are better for building muscle and burning fat
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The viral 12-3-30 workout is fine, but there are better ways to spend your exercise time. Rowing and rucking are easy ways to combine cardio with resistance training to build muscle. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . The "12-3-30" workout, otherwise known as the "hot girl workout" is the zombie exercise trend that's trying to suck the life out of your gym sessions. You may not even need a full 30 minutes, since 15 minutes of rucking can be a great entry-level workout.

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☆ For Politicians, Vacations Can Be a Lot of Work
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Rebecca Davis O Brien | More About Rebecca Davis O Brien | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The occasion lays out a basic fact of modern presidential campaigns: Politicians need vacations, too. A tone-deaf vacation — too elite, too disconnected, too much beach bod — is tabloid catnip and can alienate voters. And the wrong vacation can upend a campaign faster than a wave topples a windsurfer. So it’s no surprise that the presidential candidates this year, by and large, are lying low. Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor, will be at home on Kiawah Island, S.C. (“Vacation?

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Here are the meanings of the least-found words that were used in (mostly) recent Times articles. Because the pull of gravity varies everywhere, this model, called the geoid, resembles a lumpy potato. — A Side-Effect of China’s Strict Virus Policy: Abandoned Fruit (Feb. 5, 2022)5. boogaloo — a genre of Latin music and dance popular in the 1960s:Afro-Cuban jazz was pioneered in the 1940s by Mario Bauza in Harlem. — A Vegetable Soup That Delicately Balances Sweet and Sour (Feb. 17, 2023)8. vivace — musical direction to play in a brisk manner:In her Op. — 36 Hours in Oslo (Jan. 26, 2023)And the list of the week’s easiest words:

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☆ Elon Musk's super-app ambitions might be a fool's errand
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Whether it's charging, or not charging, for blue check marks or blowing up mega-rockets, Elon Musk's businesses get plenty of scrutiny. Insider's Paige Hagy looked into Musk's plans around turning Twitter into a super app and spoke to industry experts about the strategy. A super app, or everything app, as Musk calls it, encompasses everything (no duh!) In short, if it's something you can do on your phone, you can do it on a super app. Click here to read more about Elon Musk's plans for creating an everything app.

☆ Mark Zuckerberg is leaning into Meta's 'year of efficiency' the wrong way, and multiple rounds of layoffs will be damaging
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-19 | by ( Rebecca Knight | Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg last week unveiled another round of layoffs hitting 10,000 staffers. The dismissals are part of an efficiency plan boost productivity and turn Meta into a talent magnet. But the job cuts are likely to have the opposite effect, two management experts told Insider. Rather than resorting to layoffs, Sucher said companies should look at other ways to lower headcount, including natural attrition, buyouts, and hiring freezes. "You have to plan for it in order to not have it kill your company," Sucher said.

☆ Analysis: This guy made $150,000 a day, because Corporate America is out of control
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

I’m seeing the words “recession,” “crypto,” “debt ceiling,” the “M&M’s spokescandy scandals…”And yet, I am bound my duty as a journalist not to shy away from the hard candy shell news. I know, I know, you’re all tired of the media’s relentless coverage of the M&M Spokescandy Saga, aka the Culture War Battle that is shaping social discourse in the Year of Our Lord 2023. The company claims it didn’t think anyone would notice when it released the changes to the characters’ appearance. “We definitely didn’t think it would break the internet,” it said in a press release that frankly reeked of champagne and high fives. Oh you didn’t think anyone would notice, M&M marketing wizards?

☆ Tesla investor and former 'fanboy' questions whether Elon Musk is purposely tanking the carmaker's stock
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Tesla investor Leo KoGuan questioned whether Elon Musk is intentionally crushing Tesla stock. KoGuan, who is "one of Tesla's largest individual shareholders," per Bloomberg, had amassed about 22.6 million Tesla shares as of August 27, 2022. Musk, KoGuan, and Lagetko did not respond to a request for comment from Insider ahead of publication. On Friday morning, Tesla stock was trading around $105 per share, its lowest since August 12, 2020, amid slowing demand from China. The Tesla CEO's fortune, largely tied to his shares in Tesla, declined as the company's stock price tumbled.

☆ Conservatives vying to derail Kevin McCarthy's speaker bid may not be able to stop him. But forcing multiple votes — the record is 133 — could still make for a historic fight.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Kevin McCarthy is working to clinch the votes needed to become House speaker in 2023. Around a dozen House Republicans currently have issues with giving him the job. Should getting a promotion require more than five dozen ballots, McCarthy would move into Howell Cobb territory (63 ballots; 1849). In order to push McCarthy past Banks in terms of all-time ballots, blockers would have to keep McCarthy at bay at least 134 times. "We may see the cherry blossoms before we have a Speaker," the Trump-aligned Floridian said, citing DC's seasonal spectacle.

☆ Elon Musk tries to explain why Tesla shares are tanking
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Lora Kolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Long-time Tesla bull Ross Gerber wrote in a tweet , "Tesla stock price now reflects the value of having no CEO. But Tesla's stock has dropped more than other larger automakers since Musk announced his plans to buy Twitter in Apr. Since that date, Tesla shares are down 59%, versus 26% for Ford and 12% for GM . Musk sold billions of dollars of his Tesla holdings to finance the Twitter deal, including a $3.6 billion sale earlier this month. Those, among other challenges, led Mizuho Securities and Evercore ISI to reduce their Tesla price targets on Tuesday.

☆ A Tesla investor slammed Elon Musk and said he is 'killing the company with his antics' at Twitter
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Tesla investor slammed Elon Musk in a tweet Friday for "killing the company with his antics." Joe Cirincione told Musk to "get off Twitter" as the value of his shares has been "cut in half." Major Tesla shareholder KoGuan Leo said Wednesday that Musk "abandoned" his commitment to Tesla. He said since Musk announced he would buy Twitter, the value of his shares has sliced in half. "Elon abandoned Tesla and Tesla has no working CEO.

On Thursday, Twitter accounts for at least nine journalists and one left-leaning political pundit were suspended. That is the real problem here.”According to Musk, Thursday’s suspensions were related to new rules around sharing real-time location information, which he tied to an alleged stalking incident. Musk said, “Any account doxxing real-time location info of anyone will be suspended, as it is a physical safety violation. On Wednesday, Musk tweeted that legal action would be taken against Sweeney. Andrew Torba, founder of the far-right social platform Gab, also criticized Musk and touted his company as an alternative to Twitter.

☆ Trump's White House blocked government websites aimed at helping Americans vote, fighting human trafficking, easing homelessness, and stopping fraud, federal records show
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Federal agencies asked the Trump White House to approve dozens of new ".gov" websites. Such custom ".gov" website domains enhance government agencies' ability to effectively provide and market services to an American public that's all but universally connected to the internet. On December 23, 2019, the CIA asked Trump's White House to approve the website domain DataTransport.gov. Chiu/APBlock and delayIn at least one case, Trump's White House denied a website request — the United States Agency for International Development-sponsored ProsperAfrica.gov — that Biden's White House later approved. In March 2021, Office Management and Budget officials denied Insider's FOIA request, stating that "no responsive records were located."

☆ 35 de cetățeni indieni care lucrează la două firme din Ilfov, depistați cu COVID-19. 7 dintre ei au varianta indiană a virusului
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-05 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Un focar de COVID-19 a fost depistat la două firme din Popești-Leordeni (Ilfov), unde au fost confirmați cu boala 35 de cetățeni indieni. Potrivit Institutului de Sănătate Publică, 7 dintre ei au o variantă a tulpinii din India a virusului. Potrivit INSP, în 1 mai Direcția de Sănătate Publică Ilfov a anunțat că a fost depistat un focar de infecție cu SARS-CoV-2, fiind confirmați cu COVID 9 cetățeni din India, angajați ai unei firme cu sediul în Popești-Leordeni. Alți 5 pacienți au fost pozitivi pentru varianta B.1.127, care nu reprezintă o varianta ce determină îngrijorare. În 29 aprilie, în România a fost confirmat primul caz de COVID-19 cu o variantă a tulpinii indiene a SARS-CoV-2.

Persons: Victor Babeș, Dr . Matei Balș, Cantacuzino Organizations: PCR Locations: Popești - Leordeni, Ilfov, India, Frontieră, Otopeni, Popești, Leordeni, București, România, Colonia Bod, Brașov, England

☆ La Brașov a fost confirmat primul caz de COVID -19 în România cu o tulpină indiană a virusului. Ce spun specialiștii
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-29 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

În România a fost confirmat primul caz de COVID-19 cu o variantă a tulpinii indiene a SARS-CoV-2. Coordonatorul campaniei de vaccinare, Valeriu Gheorghiță, susține că nu sunt motive de îngrijorare în legătură cu varianta tulpinii din India a SARS-CoV-2 confirmată în România și că această mutație nu reduce eficiența vaccinurilor împotriva COVID-19. "Tulpina indiană este definită prin prezența a două mutații care se asociază cu reducerea activității neutralizante a anticorpilor, dar nu e un impas semnificativ care să reducă eficiența vaccinurilor. Mesajul este să ne vaccinăm ca să reducem riscul să se cumuleze noi mutații”, a declarat Gheorghiță, potrivit Hotnews.ro. India a raportat joi un nou record de 379.257 de infecții cu SARS-CoV-2 și de 3.645 de noi decese cauzate de coronavirus.

Persons: Valeriu Gheorghiță, Gheorghiță Locations: România, India, Colonia Bod, Brașov, England

☆ O variantă a tulpinii din India a fost descoperită în România
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-29 | by ( Milena Onisim | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +1 min

O variantă a tulpinii indiene de COVID-19, alta decât cea care ar fi dus la criza din India, a fost identificată într-un focar din județul Brașov, România. Este vorba de muncitori din India care lucrează în construcții, în Colonia Bod, județul Brașov, notează Digi 24. A fost solicitată secvențierea la un laborator din Sfântul Gheorghe. Au avut lucrări care nu au implicat interacțiunea cu alte persoane”, a declarat Andreea Neculau, director DSP Brașov. Directorul DSP Brașov a precizat că laboratorul care ar fi depistat tulpina indiană a solicitat, la rândul său, alte teste, pentru o nouă confirmare, pentru a se stabili 100% existența acestei variante a SARS-CoV-2.

Persons: Andreea Neculau, Cantacuzino Organizations: Brașov, Ministerul Sănătății, Supraveghere, Militară Locations: India, Brașov, România, Colonia Bod, Sfântul Gheorghe

☆ O tulpină indiană a coronavirusului, confirmată în România
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-29 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: jurnal.mdO tulpină indiană a coronavirusului, confirmată în RomâniaMinisterul român al Sănătății anunță că o tulpină indiană a coronavirusului a fost confirmată în România la un muncitor indian din Colonia Bod din județul Brașov, însă, potrivit autorităților, varianta identificată diferă de cea care ar fi generat situația epidemiologică actuală din India. Autoritățile de la București au mai anunțat că la moment se investighează un focar de SARS-CoV-2 în rândul unor lucrători în construcții din Colonia Bod, jud. „INSP a fost informat în această dimineață asupra faptului că un laborator de analize din orașul Sf. Gheorghe a identificat o variantă „indiană”, B.1.617.2, la o persoană de 26 de ani, care a ajuns în România în urmă cu aproximativ o lună. DSP Brașov a demarat de urgență o anchetă epidemiologică, aceasta fiind încă în curs, și a dispus izolarea cazurilor identificate în Colonia Bod, fiind vorba despre forme clinice ușoare, precizează G4Media.

Persons: Gheorghe, . Organizations: România Ministerul, Sănătății, Ministerului Sănătății Locations: România, Colonia Bod, Brașov, India, București, jud, Sf

Bărbații care nu prea au grijă de ei au început a fi pe placul femeilor. Aceștia au primit denumirea de Dad Bod (de la corpul tatălui stereotipizat). Despre bărbații Dad Bod se spune că merg la sală ocazional și adoră să bea mult la sfârșit de săptămână și să mănânce pizza oricând vor ei, informează The Time. De asemenea, bărbații Dad Bod prind la public, deoarece dau senzația că au lucruri mai importante de care să aibă grijă decât lookul lor. Voi ce credeți despre acest trend?

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