Author: James Martin
“Bodies expend calories to recover after a workout, and weight training tends to require more recovery than cardio training does. “The more muscle you have, the more calories you burn on an everyday basis because sustaining muscle requires more energy than fat does.“Put simply, cardio burns more calories, but weight training keeps them burning for longer,” Paul summarised. So can cardio build muscle? Paul explained: “Though cardio has less impact on muscle gain and metabolism compared to weight training, it does help to build muscle.“By helping the cardiovascular system to work better and more efficiently, exercise focusing on cardio improves circulation in…
Placeholder while article actions loadWhen French container-shipping giant CMA CGM Group announced a cargo partnership with Air France-KLM last week, the real surprise was its plan to acquire only 9% of the airline.Having made 18 billion euros ($19 billion) of net profit last year, the world’s third-largest container line by capacity could afford to acquire all of Air France with plenty of change to spare. And because the world’s ports are still chockablock and freight rates remain sky-high, it will probably earn even more this year.Indeed, by the end of 2022, the container-shipping industry will have earned a staggering half a trillion dollars of operating…
After some earlier rumors, today Xiaomi finally confirmed its “long-term strategic cooperation” with Leica, and that they’ve been co-developing a flagship smartphone ahead of its July 2022 launch. This will be the German camera firm’s latest mobile imaging collaboration after Sharp, Huawei and Panasonic. Xiaomi isn’t the first Chinese phone maker to leverage the photography know-how from a renowned camera brand. In late 2020, Vivo followed the footsteps of Sony plus Nokia and joined forces with Zeiss, with the latest release being the X80 series. More recently, Oppo and OnePlus started releasing handsets that were jointly developed with Hasselblad, including…
Josh TaylorWhistleblowers have alleged Meta may have breached Australia’s foreign interference laws by deliberately blocking Australian government Facebook pages and websites as a negotiating tactic during the debate over the news media bargaining legislation.US-based legal organisation Whistleblower Aid filed a disclosure with the US Department of Justice and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in early May on behalf of former Facebook employees alleging that Facebook had deliberately over-blocked pages as a means of negotiating a better outcome in the negotiations over legislation to force Meta to pay Australian media companies for news content.In February 2021, Australian news sites,…
Kourtney Kardashian pulled out all of the stops for her third wedding to husband Travis Barker as she stunned in a one of a kind Dolce & Gabbana bridal look.The reality star, 43, whose wedding was sponsored by the fashion house, married her rocker beau, 46, in an alfresco ceremony at the medieval Castello Brown fortress in Portofino, Italy, on Sunday.Kourtney looked nothing short of sensational in the unique D&G white silk lace and satin mini dress and a dramatic hand-embroidered veil. Beautiful bride: Kourtney Kardashian pulled out all of the stops for her third wedding to husband Travis Barker…
(CNN) — Kim Kyung-seop recalls going to cheap bars after class with his friends, where they binged on as much makgeolli as possible. “You know the saying, ‘alcohol consumes men?’ It was like that.” Makgeolli, the milky and often sweet traditional rice wine from Korea, was chosen for its price, not flavor.In 1989, when Kim entered college, half a gallon of makgeolli cost about 40 cents. He and his friends would sit around a table, pouring makgeolli from a brass kettle into individual brass bowls, as is tradition.Kim, now an adjunct professor at Global Cyber University in Seoul, has been…
The case of monkeypox was confirmed in a man in Massachusetts who had recently traveled to Canada, state health officials announced earlier in the day. The patient is hospitalized in stable condition at Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Paul Biddinger, the chief preparedness and continuity officer at Mass General Brigham, said during a news briefing.The patient has been in an airborne infection isolation room since last Thursday. “This patient, fortunately, is doing quite well now, although did have, have symptoms that require the hospitalization,” Dr. Erica Shenoy said.Biddinger said they are not sure how the patient was infected, but emphasized “that…
With the light fading in Paris on Sunday night, a one-time prodigy of Australian tennis enjoyed arguably the finest moment of a career that has been sadly restricted by injury. Well over a decade after matching the junior deeds of 13-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal, Jason Kubler finally broke through for his first ever win at Roland Garros.After making it through qualifying in his fourth visit to Paris as a senior, Kubler was able to hold his nerve at critical times when defeating American Denis Kudla 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3). He closed out the triumph with the…
Meghan Markle channelled Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady as she presented Prince Harry with a cup at a polo tournament yesterday. The Duchess of Sussex stepped out in a polka dot blouse, black wide brim hat and wide-leg shorts for the star-studded event in Santa Barbara. The prince recently joined polo team Los Padres, having played the sport for most of his life after learning in the UK with his brother William. The club is run by his friend Nacho, who said he was ‘excited’ for the duke to join the ranks.The team, who have competed in a string of events in…
AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 7000 chips will mark another major milestone for the company: they’ll be the first desktop processors running 5 nanometer cores. During her Computex keynote presentation today, AMD CEO Lisa Su confirmed that Ryzen 7000 chips will launch this fall. Under the hood, they’ll feature dual 5nm Zen 4 cores, as well as a redesigned 6nm I/O core (which includes RDNA2 graphics, DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 controllers and a low-power architecture). Earlier this month, the company teased its plans for high-end “Dragon Range” Ryzen 7000 laptop chips, which are expected to launch in 2023. Since this is just…