Summer Health Care, Beauty, Skin and Hair Care Tips

Hello everybody.

Winter is over and now it's time for a terrible summer. In a country like India, the heat dominates 9 out of 12 months and the summer months, i.e. H. May and June are worst. It is certain that your skin, hair and health will be under the worst stress if you do not care properly. This is the time to take special care of our health and follow the various tips on health, beauty, skin and hair care. The sun is relentless at this time of year and various skin and hair problems arise due to the excessive heat. You have to follow the different steps and make a routine to take good care of yourself. We have detailed the various remedies for prickly heat (Skin, hair and health tips) to you….


Summer skin care tips

  1. A broad spectrum SPF is your best friend all day. Don't get out at all without SPF 40 or higher. This would prevent the skin from being damaged and keep the tan and dark spots away. Apply the sunscreen 15 minutes before sunlight. Apply the sunscreen every 3 hours for better protection as it often melts in the heat.
  2. Drink water and lots of it. Water in the solution for all skin care problems and miraculously improves the texture of your skin. Make sure you drink at least 9-10 liters of water every day.
  3. Stick to CTM for basic skin care. Never hit the bed without properly cleaning and moisturizing it, as the skin sweats in summer and the pores can be clogged with dirt, dust and dirt. They can break out hard if CTM is not followed.
  4. Use a facial spray in your pocket when traveling. The skin is slightly irritated and red in summer and looks dull and greasy. Use a simple rose water mist or other facial mist that suits your skin to soothe the heat.
  5. For simple homemade toner, use ice cubes and rub the skin to tighten the pores and remove redness from the skin.
  6. Summer is a nightmare for oily skin. Use homemade packs like fuller's earth with lemon or rose water to control oil secretion. Do not use the face detergent too often to wash off the oil. You can also use quenching cloth from time to time to check the oiliness.
  7. Always try to use a gel-based cleanser that contains salicylic acid, citric acid, and glycolic acid to reduce dead skin cells that clog pores and cause breakouts.
  8. For the summer tan, apply tomato juice or a mixture of lemon juice and honey every other day. This would reduce the tan and improve the skin.
  9. Try not to experiment with too many new skin care products as summer heat can cause severe reactions.
  10. Try not to bleach your face during the day and step directly into the sun. This also applies to threading the face.

Summer hair care tips

  1. Sweat and dust in summer exacerbate hair problems such as dandruff, split ends, frizziness and increased hair loss. Therefore, you should wash your hair if necessary. However, if you have dry hair, do not wash it more than twice a week.
  2. If you like blow drying, straightening, or curling hair with hot styling tools, try reducing it in the summer. The heat and moisture still dry out the hair and these styling tools do more damage.
  3. Try a sulfate-free shampoo. This is better for hair anyway, since the sulfates tend to dry out the hair.
  4. Do not skip the conditioner at all. Always use a chemical-free hair conditioner and maintain the hair length. This leaves the hair less frizzy and easy to handle.
  5. Summers are hard and merciless on the hair and scalp. It causes sunburn and dryness, so you need to protect your scalp. It also tends to damage the roots of the hair and cause baldness. Try a headscarf, hat, or hat while going out in the sun.
  6. If you have colored hair, long exposure to the sun's rays can damage chemically treated hair and fade your valuable hair color. Therefore, use a scarf or try to cover your head when getting out.
  7. Groom the hair once or twice a month with a mixture of oils such as coconut, olives, almonds, etc. to rejuvenate and revitalize the hair. Massage your scalp with your fingertips to increase blood flow and deeply care for the roots.
  8. If you go swimming, wet your hair before entering the pool. This way, it absorbs less chlorine.
  9. Summer can cause a fungal infection on the scalp of the hair, causing dandruff or itching. Use tea tree oil or neem oil to treat the fungal infection on the scalp.
  10. If your hair tends to split ends, try shortening the ends regularly. This keeps the split ends away and regularly uses a moisturizing serum on the ends of the hair to prevent further split ends, which are generally caused by dryness.

Summer health tips

  1. Drink lots and lots of water. This is the key to surviving the summer. If you want our skin to glow, hair healthy and body calm, drink 8-9 liters of water every day. This prevents the body from giving off heat efficiently and keeps the body cool.
  2. The urge to drink caffeinated or carbonated drinks is excessive, but don't choose them. This also applies to alcoholic beverages and sugary beverages. All of these drinks contain higher amounts of preservatives, colors and sugar and are naturally acidic. They cause dehydration and do more harm than good. Try drinking honey, instead of coffee, organic tulsi, or green tea, to fortify yourself.
  3. We tend to drink cold water straight from the fridge, but they don't really help cool you down in the summer. This narrows the blood vessels in the skin and reduces heat loss. This does not help the body. So drink water at normal temperature.
  4. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and even if you are on a diet – never skip breakfast or eat less. You would need the maximum energy in the morning and could get sick if breakfast is consumed properly.
  5. In the summer, try opting for less strenuous activities like hard workouts. Try doing yoga that helps your body and mind at the same time.
  6. Try to eat small meals throughout the day. This helps digestion and doesn't make you feel too full. Also try eating light, nutritious, and fat-free meals. Neither eat nor starve in summer.
  7. Include plenty of healthy vegetables and fruits in your diet. This will help the body cope with the summer heat. Reduce the intake of dried fruit and replace it with fresh fruit. Also drink lots of fresh fruit juice (not the packaged ones) and lemon water.
  8. There are certain drinks that help to replenish the body better and also have a cooling effect on the body. Drinks such as coconut oil, buttermilk, lemon water and Tulsi seeds in the drinks help to replenish the fluids lost in sweat.

Summer beauty tips

  1. Always use a primer before applying makeup. This will control the oil, moisturize the skin, smooth the pores and make you look natural. Primer also helps make-up last longer.
  2. Avoid heavier or full-surface foundations. Instead, opt for BB / CC creams that feel light on the skin and are less likely to melt. It also makes the pores breathable and makes you look fresh. If you overlay too many products, this will not work in the summer and you therefore follow the guidelines – less is more.
  3. Summer is not meant for these dark and vampy lip colors. So try to use subtle and bright colors like coral, pink and orange. This will make you look pretty and lively.
  4. For eye make-up with waterproof kohl and mascara. You don't want to smudge your makeup with dirt, oil and sweat before the end of the day.
  5. If you want your eye shadow to last a long time, use a good foundation or a cream colored eye shadow. This makes the eye make-up water and wrinkle-free all day long.
  6. Use the bronzer sparingly. The skin already looks red and tanned and if you use too much bronzer you will only look artificial.
  7. Apply sunscreen not only to the face, but also to exposed body parts such as hands, legs, neck, etc.

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2020 Toyota Prius XLE AWD-e Review: This Classic Hybrid Is Now A Winter Warrior

2020 Toyota Prius XLE AWD-e front three quarters

"The Toyota Prius 2020 is a reliable hybrid, but the competition is catching up."

  • Great gasoline performance

  • Practical packaging

  • Surprisingly, have fun driving

  • Well-coordinated drive train

  • Inconspicuous technology

  • Fussy brake pedal

  • No Android car

The Toyota Prius is the Levi jeans for hybrid cars. Since its introduction in 1997, the Prius has contributed a lot to the spread of hybrids and is often the standard choice. But the Prius is far from the only hybrid that's on sale today.

The competition now offers Prius alternatives to maximize fuel economy. More conventional cars are also available with hybrid drives, including popular Toyota models like RAV4, Corolla, and Camry. Is the car that puts hybrids on the map is still the best choice?

To find out, we spent a week with a 2020 Toyota Prius. While the Prius of the current generation has been around since model year 2016, Toyota has made some significant changes since then, including upgrades to the infotainment system and the addition of additional driver assistance functions.

2020 Toyota Prius XLE AWD-eStephen Edelstein / Digital Trends

Our test car also had the optional all-wheel drive system (called Toyota AWD-e) that was added for the 2019 model year. While a front-wheel drive Prius L Eco is available from $ 25,280, our fully loaded all-wheel drive XLE test car had a sticker price of $ 31,005.

design

The largely unchanged exterior of the Prius since model year 2016 is unusual to say the least. The sinister face, bulbous profile, and bizarre taillights may look like they were accidentally designed, but they're actually the result of a number of conflicting priorities.

Prius second and third generation models had an egg-shaped hatchback shape that was distinctive, aerodynamic, and well suited for interior packaging. But it was also cool. Toyota tried to spice things up a bit for this generation. The Prius is still a hatchback, but looks more like a sedan. In order to make the car appear slimmer, the designers lowered the front end. Unusually shaped headlights and taillights highlight the Prius.

Toyota achieved low drag without affecting the interior.

However, the Prius doesn't look elegant or futuristic, and that's because other factors had to be considered. The designers still had to make the Prius as aerodynamic as possible to maximize fuel consumption. They also had to pack the bulky hybrid powertrain while offering a reasonable amount of passenger and cargo space. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I think the Toyota design team has been pulled in too many different directions.

However, the design fulfills its functional goals. At 0.24, the Prius claims one of the lowest drag coefficients of any production car. That means it can slide through the air like a fish in the water and thus improve mileage.

2020 Toyota Prius XLE AWD-eStephen Edelstein / Digital Trends

Toyota has achieved this without compromising the interior. The Prius has a comparable interior as other special hybrids such as Honda Insight, Hyundai Ioniq and Kia Niro. The Toyota even offers more cargo space than the Kia with a high roof. Behind the steering wheel, I appreciated the Prius' low beltline, which allows for a higher side glass. This improves the view to the outside and gives the cabin an open, airy feeling.

technology

Although Toyota is a leader in hybrid drives, Japan's largest automaker lags behind in other forms of automotive engineering.

At first glance, the interior looks futuristic and different. But once you get behind the wheel, you only get cheap plastic and an overwhelming infotainment system.

As with the Prius Prime plug-in hybrid, Toyota placed the status indicator for the speedometer and hybrid system in the center of the dashboard for no apparent reason. Beneath these displays is a 7.0-inch touchscreen that controls most vehicle functions. The Prime's 11.6-inch screen isn't available on the standard Prius, but that's fine as we didn't see the point of the larger screen while driving the Prime. Toyota can hardly get the 7.0-inch screen to work.

As soon as you get behind the wheel, you only get cheap plastic and an overwhelming infotainment system.

While many Toyota vehicles will receive both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for the 2020 model year, the Prius is only available with CarPlay. Android users get stuck with Toyota's own user interface, which looks dated and reacts slowly. The setup is more complicated than the reduced interfaces in the Hyundai Ioniq and Kia Niro and chunkier than the more complex interface in the Honda Insight. The screen is washed out in the sunlight.

Our test car had a head-up display (part of a $ 800 technology package). The display only shows the current speed, but was easy to read without distracting.

Gas mileage

The infotainment system may be a flop, but Toyota has done it where it matters: under the hood. The Prius not only achieves good mileage, but also offers a comfortable driving experience that does not scare hybrid drivers the first time. The availability of all-wheel drive is an important bonus for car buyers in snowy regions.

The Prius uses a 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine that is connected to Toyota's well-known Hybrid Synergy Drive system. Typically, an electric motor helps the gasoline engine power the front wheels, but four-wheel drive models add a second motor in the rear. It sends power to the rear wheels without a physical connection to the front wheels.

Toyota has been using a similar setup for its hybrid crossovers for years. With the Prius, all-wheel drive is only used when the on-board computer determines that additional traction is required and only up to 60 km / h. We have not noticed a big difference to previous experiences with Priuses with front-wheel drive (Prii?), Which is not surprising since the all-wheel drive rarely drives normally.

The Prius offers a normal driving experience that doesn't frighten hybrid drivers the first time.

With our without four-wheel drive, the Prius has an output of 121 hp (Toyota does not specify any torque). While hybrid buyers are probably not looking for bragging rights, it's worth noting that the Hyundai Ioniq and Kia Niro both have 139 horsepower, while the Honda Insight has 151 horsepower. The acceleration felt reasonable and we were impressed with the seamless transition between gasoline and electrical energy.

2020 Toyota Prius XLE AWD-e badgeStephen Edelstein / Digital Trends

The Prius is based on the same TNGA (Toyota New Global Architecture) platform as many other Toyota models, including the Camry and Corolla. TNGA really pays off for the Prius and gives it a feeling of solidity that is normally not found in mass market hybrids.

Toyota also hit the chassis tuning. This car feels really nimble and fun, although numb steering and tires with low rolling resistance prevent it from being really sporty. The ride quality is good, although the suspension can cause unsettling bumps from the cab over broken roads. The brake pedal was also difficult to modulate, as the brakes only bite after the pedal has covered about three quarters of the way to the ground.

Gasoline Champion

The main reason to buy a hybrid is fuel consumption, and this is where the Prius lives up to the hype. Most front-wheel drive Prius models have a total output of 52 mpg (54 mpg city, 50 mpg highway), but the L Eco model together creates 56 mpg (58 mpg city, 53 mpg highway). These are impressive numbers. However, the competition is catching up.

The Hyundai Ioniq is rated at 58 mpg combined (57 mpg city, 59 mpg highway) in efficiency-oriented blue form and 55 mpg combined (55 mpg city, 54 mpg motorway) in other forms. The Honda Insight also comes close to the Prius, combined with 52 mpg (55 mpg city, 49 mpg highway). Even the Corolla Hybrid from Toyota has a total output of 52 mpg (53 mpg city, 52 mpg highway).

Four-wheel drive is associated with a petrol mile penalty. Our test car was rated at 50 mpg combined (52 mpg city, 48 mpg highway). We had an average of 44.5 mpg (according to the car's on-board computer) over most freeway journeys. Four-wheel drive typically reduces fuel efficiency because the additional hardware adds weight and energy is required to drive both sets of wheels.

Nevertheless, this is currently the best scenario for snow-capped fuel misers. The Prius is the only hybrid car in its price range with all-wheel drive. The only alternative is a larger, less aerodynamic Toyota RAV4 or Ford Escape – with much lower fuel consumption.

safety

The 2020 Prius comes standard with the Toyota Safety Sense P (TSS-P), a bundle of driver aids that includes autonomous emergency braking, a lane departure warning, a lane departure warning and adaptive cruise control.

We found the lane departure warning system a little too sensitive. It beeped when we even approached lane markings like a nervous backseat driver. Conversely, the high beam came on only slowly after being immersed in oncoming cars.

Adaptive cruise control worked well, but because Toyota used the control stick of a more basic cruise control system, it was unnecessarily difficult to adjust. The Honda Insight offers a similar level of standard driver assistance technology, and Toyota doesn't have an equivalent to Honda's clever LaneWatch camera system.

The Prius is a top safety pick from the Insurance Institute for Road Safety (IIHS). Due to the "average" score for his headlights and the passenger crash test with small overlaps at the front, he missed the highest rating for Top Safety Pick + plus, but received the best possible score in all other categories. The Prius also received a five-star overall rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

2020 Toyota Prius AWD-e digital displayStephen Edelstein / Digital Trends

Toyota offers a three-year basic warranty of 36,000 miles and a five-year warranty of 60,000 miles for the powertrain. The battery and the components of the hybrid system are guaranteed for eight years and 100,000 miles.

Hyundai and Kia offer longer basic and powertrain warranties, but can't exceed Toyota's battery warranty. Both the Prius and Toyota generally have a reputation for reliability. Priuses have weathered hundreds of thousands of miles of exhausting taxi service in cities around the world, so this hybrid seems to be a pretty good choice when it comes to long-term reliability.

How DT would configure this car

My test car was a fully loaded XLE model, but if I were to spend my own money, I would choose the basic L Eco equipment. This version offers the best mileage of all Prius equipment variants and is also equipped with Apple CarPlay and the TSS-P package with driver aids. The XLE gets leather seats and is available with a head-up display, but I wasn't impressed enough with the execution of these subtleties to pay extra for it.

The L Eco isn't available with all-wheel drive, but the importance of this feature really depends on where you live. When brutal winters are the norm, all-wheel drive is a must. If you live somewhere with mild winters, it is better to drive with the more economical L Eco front-wheel drive.

A good choice, but not the best

The 2020 Toyota Prius is a good car. It is comfortable, practical and keeps the promise of excellent mileage. However, this is no longer the default selection.

With so many other hybrids on the market, the Prius compromises don't have to be accepted. The Honda Insight, Hyundai Ioniq and Kia Niro are all better to drive and not strange to be strange. The Toyota Corolla Hybrid delivers almost the same mileage as the Prius, but in a more conventional package.

Should you get one?

No – at least this is not our first or even second recommendation. The Prius is a trustworthy and reliable choice that is sure to be reliable. However, try the alternatives first.

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Spa Etiquette: Common Spa Questions Answered

If you only visit a spa a few times a year – or even if you go to the spa frequently – you are likely to have some unanswered questions about "spa etiquette". With our roots in Hungarian bathing culture, we at Eminence Organics are proud to be experts in spa environments. Regardless of whether you visit a Boston Day Spa or the famous Budapest Baths, we want to make sure that your next appointment is stress free. Here are the questions (and answers) about spa etiquette that you were too afraid of:

mature woman receives neck massage

Spa Etiquette 101: Prepare for your spa day

Should You Shave Before A Spa Treatment?

This is a very common question and the answer depends on the type of treatment you are receiving. For example, it is recommended that men shave day and night before getting skin care. For women, shaving before certain wellness offers can cause irritation. It is always advisable to inquire at the spa reception about what kind of preparation is expected at home before you show up for your appointment.

How far in advance can I cancel my spa service?

Most spas have a 24 hour cancellation policy. If you need to cancel, please notify your spa in advance, otherwise you may be charged a fee.

Is it OK to request a male or female massage therapist?

If you prefer a male or female therapist – just ask! This is a common request that can be made when booking your original appointment.

How early should I get to my appointment?

The rule of punctuality may seem simple, but arriving on time creates the conditions for a relaxing spa experience. If you arrive at least 15 minutes earlier, you can sit back and relax while sipping a cup of herbal tea, filling out the necessary documents, and putting on a spa bathrobe if necessary. Many spas also offer their guests the use of their sauna and other free amenities. If you arrive early for your appointment, you can take advantage of these unusual spa benefits.

Is it OK to use my cell phone in the spa?

No! There's nothing better than hearing a cell phone ring when you try a rejuvenating spa treatment. Consider your own spa experience and that of other guests by turning off your phone. Remember that you are there to relax and unwind just like the others around you.

in the spa

Will i be naked during treatment?

This is probably the most common question that spa visitors fear but don't ask. Your therapist will make you feel comfortable and give you instructions on what to expect when you undress. If you need to take off your clothes for treatment, your therapist will leave the room so you can do it privately. As a rule, most treatments require you to be draped, and most spas offer a robe in the locker room. You can often wear underwear during a massage, but for most body and massage treatments, you may also need to completely undress. If you are not sure what to expect, just ask!

Is it rude to speak during my spa treatment?

Your therapist's role is to create the most enjoyable experience possible. Therefore, it is important to speak up if you have any questions or concerns. Before starting treatment, tell the spa staff whether you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or suffering from allergies or illnesses. It is also important to tell your therapist if you feel uncomfortable at any time during your spa service. Let your therapist know whether it is the massage pressure, the room temperature or a quieter time with less chatting. You pay for a service and your beautician will be happy to meet your needs.

Should I leave a tip?

In most cases, the tip is at your discretion, but is not mandatory. When tipping your therapist, a 15-20% tip payment is standard in North America and is always appreciated, especially if you get exceptional service.

Szechenyi baths in Budapest, Hungary

Spa etiquette 201: visit to the Budapest thermal baths

Thermal baths and mineral springs have been part of everyday life in Budapest for centuries (and for good reason!). A trip to the thermal baths is a must if you are ever in this magnificent Hungarian city to treat a variety of physical ailments simply by soaking your body.

There are numerous thermal baths in Budapest, so you are sure to find one that offers just the right ambience for your needs. Indoor and outdoor thermal pools have their own amenities to make the experience even more beneficial. Visit an indoor thermal pool and you'll likely see massage rooms, steam rooms, and even plunge pools with ice-cold water! Alternatively, outdoor thermal pools offer water features such as swimming pools, whirlpools and fountains.

These famous spas are open all year round and are the perfect stop on any itinerary. Spa etiquette is definitely important when you visit one of the thermal baths in Budapest.

Ready to visit a thermal bath in Budapest? Here are some of the most common questions related to spa etiquette:

Should I wear a swimsuit?

The dress code at the thermal baths in Budapest is not particularly strict, but you are expected to cover up while using the pool, visiting public areas, and between massages. Appropriate swimwear is required, including swimsuits for women and swim shorts for men.

What other important things should I bring with me?

You will definitely want to bring some important things with you! One of the most important things to pack is water-friendly shoes or sandals because the floors in the thermal baths are wet and slippery. A towel is another must, but if you forget one, most locations offer towel rentals. Be prepared for long queues though, as visitors usually rent towels.

Are you planning a visit to a thermal bath with a pool? Most locations require a swimming cap to keep the facilities clean and hygienic.

Are the baths family-friendly?

It depends on the age. Visitors from the age of 14 can bathe in thermal baths. For younger visitors (14 to 18 years old), it is recommended to limit soaking to 20 minutes each to avoid overheating.

Due to the heat coming from mineral springs and pools, it is not advisable to take children under the age of 14 to thermal baths as the cardiovascular system is not sufficiently developed to withstand the temperatures. However, you are welcome to use other water facilities such as swimming pools.

Depending on which spa you visit, it is a good idea to check the spa website as the guidelines vary between facilities. Some thermal baths also offer "family days" (the whole family is invited to visit!), While other days may be reserved for adults only.

Are the baths for swimming or sitting?

Most visitors use thermal baths to sit and soak. If you prefer to swim, outdoor destinations often offer swimming pools that can move better. For the most part, thermal baths offer the opportunity to relax, be calm and enjoy the benefits of mineral-rich water. Therefore, always pay attention to the ambience and the basic European spa etiquette.

What do I wear for my massage?

In Hungary, it is common to completely take off spa treatments, including facials and massages. Since it is common to undress completely, your therapist will likely encourage you to do the same. However, you can always wear what makes you feel most comfortable, regardless of whether you put on underwear or not.

Therapists can handle guests' preferences wonderfully if you prefer not to work with the standard undressing that is common in Hungary.

Is it customary to tip in Hungary?

Tipping is not required, but just like in North America, Tipping is always an appreciated and tactful practice. It is also an opportunity to thank your therapist for a job well done. So you should definitely tip!

Whether you are in a Budapest bath or a local spa, knowing the right etiquette is the first step to feeling good and enjoying the entire spa experience. Find out how you can pamper yourself with a soothing bath or an invigorating massage and book a visit to the closest Eminence Organics partner spa through our Spa locator. What is your spa treatment? Let us know in the comments below or on social media.

A Comprehensive Guide to Unilateral Training for Injury-Free Training and Performance

Getting strong is pretty easy: move heavy weight in the classic compound lifts– deadlifts, squats, bench press and military press. If you can put large numbers in these elevators, congratulations, you are strong.

But the story doesn't end here. The story really begins with the complementary work that will hopefully enable you to continue to gain weight in the long term in a healthy and sustainable way. After all, it is difficult to get strong if you are constantly dealing with injuries after injuries. We believe that one-sided training (one-armed, one-legged, etc.) has an extremely positive impact on health, stability, coordination and the balance of the joints.

There should be periods in a cyclical, periodized, and progressive program year when the focus is definitely on the classic compound lifts, where these one-sided movements are purely complementary, and periods during the year when they can get a bit into the year more in the spotlight.

For example, if you are sometimes a powerlifter (or exercise like a powerlifter) throughout the year, it can be very valuable to move away from the classic barbell lifts and introduce barbell or kettlebell variations to fix weaknesses and at the same time provide some recovery to enable heavy compound lifting.

Below are some examples of variations on single arm, single leg, and barbell exercises to promote an injury-free hard workout. Let the rep range determine the load,

The one-armed dumbbell bench press

Do 3 sets of 10 to 20 per arm with a 60 second pause.

The one-arm dumbbell shoulder press

Do 3 sets of 15 to 20 per arm with a 60 second pause.

One arm breakaway rows

Do 3 sets of 10-15 per arm with a 30-60 second pause.

One-arm row of dumbbells

Do 3 sets of 10 to 20 per arm with a 30 to 60 second pause.

Lift the dumbbell to the side

Perform 3 sets of 10-20 with a 30-60 second pause.

Clean and press the one-armed kettlebell

Do 3 sets of 10-15 per arm with 30 seconds rest.

One-armed overhead walking lungs

Perform 3 sets of 15 m with a kettlebell or dumbbell (each arm) for a 30-60 second break.

Single leg step ups

Complete 3 sets of 15-20.

Double front rack step ups

Perform 3 sets of 10-15 with two light kettlebells.

Single leg RDLs

Do 3 sets of 10-15 with a light / medium weight kettlebell.

Keep it simple

Keep things simple, The last couple of repetitions should be hard and you should leave 2-3 in the tank. You can make these supplements progressive by increasing the load (weight), the volume (number of sets), the rest period (reduction of the rest period from week to week) or by changing all three variables.

Remember to add new exercise variations every 4 to 12 weeks or whenever you feel that progress has stalled. This means that you cannot add more weight without affecting the technique.

MacBook Pro 13-inch Review: Why We Can’t Recommend It

Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch review: why we don't recommend it

"The MacBook Pro 13 with touch bar is beautiful, but flawed."

  • Exquisite appearance

  • The screen is among the best we've tested

  • Loud, pleasant speakers

  • Spacious, responsive touchpad

  • Excellent hard drive performance

  • Adapters are required to connect most devices

  • The keyboard is below average

  • Touch bar has no obvious purpose

  • The battery life takes a step back

This review was updated on January 23, 2020 with the context of the 16-inch MacBook Pro and rumors of an updated 13-inch MacBook Pro.

The MacBook Pro 2016 redesign was, to put it lightly, disagreed. With its chic new touch bar, reduced connectivity, and sticky keyboard, the new model's reception wasn't as warm as Apple had hoped.

Many of these issues have been resolved with the new 16-inch model, which is the best Mac product in years. The problem? The 13-inch MacBook hasn't solved the problem yet, and not everyone needs the performance and size of this larger MacBook.

Fortunately, Apple lowered the price of the 13-inch MacBook Pro in mid-2019 and lowered the base model (which now includes the Touch Bar) to $ 1,299. These include an 8th generation Intel Core processor, 128 GB SSD storage and 8 GB RAM. Is the current 13-inch MacBook Pro worth your money with an update coming soon?

Still the most luxurious laptop

A look at the MacBook Pro 13 is enough to know that it is a Mac. Despite the many imitators, the MacBook Pro design still stands out. This was all the more impressive when Apple decided to avert attention from its branding and paint the bright white apple in favor of a sleek, subtle glossy logo that resembles that on the MacBook, iPhone, and iPad.

As always, the MacBook Pro 13 has an aluminum unibody design with no visible seams other than the bottom seams. It is sturdy like a stone without a hint of bend in one corner of the device. That remains true even though it's only 3.02 pounds and only 0.71 inches thick. It's not as extreme as in 2016, but the MacBook Pro remains a very portable laptop to travel with.

Apple MacBook 13-inch touchpad

Apple MacBook 13-inch touchpad

Apple MacBook 13-inch touchpad

Apple MacBook 13-inch touchpad

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    Someone who wears the original Macbook like this

When this design was originally launched in 2016, the bezels looked slim and modern, although they weren't as aggressive as Dell. We noticed that users with the older Pro model appreciate the improvement.

The MacBook Pro is available in space gray or silver. The new MacBook Air also has the gold option in the mix. The color selection may seem petty, but it does add a touch of personality, and we hope Apple brings some of it to the MacBook Pro. Even Dell has expanded the XPS 13's conservative color scheme, and the HP Specter x360 also offers some fancy color options.

Regardless, there is no argument about the elegance of the MacBook Pro. The beauty of Apple design has always been subtle, which is why the company is sometimes accused of being safe or boring. The professional doesn't even try to avoid this criticism. It is neither the smallest 13-inch laptop nor the lightest. There's something to be said for design that works, even if it's not innovative, and the MacBook Pro remains the most luxurious laptop there is.

Although the MacBook Pro 13-inch has a headphone jack, it makes another connectivity option that is equally controversial and functionally more important. Apple has decided that USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 are the future, and has thrown every other port overboard.

Yes, USB-C is all you get. The MacBook Pro 13 with Touch Bar has four of these ports, two on each side. Even the card reader is missing. The decision has advantages. The ease of port selection is difficult to dispute, and each port is a charging port, so you can connect the wall adapter to any port. The ports are also fast, so you can connect multiple displays or use fast external SSDs without worrying about connectivity bandwidth.

You need adapters, and you may need many of them.

Now for the bad news: you need adapters, and you may need many of them. Are you using an external display? That is an adapter. External hard drive? Adapter. Any kind of wired input? Adapter. Ethernet? Adapter. SD card? Adapter. At best, you need to buy one or two dongles. In the worst case, you need a dock solution that can add another $ 100 to $ 200 to the price.

The greatest irony? Even Apple's iPhone cannot be connected to a MacBook Pro 13 without buying an adapter.

Thanks to Apple's lead, however, this has increasingly become the norm, whether good or bad. Laptops like the HP Specter 13, the XPS 13 and the Huawei MateBook X Pro now have similar connectivity options – and this will still only be the direction in which things are going.

At least it can communicate wirelessly. Speaking of which, the new Pro 13 has the usual 802.11ac WLAN adapter, which is now coupled with Bluetooth 5.0.

The keyboard of the future is not very good

The 12-inch MacBook released in 2015, which has since been discontinued, first introduced a brand new "butterfly" switch that is much thinner than any previously used in a laptop keyboard. Although Apple found it great, we complained that "(our fingers) were typed with a dull ache for more than an hour" because the keyboard feels stiff and can only be moved to a limited extent.

This keyboard is now also on the MacBook Pro. Well, not exactly the same thing. When launched, the Pro's keyboard was a "second generation butterfly mechanism" with slightly more travel than the first. And it is an improvement.

Apple MacBook 13-inch touchpadBill Roberson / Digital Trends

Bill Roberson / Digital Trends

That doesn't mean that it will serve you well. While travel has improved, the keyboard continues to suffer from a stiff, abrupt ground movement that can tire long typing processes. To what extent this will bother you is a matter of preference. Some Digital Trends authors thought this was perfectly acceptable and most thought they could learn to live with it. Nobody said they preferred the older MacBook Pros.

And it is not clear why this sacrifice was made. The new MacBook Pro 13 is thin, but just as thick or thicker than many competitors with better keyboards like the HP Specter x360, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon and the Dell XPS 13. Whatever the reason, Apple had to compromise on size , Performance and keyboard quality, with the latter getting the bad end of business.

The increasing complaints (and complaints) about sticking keys doesn't help either. Even with Apple's latest keyboard update, the third-generation butterfly, it was clear that the problem with sticking the keyboard wasn't fixed. We expect Apple to use the new "Magic Keyboard" of the 16-inch MacBook Pro when the rumored 2020 update for the 13-inch model comes on the market.

The keyboard suffers from a stiff, abrupt movement of the ground, which can tire long typing processes.

A revised oversize touchpad is located under the keyboard. In contrast to the keyboard, this is an absolute plus. The spacious surface improves the usability of multi-touch gestures that work well throughout. While the new, larger surface means constant contact between it and your palms, we haven't noticed a single unintentional input during our tests. Windows touchpads have improved significantly in recent years, but are still not as luxurious as Apple's.

And don't forget Force Touch. The haptic feedback system, which uses vibrations to simulate a click, can emulate real motion so well that most users won't notice a difference. It is quieter than before without affecting the satisfactory clarity of the click. The touchpad also offers sensitivity to force, which can enable special interface functions – just like the iPhone. The feature isn't widely accepted even by Apple's own software, but is great when it is offered.

The touch bar searches for the purpose

If nothing else, the Touch Bar is great to look at. It has a retina-equivalent pixel density, which means that symbols are rendered with crisp, vivid graphics. And because it is OLED, black tones look so dark black that it is often difficult to find the limits of the touch bar.

So it stops as a conversation starter. As a functional tool? Fewer. Apple tries to integrate the Touch Bar in such a way that it is also relevant in everyday web browsers, when taking notes and when viewing photos. The display changes constantly when new apps are opened and old ones are closed. It works well and keeps pace, no matter how quickly apps are switched or how many are open.

Apple MacBook 13-inch touchpadBill Roberson / Digital Trends

Bill Roberson / Digital Trends

However, it is rarely used a lot. At best, it offers a quick way to scroll through lists like your photo stream. This can also be useful if you want to scroll through a video. It's great for capturing such content and activating a scroll bar, even when you're surfing YouTube.

In other cases, however, it is clearly a solution that looks for a problem. Immediately take the input. As you type text in Safari, Word, and other apps, the touch bar keeps flashing suggested words. This feature works well on iPhone, where typing is often slow and cumbersome.

It's not that easy on a laptop. For example, type "office" and the touch bar will suggest alternatives. Did you mean "officers"? Or maybe "off season"? This happens regardless of whether a word is spelled correctly or not. Even if you make a typo, it is hard to imagine why a user would look for help on the touch bar when MacOS is already showing a correction on the screen and in most cases will automatically correct the spelling.

Since its release, more and more apps have been offering touch bar support – including Evernote, Microsoft Outlook and LastPass. But even with more developer support than at startup, the touch bar isn't quite as important to the MacBook user experience as Apple would like it to be.

If nothing else, the Touch Bar is great to look at.

Even though it could be useful, the size of the touch bar is limited. Automatically opened Safari tabs with thumbnail content previews appear, a feature that may prove helpful. However, the thumbnails are so small that it is often difficult to distinguish the tabs from each other, even if only three or four are open. If you open six, eight, or ten tabs, the previews get even smaller until they are so small that it is difficult to guess which one is right. Similar problems affect the photo preview and video preview functions.

In theory, you can scroll through photo collections. In practice, this is more difficult than with the touchpad. Asus has developed a competing idea with the ZenBook Pro 15's ScreenPad. While this is not perfect, it does offer an enticing insight into something better than the Touch Bar. In the future there will even be fully equipped dual-screen laptops like the Surface Neo or the ThinkPad X1 Fold.

In short, the touch bar is not great. However, transferring the function line to an OLED display offers an important advantage called Touch ID. Yes, you can now log in with your fingerprint and it works just as seamlessly as on the iPhone. Fast and secure login authentication methods are an excellent way to improve security for the average user. Windows users have been enjoying this for several years thanks to Microsoft's Hello functionality. Touch ID is built into Apple Pay, so you can securely shop online – in stores that accept Apple Pay.

The most powerful function of the MacBook Pro: the display

A quick glance at the technical data could give the impression that the new MacBook Pro 13 from Apple had an old display. It's still retina, which means that the resolution is still 2,560 × 1,600. That was breathtaking in 2012, but today it seems mediocre alongside QHD + (3,200 × 1,800) and 4K (3,840 × 2,160) screens.

But don't worry, loyal to Mac. You can remove all concerns about the display from your head. It's awesome.

We measured a maximum brightness of 548 lux. This is ridiculously brilliant and a complete overkill for indoor use, but it can help the screen, which is still very shiny, can be used in extreme situations. In comparison, the Dell XPS 13 with QHD + display only achieves 278 lux and the HP Specter x360 355 lux. Both systems can have a problem with glare in bright lighting conditions. However, Dell gives you the option to combat this with a matte display option.

Apple MacBook 13-inch touchpadBill Roberson / Digital Trends

Bill Roberson / Digital Trends

Brightness is only important in a bright room. What will amaze you no matter where you use the MacBook Pro 13 is its color. The display can achieve 100 percent of the sRGB color space and 91 percent of the AdobeRGB. It also delivered an average color error of 0.72 (lower is better). Everything under one is generally imperceptible to the human eye, and this reading is among the lowest we have ever recorded on a laptop. Only the XPS 15 from Dell with its excellent 4K IGZO ID display had a better average error value of 0.6.

The contrast ratio of 1,200: 1 is also excellent. The Pro can easily deliver dark blacks alongside brilliant colors.

The only error we found is gamma, which occurred at a value of 2.3. The ideal curve is 2.2, and the MacBook Pro 13's result indicates that the content is displayed slightly darker than it should. However, this is a very slight fluctuation that many competitors miss.

The retina display may not be the title of this professional, but it remains the most attractive feature.

When the numbers are counted, the new Retina display wins. It defeats the Dell XPS 13, the HP Specter x360 and the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon and surpasses them in terms of color gamut, color accuracy and contrast ratio.

But that doesn't mean that there is a lack of competition. Microsoft's Surface Book 2 can be used from head to toe in some categories. Our tests showed that the surface book had an even better contrast ratio of 1,460: 1 and that the gamma curve display was the correct 2.2. But they also don't quite match in terms of color accuracy and brightness.

There are also a small handful of Windows systems like the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga that are available with OLED displays. These affect the high contrast ratio of the MacBook Pro 13 and offer an even wider color gamut with precise gamma. However, they don't match the Mac's ready-to-use color accuracy.

Aside from the numbers, the MacBook Pro 13's display is excellent and looks like this in everyday use. Games and movies are crisp and vivid, and high-quality photos are rendered with such detail that you may think your screen has been replaced by a canvas print. The retina display may not be the title of this professional, but it remains the most attractive feature.

Sound quality is another important multimedia feature, and Apple has always shown an affinity for audio quality that is rarely found elsewhere. Simply put, the MacBook Pro is no exception. In fact, the speakers are the best we can remember in a 13-inch system. That says a lot, because some newer laptops in this category, like the Asus ZenBook 3, surprised us with their quality.

The MacBook Pro 13 offers a wide range of volumes and is at most much louder than most people need for normal use. It can fill a large room with music. The bass is there and is taken into account in minimal but noticeable amounts – the beat can be felt at higher volumes via the keyboard. The sound in the high and middle range remains clear and distortion-free.

External speakers are an improvement as always, but the audio quality here is surprising and can convince you that you don't have to connect anything to the headphone jack.

A fast processor that faces tough competition

Specifications have never been Apple's focus, but this was more of a marketing problem than an indication of the company's preference for hardware. However, this has changed in recent years. The MacBook Pro fell behind and took over new Intel processor lines late.

When it was updated in mid-2019, we were happy that the MacBook Pro 13-inch was updated to the 8th generation Intel processors. Intel now has 10th generation processors in most new laptops, which means the 13-inch MacBook Pro already looks out of date.

Drive performance is often overlooked by consumers, but is important to the overall performance of a system. Apple knows that and has been a leader in storage performance for years. The new MacBook Pro range is no exception. Read speeds of 3.1 gigabytes per second and write speeds of 2.2 gigabytes per second are specified.

We can't do an apple-to-apple comparison with Windows competitors here because the tools we normally use to test performance aren't compatible with MacOS. However, we tested two benchmarks that only run on Apple's operating system.

In the first place was Blackmagic, a test to inform experts whether a drive is suitable for processing content with certain frame rates and resolutions. A write speed result of 1,348 megabytes per second and a read result of two gigabytes per second were achieved (annoyingly, this seems to be the maximum result that the benchmark can show). This is a big improvement over the MacBook Pro 13 with Retina (2015). It achieved a write speed of 647 MB ​​/ s and a read speed of 1,056 MB / s.

It is clear that the MacBook Pro 13 with Touch Bar offers excellent drive performance and can handle all the workloads you want.

We also launched DiskMark. The sequential read performance was 1,826 MB / s and the sequential write performance 1,289 MB / s. We had never tested with this benchmark before. So take the numbers with a grain of salt. Still, they're good numbers and they pretty much match Blackmagic.

These benchmarks also do not run on Windows, so we cannot compare the hard drive performance from apple to apple. However, the numbers from CrystalDiskMark, our Windows test, indicate that Apple is at the top.

The Dell XPS 13 with 512 GB solid-state drive achieved a read speed of 1,893 MB / s and a write speed of 475 MB / s. The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon, on the other hand, could keep up better with 2,121 MB / s and 1,832 MB / s.

If all of this sounds confusing, don't worry. Although the numbers are excellent, you don't have to think about them. It is clear that the MacBook Pro 13-inch offers excellent drive performance and can handle any workload that you ask of it. This is possibly the most future-proof component in the entire system.

Mac games are still a bad idea

As in most previous incarnations, the Apple MacBook Pro 13 is based on integrated Intel graphics. If you want a more powerful discrete graphics solution, you have to accept the MacBook Pro 16's larger footprint.

We launched Civilization VI and tested it at 1440×900 resolution on the MacBook Pro 13 and at the same resolution on the HP Specter x360, with a minimum of detail and memory usage selected.

Apple MacBook 13-inch touchpadBill Roberson / Digital Trends

Bill Roberson / Digital Trends

The game was identical on both sides – and bad – and delivered 21 frames per second over the in-game benchmark. However, the HP was the better experience because the Mac had graphics errors that were not present on the HP Specter x360.

If you're curious as to why the game is performing poorly despite more technical skill, blame Apple's OpenGL support, which hasn't been updated significantly in years. Instead, the company prefers Metal, its own API that can be used on both iOS and MacOS devices. The problem? Porting a game from the popular Windows DirectX API to Metal is unknown. Windows PC game developers don't have a good option for porting to Mac. The result is often an accomplishment that is less impressive than expected.

With games ported from iOS, like CSR Racing Pro 3, Super Octagon and Limbo, you're lucky. There is a fair selection of such games in the Mac App Store. You can also play some games that are available in Apple Arcade, but the Mac doesn't get the full library.

A smaller battery leads to sufficient endurance

While the MacBook Pro 13 has significantly improved processor performance, it has also significantly improved battery capacity. The previous model had a 74.9-watt-hour battery, but the 2016 MacBook Pro 13-inch was launched with a 49.2-watt-hour battery (the model without a touch bar has a slightly larger 54.5-watt-hour -Battery pack). That was a capacity reduction of almost 35 percent. In the 2018 update, the battery was increased to 58 watt hours, although Apple's lifespan estimates have remained unchanged.

If you want excellent portability, you should choose the Dell XPS 13 with 1080p display and Core i5 processor, the Asus ZenBook 13 UX333 or the HP Specter Folio. The best of all battery life options is the Surface Book 2 13, which had an amazing 17 hour battery life in our video playback test. The MacBook Pro 13 used to be the last word in battery life, but the new model – or at least the Touch Bar version – has lost the crown.

Our opinion

Apple's new MacBook Pro 13-inch is a gorgeous device, but it has some flaws that make it difficult to recommend. It doesn't have the performance of the MacBook Pro 16-inch or the new keyboard. Despite the recent price cut, it's a little too expensive for what's on offer, especially if you consider the other alternatives.

Is there a better alternative?

Both of the other MacBook options offer better values ​​for what they are. The MacBook Air isn't that powerful, but it's great for students and affordable for just $ 999. The 16-inch MacBook Pro offers content creators fantastic multi-core performance.

If you are open to choosing between Windows 10 and MacOS, there are numerous competitors. The best is the Dell XPS 13, which is faster and cheaper, and includes an option for a 4K display. It also includes much better battery life as long as you stay at 1080p. The 13-inch Surface Laptop 3, the HP Specter x360 13 and the ThinkPad X1 Carbon are all good rivals.

How long it will take?

Apple has control over the life of each Mac by determining which systems receive MacOS updates. A new MacBook Pro 13-inch should last as long as any Mac currently available.

Especially with this MacBook, the real danger is in the keyboard, which has encountered significant reliability problems. There's no way around it.

Should you buy it

No. The MacBook Pro 13-inch isn't a bad laptop, but you'll be disappointed with the outdated design, faulty keyboard, and high price tag.

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5 Reasons Why You Deserve The Benefits Of Massage

Let's start with this question: what could be your reason for not getting a massage? Because there are not many if you take into account the health benefits. You may feel guilty about massages. They can be expensive. They are time consuming. They are a luxury that is difficult to justify if you have appointments, meetings, pick-up and drop-off services, and a to-do list that never gets shorter, but only gets longer. All of this can be true, but are massages more than just a pleasure?

You get a back massage next to the water

A pleasure … and a treatment

Massages are indeed good for you. Sure, they make you feel like you're floating out the door with a huge smile on your face when it's over, but massages aren't just a feel-good treatment: they promote health and well-being in a way that has affected mankind for thousands of years Years known. "The therapeutic massage started about 4,500 years ago," he says Brian Goodwin, International trainer for Eminence Organic Skin Care, "And it has expanded to include the discovery of facial lifting massage, lymphatic drainage, reflexology, Swedish style and other techniques."

Health benefits of massage

5 Health benefits of massage

How does the massage make us physically and mentally healthier? Let's count the ways:

1. It strengthens your immune system. Like exposure to nature, massage is a surprising activity that can increase your built-in immunity. According to a study on Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterMassage causes a measurable increase in the body's immune response by increasing the number of white blood cells. The bottom line: Our immune system is stronger and you can fight diseases and diseases more effectively.

2. It appears to reduce inflammation and help you heal. After all, chronic inflammation is at the root of many of our health problems – from sore muscles to serious conditions like arthritis and muscular dystrophy. Massage seems to reduce the production of cytokines, which are the key to inflammation. "The bottom line is that there appears to be a suppression of the inflammatory pathways and an increase in mitochondrial biogenesis," says Dr. Mark A. Tarnopolsky The New York Times,

Woman with neck pain sitting at the desk

3. It relieves anxiety. Studies have shown that massage treatment can reduce the stress hormone cortisol and increase dopamine and serotonin, which are the feel-good neurotransmitters in our body. Boldijarre KoronczayThe President of Eminence Organic Skin Care explains: "Our goal when performing massages is to relieve tension in the whole body."

4. It helps you sleep better and you generally feel more awake. According to The National Institute for HealthA simple massage is all you need to increase serotonin, which will help you get to dreamland. By triggering this important neurotransmitter (also known as a “Happy Chemical” massage, you improve your sleep and relieve depression and your general well-being).

5. And finally, it also has beauty benefits for the skin! The friction alone from Massages help remove dead skin cells and replace them with lively new ones in order to maintain a fresh, radiant complexion. Massage enhances the moisturizing effect of creams, which is so important in winter. It helps drain toxins from your lymphatic system, relax muscles and soft tissues, help blood flow to your skin, nourish and rejuvenate, and boost blood flow for a healthy glow.

This is how you prepare for the maximum benefit of your massage

After you've booked your massage, the next thing you need to do is figure out how to prepare yourself to get the most out of your massage. Here's what you should do to get ready:

Don't stress yourself unnecessarily. Come to your session with enough time.

  • To prepare your skin properly, exfoliate at home beforehand. (Or request a body scrub for your spa treatment.)Eminence Organics Pear & Green Apple Massage Souffle

  • Choose a delicious massage cream for your treatment such as our Pear & Green Apple Massage Souffle – ideal for deep massages and makes the skin hydrated and supple.

  • Or opt for a moisturizing Oil, like our Apricot Body Oil or Stone Crop Body Oil, for a massage that requires additional gliding and reveals a spectacular looking skin.

  • A body wrap like ours Stone Crop Restorative Body Wrap improves the benefits of massage and makes you feel hydrated and rejuvenated from head to toe.

  • Drink plenty of water before and after the massage.

Few things in life can make you as happy and healthy as a good massage. Use our Spa Locator to book a treatment at the closest Eminence Organics Partner Spa. Which luxurious personal care product from Eminence Organics rounds off a relaxing massage treatment for you? Let us know in the comments or share it with us on social media.

Train the Foundation of Success: Willpower

So many of our behaviors are the standard of an incorrect environment setting. An alarm, a pre-made sports bag and a drawer full of healthy snacks can do a lot. Assume your environment is spot on and your plan is flawless. You still have to show up and run.

People throw away all their processed food and fill the house with fruit, vegetables and fish, and then drive to the Dairy Queen four days a week after dinner. People stow their work clothes in a locker in the gym and then start the ridiculous habit of going to the gym every morning to get changed without training.

Even if everything in your life leads you to the right movements, you still have to do it. This is where willpower comes into play.

It doesn't matter who you are, you don't always want to exercise and eat well. Most of the time, even the most experienced and consistent fitness professionals with a sense of fear are at their pre-planned training block. It is human nature.

When we have the choice between the comfort that gobbles up our lives today and the effort, every fiber of our being pulls us to remain in sedentary comfort. We are programmed to use and save energy.

Our body never expected a world with plenty of energy (food) and we were able to survive while we were barely moving. There are more and more snacks, another Netflix show and a new YouTube video "next".

Therefore, it takes a stupid amount of willpower to break the standard patterns of our comfortable life and add the necessary inconveniences. And that's exactly what fitness goals usually boil down to – interrupting the pattern of seated comfort.

Once you start everything will be easier. You may even find that we are energized and want to do more. Starting is the hard part. Finding the current determination to ignore every impulse or instinct and to feel uncomfortable – this is now the basis for every healthy lifestyle.

You may be thinking, but what about those days when I'm full of energy and excitement to move? Can't I just restore these conditions with good pre-workout and good music? Nope. You are the aberration. No matter how good your planning is, you will often find that you don't want to stick it out.

Jocko Willink, former Navy Seal, says in his book “Discipline equals freedom”: “Motivation is moody. It comes and goes. It is unreliable and if you count on the motivation to achieve your goals, you will likely miss out. So … don't count on motivation. Rely on discipline. “And that means willpower.

You set your goal or set this personal rule when you think about what's best for you. In this emotionless, distant state, it is easy to see which course will be the most fulfilling in the long run. The moment you have to step up and act, however, it is much more difficult.

You won't always want to follow through. If you have the willpower to assert yourself, you will feel better all day, If you make a concession and break your own rules, you have created a dangerous precedent that will make it more likely for you to find the easy way out in the future.

You can justify at any time that skipping a day or spoiling yourself once does no harm. A decision doesn't have a bad impact, but to be healthy you have to consider every event as a general pattern. Overcoming temptations and sticking to the plan is a constant thing.

Whether your goal is to eat better or do more exercise, willpower is critical to your success. Where's the plan for that?

Willpower 101

Willpower is real and it's a superpower. Study by study and book by book have shown that people with greater willpower are healthier, happier, more successful and in better relationships. Above all, willpower determines the quality of your life – and it can be trained.

Scientists tracked down 59 of the subjects from the famous Stanford Marshmallow Test and used functional resonance imaging to monitor their brain activity when tempted.

They found that the brain patterns of subjects with little self-control and subjects with high self-control were different. The inexperienced mind has far greater difficulties in overcoming impulses, You need to train willpower. Without them, your health goals are unlikely to be successful.

Willpower is like a muscle in every way. It grows when it's trained. It tires when in use. Your chest and triceps could be trained to improve from a maximum bench press of 245 pounds to a maximum weight of 400 pounds over time. You could work from three reps at 225 pounds to 15 reps.

The same principles apply to training willpower. Through consistent training, you can build the ability to absorb much more willpower that requires tasks, and build up to a point where previously challenging tasks require almost no willpower.

Even if your willpower grows, you can't take in too much volume every day and expect good results, Just like a two-hour glove of sprints, snatches and heavy squats would roast the central nervous system even with the best conditioned athletes, you can't expect extreme willpower every day.

In addition, every willpower consumes the same reserve. It doesn't matter whether you use it to resist hunger attacks, censor yourself when speaking, keep eye contact, not checking your phone, studying, or exercising.

Self-control habits allow you to automate behaviors that cost a lot of willpower to most people. This means that expensive willpower tasks can become free or far cheaper. If you usually speak well, you don't have to censor how you speak to people. If you usually make eye contact, the focus will no longer increase when you speak to your boss.

If you have a habit of studying every day after class, this is part of the routine. You don't have to find out when and how you will learn. They follow the pattern and no willpower is used to make decisions.

The more good habits you have, the easier it is to do positive tasks without using a lot of willpower. In this way, some people have put themselves in a position where they seem to always be able to do everything at a high level.

Decisions can also put a lot of strain on your willpower. Deciding what to wear, what to eat, or what to do will deplete your willpower, so environmental design and planning can go a long way. If all the steps to get you to the gym or to the right foods are prepared for you, your willpower will not be put into the effort to get there.

If you are serious about a goal at all, first shape your life so that the least possible willpower is required to bring us to your desired goal. Avoid fluff when dressing and eating so that you save willpower every day and, if possible, do your most will-dependent tasks early in the day to ensure sufficient enthusiasm.

But here, too, the reality remains that at a certain point in time you only have to do the difficult thing if your emotions rebel against it. How do you train the ability to overcome this impulse? Slow and steady.

Willpower training made easy

As your willpower grows, it's about strengthening your muscle strength to make yourself an experience you'd rather avoid. You know that training will make you happier in the long run, but the moment your emotions shout "No!" Like a toddler is told it is time to leave the birthday party.

You want to build the ability to do the difficult consistently, even if you don't want to. In training, Constance always surpasses the occasional outbreak of great efforts. You will see the best results of daily willpower training, So take a cold shower every day.

The cold shower is the perfect willpower training technique because you will never want it and always have time. You always have three minutes to shower. At the moment, you are probably waiting three minutes a day for your shower to warm up. It is not known where or when. Business and convenience are not available excuses.

After a three-minute cold shower, you will feel much better. In addition to the cascade of physiological effects, you have self-confidence and a sense of achievement that only arises from challenges. You only have to commit to it for a very short amount of time so you can feel better all day – just like when you exercise.

But training is of course about progress. Biting too much, biting too early is a recipe to stop, Start with 30 seconds. You can take a minute next week. Keep crawling in 30-second increments until you take a three-minute cold shower every day. You train the ability to do the difficult.

This is the root of every health goal. If you can take a cold shower, you can start exercising. If you can take a cold shower, you can bypass the smell of free donuts that blow from the staff lounge.

You may be tempted to stop taking a cold shower every day because you just don't want to, This temptation is the point. You have to face the reality that you have to take control of your health repeatedly to take control of your health. Your mind will rationalize all sorts of reasons for not doing what you planned. Emotions take control of your conscious thinking. Act anyway. This is your mantra. You cannot rely on motivation. Follow the plan. Action. This is the willpower exercise.

Commit is more important than trying

"Do it or not. There's no attempt."

– Yoda

Everyone can take a cold shower every day. You just have to make the decision to commit properly. You can't say, "I'll try." Why would you frame it as an "attempt"? No skills or opportunities are required. Don't try.

You either commit to it or you don't. I thought about providing other willpower training protocols, but this complexity only promotes inconsistencies. There is nothing to think about.

Taking a cold shower is difficult, I am only a few minutes away from mine and even after doing this for over a year the prospect makes me flinch. Acting keeps my willpower muscles in shape so I can better control my actions when it's difficult. I know that growing willpower increases the ability to act the way I want to act and who I want to be, so I will continue this practice.

There are some helpful mechanisms you can use to make this or another willpower attempt more successful:

1. The first and most important thing is to start with a "no matter what" clause

I borrowed the terminology of the "no matter what" clause from music star Mike Posner, who recently migrated from the Atlantic to the Pacific. I've always used a similar version of it, telling myself that 99% is a sissy.

In any case, the point remains: there is no scope. Once you have decided to do this, this must be the end of the conversation. For this reason, I recommend that people who start changing their lifestyle always start small. You have to create a habit, an identity, to persevere.

When approaching life in this way, you need to think carefully before committing yourself as you are doing everything you are committed to. Promise conservatively. You can always add later. If you find that you have taken over too much, you must keep your word (even if it is just a promise to yourself) until you reach your next planning period. I suggest a weekly planning session where you think about the week and allow yourself to adjust the plan by adding or subtracting it as needed.

2. Be prepared for curve balls

But let's say the unthinkable happens. You wake up late, rush to work, miss dinner, spend the evening in the freezing cold season and watch your daughter's soccer game, come home and decide that I just don't take a cold shower … or exercise … or resist the urge To eat biscuits until you are sick. You broke your promise. We are all human, after all. What now? The next day you are on the right track again.

So often people get stuck on arbitrary goals and when they fall off, they just give up. They describe themselves as failure and return to life without the goals. We have to commit ourselves, but a lack is not the reason to throw everything down the drain.

Sure, you have committed yourself with heart and soul and it is a shame to fail, but what is past is past. If the impossible happens and you break your promise to yourself, you must immediately commit again. There is water under the bridge. Back to ace kicker mode.

3. Make your commitment bigger than yourself

We are social beings. If you take a 10-year exercise break, I'm willing to bet that your behavior in your social group was normal. You would have behaved differently if you had just left the Marine Boot Camp. If you find social levers that will lead you to your goals, you will be more successful.

Social pressure often works against our goals. In most places you go, people could actually pressure you not to take a cold shower every day. They say things like, "Why would you do that? It's just stupid." As if training the willpower, the main determinant of success, was nonsensical. So you have to intentionally create positive social pressure. You can find like-minded friends and engage each other, or even try more creative tactics.

My partner Justin Lind and I created the Pillar Experience Calendar – a structure to consistently take into account the most transformative experiences of self-development. Every month we have a topic with a lesson and accompanying challenges that are discussed and supported by an online group.

Last month our group committed to an extended fast. Many of them only consumed water with Justin and me for 48 hours. Others reduced themselves to 24 hours or treated themselves to coffee. We all found immense strength in mastering the challenges together and discussing them over time,

Separate your life from making the right decisions

Organize your life so that you make the right decisions and distance yourself from those you want to avoid. Take on the difficult tasks early in the day. Commit yourself to cold showers daily and take the time to build an accountability system.

You could make willpower far more complicated, but that would only offer opportunities for failure. Too much thinking just distracts you from what you have to do.

It is best to make your plan simple and the measures clear, Then just act, because this will increase the willpower muscle. And this muscle is far more important than anyone else when it comes to long-term fitness and health.

2020 Hyundai Venue First Drive Review: All The Tech For Less

2020 Hyundai venue outside

2020 Hyundai Venue first ride review: All technology for less

"The Hyundai Venue 2020 offers a lot of technology at an affordable price."

  • Good technical value

  • High quality interior

  • Comfortable ride

  • Gutless motor

  • Driver aids work poorly

It is now a matter of course that American buyers prefer crossovers over normal cars. As a result, automakers are increasing the driving heights of small hatchbacks to develop new models that have the crossover look but not the utility or all-wheel drive. The trend started with the Toyota C-HR and Nissan Kicks, and now we have a new entry – the 2020 Hyundai Venue.

The venue follows the same recipe as the C-HR and Kicks. According to Hyundai, however, it is primarily aimed at used car buyers. Hyundai believes that a low base price combined with the latest technology and a new car guarantee will attract buyers of used car lots. Starting at $ 18,345, the venue offers a ton of technology for the money, including standard Apple CarPlay / Android Auto and a variety of driver aids.

But is the 2020 Hyundai Venue really cheap and cheerful or just cheap? At Hyundai's invitation, I drove a venue from Miami to the Florida Keys to find out.

Design and style

The venue differs from conventional small hatchback models in its design. It's a bit bigger, both because of an upright, boxy body shape and because of a higher ride height. The venue also carries the same grille as larger Hyundai crossovers to reaffirm the idea that it's not just a regular car.

2020 Hyunda venue profileStephen Edelstein / Digital Trends

Like the Nissan Kicks, the Venue is available in a two-tone color scheme that gives the car a bit more personality. However, this option is only available in the upper denim trim. You have only one color combination to choose from – blue with a white roof.

Your mileage may vary depending on the design, but a box-shaped design should offer more passenger and cargo space than something leaner and more car-like. Despite its sloping roofline, the Toyota C-HR has more cargo space than the venue.

Meanwhile, the kicks has more cargo space and more passenger space than the Toyota or Hyundai. On paper, the venue has more headroom and legroom for the rear passengers than the kicks, but that's not much in the real world.

The venue differs from conventional small hatchback models in its design.

The back seats of the venue are narrow, especially if the front seats are designed for tall people. The hold is good for a small hatchback, but not impressive compared to real crossovers. Even the Hyundai Kona, a tiny vehicle, offers more.

When it comes to utility, the venue (and other similar vehicles) don't offer enough to justify the crossover label. If you buy the venue against used cars, as Hyundai believes, many buyers will likely find something with more space at the same price.

2020 Hyundai Venue touchscreenStephen Edelstein / Digital Trends

The front seats are at least a nice place. They are comfortable for a vehicle in this price range, although we prefer the more supportive chairs in the Nissan Kicks. Hyundai also has nothing to do with Nissan's optional Bose audio system, which has speakers in the front headrests.

However, the interior and overall design of the venue look more sophisticated than that of the Nissan, and both the kicks and venue look more inviting than the Toyota C-HR, which appears to be outdated in comparison.

technology

Hyundai has saved on interior space, but not on technology. The affordable venue is equipped with numerous technical functions as standard.

The standard infotainment system includes an 8-inch touchscreen as well as Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Toyota offers the same screen in the C-HR and adds Android Auto in addition to Apple CarPlay for the 2020 model year.

Nissan requires you to upgrade the basic equipment of the Kicks S to the SV to get Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. The largest touchscreen available is only 7 inches tall. Venue models equipped with navigation also receive real-time traffic information at no extra charge.

This is where Hyundai's strategy comes in to play the venue off against used cars. You are not guaranteed to find these connectivity features on every older vehicle.

The venue is an entry-level model, but it offers a lot of technology.

As with other Hyundai models, the infotainment system is simple but functional. The graphics on the screen are not complex, but are easy to read at a glance. Keyboard shortcuts for menus make it easier to use the system while driving.

Hyundai also offers several places, including a shelf on the passenger side of the dashboard, which looks like a good place to rest a phone. At least until you accelerate or brake hard and the phone flies.

The event location is equipped as standard with an autonomous emergency braking system, a lane departure warning system and an attention monitor for the driver. The SEL trim in the middle area offers monitoring of the blind spot and a warning of rear traffic.

As with infotainment technology, used cars with these features may not be available at the same price, so Hyundai's argument is correct. However, the event's new car competitors offer technologies similar to the standard equipment – as well as functions that the event location does not offer. The Toyota C-HR has adaptive cruise control, while the Nissan Kicks has autonomous reverse braking.

Stephen Edelstein / Digital Trends

The driver's aids at the venue are mixed. The lane departure warning system was too sensitive, since every slight deviation from a straight line was a possible off-road excursion. It was also confused by highway exits. The lane departure warning system is not only shy, but also pulls aggressively on the steering wheel to bring the venue back into line.

I was impressed with the ability to monitor the blind spot to see cars far behind the line of sight, but the loud warning sound sounded like a bad television special. Instead of being helpful, it was a joke.

Experience behind the wheel

According to Hyundai, the venue was designed for young city dwellers, and my test drive began and ended in downtown Miami, with sections of the highway in between. Here Hyundai's Penny Pinching began to show itself.

The venue is only available with a 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine that delivers 121 horsepower and 113 pound-feet of torque. If that doesn't sound enough to you, you're right. It's easy to assume that driving in the city is just about sitting in traffic, but that's not really the case. Maneuvers that would have been routine in most other cars became nerve-wracking.

This may be due in part to the transfer of the event location. Base SE models get a six-speed manual, but my two test cars (a SEL and a denim) had the optional continuously variable transmission (CVT), which Hyundai calls the IVT (for "intelligent variable transmission").

The manual would at least have given more control and helped keep the engine in its power range. The problem could also be poor coordination. Nissan's kicks also use a CVT and offer similar performance to the venue (122 hp and 114 lb-ft). But the kicks don't feel nearly as sluggish as the venue.

This little Hyundai was comfortable and quiet, but not fun.

Auto people like to say that driving a slow car fast is more fun than driving a fast car slowly, but the venue is the exception to this rule. This little Hyundai was comfortable and quiet, but not fun. It is small but not agile. The driving experience was so understated that we didn't mind being in Florida, a state notorious for its lack of good roads.

In order to keep the price of the venue low, Hyundai did not use all-wheel drive. The additional traction of the all-wheel drive is one of the reasons for choosing a crossover instead of a conventional car. However, the all-wheel drive would have increased $ 2,000 in manufacturing costs (which would have driven up the base price) and 200lbs in curb weight (which would have had an impact on fuel consumption), Derek Joyce, PR manager for Hyundai crossovers, told Digital Trends.

The venue is only front-wheel drive. Fortunately for Hyundai, it's the Nissan Kicks and the Toyota C-HR. The venue does have a "snow mode" for traction control that changes throttle response and CVT behavior for more grip, but I couldn't test that in sunny Florida.

Fuel consumption and security

The 2020 Hyundai Venue is rated at 32 mpg combined (30 mpg city, 34 mpg highway) with the CVT and 30 mpg combined (27 mpg city, 35 mpg highway) with the six-speed manual. This places the venue below the Nissan Kicks, which achieves a total of 33 mpg, and above the Toyota C-HR, which achieves a total of 29 mpg (both vehicles are only available with CVT).

2020 Hyundai Venue first rideStephen Edelstein / Digital Trends

The venue is a new model, so it is difficult to predict future reliability. Overall, Hyundai has a reputation for reliability and offers one of the longest guarantees in the business. The Korean automaker's 10-year drivetrain warranty of 100,000 miles and the 5-year drivetrain warranty of 60,000 miles far exceed Nissan and Toyota.

The venue is new, so crash test assessments by the Road Safety Insurance Institute (IIHS) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are not yet available.

How DT would configure this car

My ideal 2020 Hyundai Venue is a denim model. The denim has optional technical functions such as monitoring the blind spot, warning of cross traffic at the rear and navigation from the SEL trim level, giving it a portion of style. The two-tone blue and white exterior and the blue interior of the denim make the venue feel special. At $ 23,045, the denim is a big step up from the base Venue SE starting price of $ 18,345 and still a good value.

Conclusion

The 2020 Hyundai Venue is a solid car, but whether it's the right car for you depends on your priorities. If you are looking for a real crossover with more interior space than a normal car and all-wheel drive, look elsewhere. The venue is more like a high hatchback than a real crossover.

This also applies to the Nissan Kicks and the Toyota C-HR, the two logical rivals of the venue. The Nissan and Toyota also have no four-wheel drive and are similar in size to the Hyundai. We were impressed by the quality of the material and the general sophistication of the venue, but it's not a clear victory. The kicks don't have a standard Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, but more interior space and a bolder motor. The C-HR has a higher base price, but is equipped with an adaptive cruise control as standard, which is not available at the event location at any price.

What about the used cars that Hyundai said were the real rivals of the venue? Priorities are also important here. The venue offers the latest technology and a new car guarantee, but at the expense of the interior and acceleration. Hyundai offers more technology and security for the money, but it is possible to bring more cars to the used market.

Should you get one?

Yes. The 2020 Hyundai Venue may not be a true crossover, but it is a good car.

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Strength Routines for Developing a Strong and Healthy Upper Back

Strength routines to develop a strong and healthy upper back - fitness, training, strength training, shoulder, muscle break, back exercises, rows, upper back, pull-ups, pull-ups

A strong upper back is important to minimize injuries to the shoulder joint and shoulder belt. Many athletes and training enthusiasts love the pressure and pressure exercises: bench press, incline press, press down, dips and overhead presses. To balance these movements and improve the stability of the shoulder joint, however, antagonistic pulling exercises should be incorporated. If these movements are neglected, the risk of injury increases.

I understand that train movements are not popular or are controlled by the "I can lift X weight" mentality, so unfortunately they can be neglected. "How much can you close handle pulldown or bowed row?" You never hear that, do you?

In order to strengthen the upper back / shoulder area, minimize the potential for injury and improve your ability to optimally perform your upper body sporting skills, the following exercises for pulling the upper torso should be integrated in order to emphasize the exercises for most trainees to push the upper body counteracting the front body:

  • Pulldown / chin with a wide grip up to the upper chest
  • Close the pulldown / chin to the upper chest
  • Sweater machine
  • High row
  • feature
  • row
  • Low row
  • Upright row
  • Rear delta machine / curved fly
  • External rotation of the rotator cuff

Think of it this way: for each thrust exercise there should be an opposite pulling exercise. Examples:

  • Overhead press – pulldown with wide or narrow handle, machine sweater
  • Tilt press – high row or face pull
  • Breast press – seated / curved row, low row, rear delta / curved bow tie
  • Push / Immerse – reject upright row

Before we go any further, we need to know two things:

  1. It is literally impossible to isolate a particular muscle only when doing an exercise move. For example, if you perform a side elevation to target your delts, both the anterior and medial deltoid muscles are activated along with the clavicle head of the pectoralis major (chest) and the supraspinatus (a rotator cuff muscle).
  2. Regarding this point, some front muscles are activated when performing traditional back / pulling exercises. During a pulldown with a tight grip and supinated forearms (the palms facing you), for example, the sternal head of the pectoralis major and the long head of the triceps support the lats, teres major and other posterior / pulling muscles.

And then there is the question of the venerable upright row – where does it belong? It's a pulling exercise, but it works with the deltoid muscles that typically occur in anterior / pressure exercises. What a dilemma. Let's go through a basic tutorial on upper back musculature and kinesiology:

When discussing the upper back muscles, two anatomical points and relevant joint movements must be taken into account: the shoulder blade (shoulder blade) and the humerus (upper arm). Shrug up, down, forwards and backwards. This is your shoulder blade in action. Move your upper arm in several directions. This is your humerus articulating on the glenohumeral joint.

Looking at the development of the upper back, the following table shows the details of the movements and the muscles involved:

Strength routines to develop a strong and healthy upper back - fitness, training, strength training, shoulder, muscle break, back exercises, rows, upper back, pull-ups, pull-ups

Training logs for the muscles of the upper back

There are many ways to develop the upper back muscles using a series of movements / exercises with a variety of overload protocols. I have provided a sample exercise that can be used in individual workouts and some set / rep scripts that can be applied to it.

Exercise movements in the upper back for individual workouts:

  • Large handle pulldown
  • Bowed row
  • Upright row
  • pull ups
  • Low row
  • Face pulls
  • row
  • Pulldown with a tight grip
  • Curl biceps
  • High row
  • Rear delta machine
  • machines sweater

Set / repeat script options that can be applied to them:

  • 2 sets of each exercise in 10-14 and 6-10 repetition ranges
  • 2 sets of each exercise in a range of 8-12
  • 3 sets of each exercise, all in repetition ranges 12-16, 8-12, and 4-8
  • 3 sets of each exercise in a range of 6 to 10 repetitions
  • 1 set of each exercise in a range of 12 to 16 repetitions

Many options work for certain training days. Regardless of whether you exercise two or three days a week with a full body workout or a split routine where your upper body is trained twice a week, you should consider the above-mentioned upper back exercises.

Make sure that you balance all common pushing exercises with pulling exercises in the upper back. Work it as hard as all of your bumps. This approach protects against shoulder injuries, gives you balanced muscles, and improves your ability to perform sporting skills better.