Then take the challenge
Bar-bell bicep 21s Grab an EZ bar and stand with feet shoulder-width apart. For the first 7 reps, lower the bar until your elbows are at 90 degrees. After your seventh rep, lower the bar all the way and perform 7 more reps, this time raising it until your elbows are at 90 degrees. For [...]
The high-end singles club
It has potential, if you’re not that choosy. Gorgeous Connections is “a dating and lifestyle club exclusively for those aesthetically blessed and with an abundance of presence and ambition”. It charges £200 a year for online membership, which includes invitations to regular events (extra charges apply) and access to profiles, and £1,000 a year for [...]
STAY FOCUSED
20:20 vision is rarer than you’d think – over 70% of UK adults need prescription glasses or contact lenses. “But when it comes to any sport, neither of these is the perfect option,” explains professional triathlete Richard Allen. “Contact lenses can dry out in wind and at altitude, they can’t be worn for long periods [...]
What’s new
1. Cerruti, 1881 Eau d’Ete Summer Fragrance Pour Homme, 100m1, £25.50 Summer must be on the way, because everything in Fragrance Land is light and fresh and breezy. One squirt of this and you’ll feel sunnier, even if it’s pouring outside. Stockists: 020 7361 4400 2. Flavashave Shaving kit, £14.99 Pour Flavashave shave enhancer into [...]
How to afford music instruments
Since many years, man has been affiliated with music. Music can be defined as an expression of heart. Music instrument can be defined as equipment that generates sound. Music instruments are categorised into many streams depending on the tone they generate and the way they are played. Wind instruments, string instruments and electronic instruments are [...]
South Korea:From Rags to Riches
killed in border incidents. Though South Korea has shot far ahead of the north in development —its economic growth is twice as large, and the gap is widening—military strength is another matter. South Korea has been spending less than 5 per cent of its gross national product on defence, while North Korea spends 5 to [...]
Father’s Blaze of Glory
At the house she jumped out and sprinted for the phone. Neighbours came in twos and threes until there were about 15 families gathered. Most were still in their Sunday clothes. I was eight and not much help, but Mother sent me to the barn to collect feed sacks. The heavy burlap, soaked in water, [...]
Park Chung Hee
GENERAL Park Chung Hee, President of South Korea, is not the sort to warm the heart of advocates of democracy. Grim and determined, Park has established an authoritarian regime, gaoling dissidents and curtailing debate. But, whatever his faults, Park will probably go down in history for a most remarkable achievement. Under his stern guidance, one [...]
Cathy’s sadness
It takes a special kind of grace to behave well on the worst day of your life CATHY burst into the house that autumn afternoon and went straight to her room. I could see that my 13-year-old daughter was in the darkest corner of depression, and I tried to think what might have happened at [...]