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Honey has been used since ancient times and the benefits of honey are also mentioned prominently in Ayurveda. Honey is a liquid made from the juice of flowers by bees. It is prepared by bees after a fairly lengthy process in several stages. Honey in Ayurveda enjoys the status of a medicine and now people all over the world have started using honey for sweetness too. Use honey in any form, it is equally beneficial for your health. Just before using it, make sure that the honey being used is real or adulterated, because eating adulterated honey can cause many health problems.

People are always confused about the quality of honey. Real honey is very thick and when added to water, it does not dissolve easily, rather it gets frozen in the bottom while fake honey dissolves quickly in water.

Honey is a rich source of essential nutrients, minerals and vitamins. The main nutrient of honey is Fructose, carbohydrates, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, vitamin C and amino acids.

64 calories, 17 grams of sugar (fructose, glucose, sucrose and maltose) amd it does not contain fat, fiber and protein at all.

When the skin gets cut or peeled, it is very useful to use honey as the antiseptic properties which are present in honey heals the burnt area quickly and also protect the skin from infection.

Usage method: You can apply honey on the part where you have got a mild scratch in your skin or if some part has burnt a little. Applying honey will reduce irritation and prevents infection in that part.

If you are having cough from several days and it has not been cured, then you should use honey. The antibacterial properties which are present in honey prevent the infection from growing further and it also dilutes the phlegm, which brings out the phlegm easily.

Before going to bed, drink a teaspoon of honey mixed with lukewarm water. It also reduces the mucus and provides quick relief from cough or you can a drink liquid which prepared with ginger, honey and black pepper.

If your weight is increasing day by day, then consumption of honey can help you lose weight. So drink honey regularly because there is no fat in honey at all. Along with keeping weight under control, it also reduces the cholesterol level of the body.

Take a teaspoon of honey and half lemon mixed with a glass of lukewarm water and drink it on an empty stomach every morning.

Honey has a significant amount of essential antioxidants. The antioxidants present in it are very beneficial for the heart and protect against many diseases related to the heart. Apart from this, the main function of honey is to increase the body's immunity. The strengthening of immunity power protects against many infectious diseases.

To increase immunity capacity of the body, drink one to two teaspoons of honey mixed with lukewarm milk daily. Drinking honey in milk makes it more effective.

Honey also helps in improving the skin. It has properties that absorb the surrounding moisture and helps in retaining skin moisture. People who have very dry skin should use honey to keep their skin moist.

For those people who have dry skin: Take one tablespoon of honey and apply it on the dry part of the skin. Let it dry for 15-20 minutes and then wash off with cold water. Use it for 2-3 times in a week.

For skin whitening: To increase the radiance of the face, you should use a face pack prepared with honey. You can prepare face packs with honey and lemon, honey and milk, honey and banana and honey and yogurt.

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James Corden has risen to be one of the biggest names in show business both in America and across the pond in the U.K. Primarily known for his comedic work, Corden can also belt out a tune and act in serious dramas and it has created a really varied career.

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When it be hosting his own late-night talk show, providing the voice of a bunny rabbit or playing a popular cockney in a hit television series, James Corden really has done it all. While not all of his roles have been well-received (let's not talk about Cats,) for the most part, Corden has had some incredible performances.

Begin Again has a really fantastic cast which focuses on Mark Ruffalo and Keira Knightley as the two lead roles who both work within the music industry and work together to collaborate. It proved to be a great hit of a movie that really was a heartwarming film.

James Corden is mainly a supporting character within this movie as he plays the best friend of Keira's character, giving her a voice of reason at points throughout the movie.

All Or Nothing is an incredible drama that focuses on a bunch of English, working-class characters who are all forced to work as hard as possible to make ends meet. It's a love story between the two lead characters who are brought back together by a major tragedy.

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James Corden is part of the main cast here, despite it being fairly early on in his career. He took on the character of Rory who is a teenager that struggles with his weight which leads to him being bullied and then having a heart attack.

Fat Friends brought James Corden together with Ruth Jones, who he co-wrote Gavin & Stacey with. The series followed a group of women attempting to lose weight at a slimming club and the ups and downs that come with that.

The show did prove to be very funny and despite it being one of Corden's first breakout roles, he looked incredibly comfortable right from the start.

Teachers was a British television show that does exactly what it says on the tin. It's a comedy-drama that focuses on one school and the staff that works in it. However, it doesn't just focus on them teaching classes and the drama of school life for the adults, but it follows them out of school to see what issues they have going on outside of it.

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The series proved to be very funny and it quickly became popular. However, James Corden didn't actually play a teacher in this series. He was one of the students who was featured throughout and was one of the smarter characters who happily questions one of the lead characters on their teaching ability.

The Wrong Mans saw James Corden work alongside his Gavin & Stacey co-star, Mathew Baynton as they created their own comedy-thriller in order to continue their relationship on screen. They both took on the role of office workers here where they end up involved in a criminal case.

It's a case of two characters who are totally out of their comfort zone being pushed to their limits and the series did prove to be funny, but it didn't quite hit the same heights as their previous project.

A League Of Their Own is a very popular game show which sees James Corden sit in as the host as two teams that have a mix of comedians, celebrities, and athletes compete against each other. They battle it out about sports, answering questions and competing in challenges.

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It is a very comedy based game show and that's why it has become such a big hit as there is so much fun to be had with this show. Nobody takes themselves too seriously and it allows the show to be easy to watch.

Gavin & Stacey is really the show that gave James Corden his first big break in the world of acting. The show saw Corden burst onto the scene in his role as Smithy, who is Gavin's best friend. It's an incredible comedy series which Corde co-writes and it is immensely popular with British audiences.

While his character certainly has tons of flaws, he is also very loveable and kind, and he does bring a lot of the comedic relief throughout.The series recently returned with a 2020 Christmas special, and it has sparked the love of the show once again with a lot of fans wanting it to return again.

James Corden has had plenty of success in the theatre world over his career, and one of his biggest hits was taking on the lead role in One Man, Two Guvnors. This comedy play received rave reviews and was then shared across the UK in cinemas for more people to enjoy.

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The Evening Standard Theatre Awards of 2011 saw it win Best Play, and Corden himself really did thrive in this performance. He brought a brilliant level of comedy to it, while also beingkind and having an emotional connection with audiences as well.

While James Corden has since become a huge star in the world of television, breaking out in America while remaining popular in the UK, the stage still remains a big focus of his. Corden has appeared in countless stage shows and therefore he made sense to bring in for the On Broadway documentary.

This excellent documentary focused on the theatre world, taking the opinions of popular actors who have done both such as Corden, Hugh Jackman, and Alec Baldwin in what is an insightful watch.

This one-off documentary spin-off from the popular A League Of Their Own television show saw James Corden join cricketer Freddie Flintoff, comedian Jack Whitehall and former soccer player Jamie Redknapp head out on a road trip around the USA.

Throughout the journey, the group takes on plenty of different tasks and challenges and considering how funny all four men are it created a really enjoyable show. They are able to bounce off each other with their amazing chemistry and it creates an incredibly fun documentary.

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Down offers an exceptional warmth-to-weight ratioand extreme level of compressibility. Those features have made itthe go-to insulation for outdoors enthusiasts since it was first used in a jacket by an Australian climber 98 years ago. But down also has one major flaw: when it gets wet, it loses its ability to loftandprovide insulation. Sofor years, the gear industry has been looking for a replacement.

Lofted synthetic insulation materials are capable of maintaining their structure when wet, but even with recent advancements, theyvenever been able to truly match both the compressibility and weight of the real deal. Water-repellent treatments applied to down clusters have had limited success at reducing the materials tendency to clump and lose loft when exposed to moisture. Theyve shifted the point at which down will clumpbut have not eliminated it entirely.

So whats the answer? A collaboration between Sitka, a Montana-based hunting brand, and PrimaLoft, thewell-known maker of synthetic insulation materials, may have found one by adding a synthetic structurethey call it scaffoldingto high-quality goose down, forcing it to retain its loft even when wet. Ive been testing a jacket and a pair of insulated pants made from the material for the past month. Throughout the spring bear-hunting season, theyveprovidedthe warmth and packability weve all learned to expect from normal down insulation. Buteven through periods of heavy rain, they remained lofty. Heavy rain will penetrate the shell fabric and can pass through to the wearers skin, but it does not appear to otherwise impair thefunction of the clothing.

Whether youre crossing a stream or encountering rain, PrimaLoft Gold Down Blend will keep you warm, even if you find yourself in wet conditions, says Vanessa Mason, PrimaLofts senior vice president of engineering.

In the foreground, those chaotic little clusters are true down. You can see a feather, for contrast, in the top left. And in the background, those puffy white clouds are the synthetic scaffold. (Photo: PrimaLoft)

Before I get going on this new technology, its worth revisiting the terminology involved.

Down: Down is a cluster, not a feather. If you think of a birds feathers as a shell, keeping wind and water out, then down is the fluffy insulation material between the birds skin and that shell. We use down the same way. Weve all found pointy feathers poking out of down jackets, sleeping bags,quilts, and pillows, but thats because the way down is harvested leaves some feathers with the down material. The subsequent processing to remove those feathers is one of the determining factors inthe quality of the end product. In this case, the down employed in the unique blend created for Sitka by PrimaLoft is 93 percent down and 7percent feathers. Thats very good; cheaper down insulation will typically have a higher feather percentage, but its rare to see that number made public.

Fill Power: This is the volume of space that one ounce of down is capable of lofting into. A higher fill power will not necessarily be warmer, but because you can use less of it to fill a given volume, it will be lighter and enable a garment made using it to compress into a smaller package. In this case, PrimaLoft and Sitka employ a 900-fill-power down in the blend. Soone ounce will loft into 900 cubic inches.The two companies experimented with a 1,000-fill-power downbut found it cost prohibitive. Previous down-blend materials created by PrimaLoft have usedlower fill-power materials, but they havent been as light or as packable. Down can come from both ducks and geese; because geese are larger, they also produce larger down clusters, and larger clusters create higher fill-power numbers. The down included in this blend comes from geese.

DWR: A durable water-repellant coating is a treatment that can be applied both to downand to a garments face fabric, which can keep water from soaking into the fabric or cluster. Theres been a lot ofimprovement in DWR chemicals in recent years, reducing their environmental impactand expanding their effectiveness. Materials treated with DWR will be water-resistantcapable of shedding light precipitationbut not waterproof. They are not capable of keeping water out during very heavy precipitation, submersion, or even long-term exposure to moisture, such as a garment might experience while being worn through long-duration, high-exertion activities, particularly inside a a clothing system with limited breathability. In suchcases, even DWR-treated down tends to clump; garments using it will lose their ability to insulate.

Sitkas Kelvin Lite Down Hoody weighs 17 ounces in size large and packs into one of its hand pockets. Its also exceptionally warm and can be worn in normal conditions like the best ultralight down jackets out there. (Photo: Sitka)

Both PrimaLoft and John Barklow, Sitkas big-game project manager, have been trying to solve the issue of moisture and insulation for decades.

PrimaLoft was founded in the 1980s in response to the U.S. militarys search for an alternative to down that could remain warm when wet. In 1985, PrimaLoft patented a material called synthetic down, whichwould eventually be renamed PrimaLoft One. Itwas first employed in a civilian jacket by L.L.Bean in 1989.

Aftertraining Special Operations forces in outdoor survival, Barklow began working in clothing design following the 9/11 terror attacksand collaboratingwith Rick Elder (who now runs Beyond Clothing) to createthe original protective combat uniforma system of synthetic layers designed to help soldiersremain comfortable and safe while undergoing high-output activities in cold, wet weather.

In a way, this product represents the culmination of both parties efforts: everything thats good about down, plus the ability to reliably work when wet.

With its three-quarter length, the Kelvin Lite Down pant is designed to be worn over your shell pants and gaiters while glassing and will remain warm in the most challenging conditions. (Photo: Sitka)

This isnt the first time PrimaLoft has combined down and synthetic insulation. In 2013, the company released a blend that was 70 percent 750-fill down and 30 percent polyester fibers. It kept wearers warm, even when saturated with sweat or precipitation, but it didnt truly match the packability or weight of a pure down insulation. Sitka was seeking a no-compromise product, so with Barklows input, PrimaLoft increased the down content to 80 percentand utilized a higher-fill-power down treated with a DWR coating.

That lighter, fluffier down is now supported by just enough synthetic fibers to force it to loft, even when it doesnt want to. The result is an insulation that genuinely retains its ability to insulatewhen soaked through with sweat, precipitation, or, in my testing, pouring water on it from a bucket and dunking it in a sink. In fact, Ivebeen unable to create conditions that result in clumping.

This is particularly important, becausethe insulation can be used in the lifesaving rewarming drill that Barklow invented during his time as a Special Operations forcestrainer, which is designed to help an individual drag their body out of hypothermic conditions with nothing but exerciseand clothing capable of quickly drying. In less direconditions, it means that wearers can simply don an item of clothing made from the blend over wet clothes andexpect the heat generated by wearing it to help dry those saturated clothes. That hasnt been possible with down before, because the moisture moving outwardfrom the wearers body would instead saturate the down, eliminatingits ability to insulateand leavingyou wet and cold.

This is going to keep on delivering warmth, even when other downs will fail, says Barklow. Hes used the material in two products: the Kelvin Lite Down jacket, and the Kelvin Lite Down 3/4 pant. But he didntstop there. The jacket actually foregoes the down blend under its arms and in the lower-back area in favor of a pure PrimaLoft Gold synthetic insulation. The pants do the same in the panels that cover your butt.

Using PrimaLoft Gold Down Blend across all partsof the jacket and pants would add costand decrease performance.In areas ofthe jacket and pants that are typically compressed while being worn, down insulation wouldnt provide warmth. Sosticking with less compressible insulation in these areas enables the garments to provide insulation where the weight of your arms, a packs hipbelt, or simply sittingwould eliminate the benefits of down.

Those insulation materials are contained in a very light 20-denier nylon face fabric equipped with two-way stretch. Thestretch isnt there to add freedom of movementbut rather a level of durability that defies the systems light weight. If you catch it on a branch or a rock, it will stretch rather than tear.

Both the Sitka jacket and pants feel as light, warm, and packable as normal high-quality, ultralight down items.What they offer is increased reliability. Andbecause you can count on them to work no matter the conditions, the real innovation here is that they enable you to carry fewer piecesand less weight as a result.

Weight is critical, but you dont want to compromise your safety for weight, says Barklow. In a worst-case scenario, this will continue to retain loft and continue to be warm.

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Counting calories is essential to lose weight. The problem is that you have to know how, since not everyone should ingest the same. In fact, it is very important to also take into account the physical exercise that is performed daily to calculate it. A study from an American university published by Mens Health magazine reveals some simple tricks that can help those who want to lose weight quickly and in a controlled way.

The key to the calories is as follows. Depending on the work carried out daily. For this, the following guideline must be followed. If no weekly exercise is performed, the persons weight must be multiplied by ten and added to a thousand, for example: a person who weighs 85 kilos must ingest about 1,850 calories to lose weight. If you do one or two weekly training sessions, you must multiply by 12 and add a thousand; if he carries out between two and four sessions, for 14 more thousand; and if there are more than five times that you exercise, it is multiplied by 16 and a thousand are added.The study revealed by Mens Health explains that the caloric deficit to lose weight should never exceed 500 calories, as it could be harmful to health.

Another key that the study reveals is that approximately 10 percent of the calories ingested are burned in digestion.

As for exercise, the same study by the American magazine reveals that a person burns around 20 percent of the total calories ingested throughout the day thanks to exercise. You dont need that high intensity exercise. For example, a person who weighs 85 kilos burns about 180 calories just by walking for half an hour.

Another aspect to consider according to the study is that when counting calories, liquids should not be left out. This is not a problem when the only thing ingested is water, but it is not so much if we talk about other drinks, such as beer. For example, a cane has about 150 calories. If we take two and we are doing a diet in which we reduce the daily intake by about 300 calories, we will have thrown overboard the sacrifice made in the food.

Also keep in mind that it is highly advisable to have a varied and balanced diet and put yourself in the hands of a professional.

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If you want to lose weight, you need to exercise. Regular physical activity will also boost your overall health and mental wellbeing. But unfortunately, many people are using the excuse of lockdown to get out of their daily exercise session. This can be disastrous for not only your waistline but also for your health. According to a study from the Journal of Applied Physiology, just a two-week break from workout can significantly increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases, insulin sensitivity and more. Many experts have also found out that chronic stress and anxiety have a close association with obesity. According to a recent study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, there is a link between light physical exercises and lower stress, better mood and lower body mass index (BMI). So apart from weight loss, exercise will also boost your health, which is a bonus. Also Read - 5-min workout routine to lose weight from your lower body

Here are a few low-intensity workouts which will help you lose weight and boost health. And, you cant even use the excuse of space constraint because you can perform these exercises standing in your kitchen while cooking. Also Read - You need to trim your lats for fast weight loss: A few workouts for you

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This workout can easily be performed in the kitchen as it just requires you to jump wherever you are standing before moving forward or backwards.

This is another workout that you can perform inside your kitchen even if it is small.

You must be familiar with this exercise as it is one of the most effective workouts for weight loss. Squats just require you to take a sitting position where there is no chair. This is yet another simple exercise to perform with in your kitchen.

Here, you just need to put one step forward and then backward. It doesnt require a bigger space and can be done quickly too.

Theburpee is a full body exercise which is used instrength training and weight loss. The basic movement is performed in four steps and known as a four-count burpee. Doing this exercise quickly in a lesser number of time can help you keep your weight intact.

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With what the world is living in 2020, its imperative to shop for businesses that are supporting other organizations. Now that masks have become part of our daily lives when stepping out, one of Meghan Markles favorite ethical brands, Everlane, recently restocked their cotton masks to be a part of their 100% Human Collection. The line which also includes t-shirts, tank tops, and sweatshirts, stands by supporting two things that are important to the company and that the world needs to be reminded of: Protecting human rights and remembering that we are more similar than we are different.

With Everlanes sustainable mentality, the masks are made using leftover knit materials, which means you can expect them to be just as comfortable as their tees and tanks (yay!). Each one has Lycra ear loops that offer some stretch meaning you wont have to worry about hurting your ears (another yay!). They are made from a double layer of cotton fabric, and the brand recommends washing the mask before and after every wear.

For this reason, they are offered in packs of three, so you can easily switch them up. You can choose between an all-black kit or one with a mix of black, heather grey and charcoal grey, and each pack retails for $28.

In the wake of the recent protests following George Floyds death, the company has pledged to donate through their 100% Human initiative, $75,000 to ACLU and to the Equal Justice Initiative, both of which are advocating for racial injustices in addition to many other social issues.

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AS we move into our third month in lockdown, many of us will be feeling the result of a few too many trips to the fridge.

And some of us may even be fearing the so-called "Quarantine 15" - what some people have dubbed the weight gain likely to be caused from weeks of self-isolation during the coronavirus pandemic.

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However, top fitness coach and weight loss mindset specialist Jenna Rigby, reveals that there's one easy way to get back in shape - and that's by knowing your body type.

She says that by simply adapting your workouts for your body type, this can speed up weight loss and make you love the skin that you're in.

Jenna, who has teamed up with advice website Flawless.org, said: "Our bodies come in all different shapes and sizes, and its important to understand our own individual type in order to highlight our best bits.

"Remember that the purpose of exercise is to burn fat and build muscle.

"Exercising will enhance your body shape and, in some way, change its appearance, but its possible your body shape wont change."

Here, the GlamFIT Studios coach takes us through her recommended exercises for each body type, to enhance your figure and boost weight loss...

A rectangle is a straight up and down body type where your measurements are usually the same in all areas.

Women with this body type often strive to create curves that dont naturally occur.

The best exercises: To enhance and create curves, dedicate particular days of exercise to the specific body parts you want to enhance.

"For example, to build a booty you need to focus on building muscle through glute exercises such as squats.

"When muscle needs to be created, weighted exercises such as deadlifts and weighted lunges will help you build those areas quicker.

Triangle is one of the most common body types, your shoulders and bust are narrower than your hips and you tend to have slim arms.

The best exercises: To begin with, focus on fat burn around the stubborn areas - this can be achieved through HIIT-style workouts which keep you in the fat burning zone the longest.

"Keep each workout varied and focused on exercising the whole body evenly. And dont forget those beautiful arms!

"Theyre already slim so perfect to get toned up quickly and look good in those sleeveless dresses."

The best online fitness classes in lockdown

1. P.E with Joe Wicks

While they're theoretically aimed at children, the Body Coach's 30-minute classesare straightforward, fun-packed and challenging enough for literally anyone to take part in.

2. Psycle

Psycle offer between four and sixInstagram live workoutsevery single day, including abs blast sessions, revival yoga, HIIT, barre and meditation.

3. Barry's Bootcamp

Each of their Instagram live classes are a quick-fire combination of body weight training, cardio and intense aerobic exercise that keeps the heart rate elevated, meaning you burn more calories.

4. Peloton

The Peloton fitness app is jam-packed with easy-to-follow and high-quality fitness videos. Their classes included yoga, strength, meditation, cardio and bootcamp classes.

5. Pilates PT

Award winning pilates instructor and founder of 'The Pilates PT Method'Hollie Grantis live streaming her high demandclasses via Zoom.

If your shoulders and bust are larger than your relatively narrow hips, you have whats known as an inverted triangle and are often seen as 'top heavy'.

The best exercises: Posture is key in enhancing this body type.

"Try pairing up chest and back day to provide strength in these areas and help to elevate your posture.

"My favourite chest exercise has to be press-ups, and lateral pull-down and hyper back extension are great for the back."

If you have broader hips than shoulders, a narrow bust, and a fuller waistline, you have whats called a diamond body shape.

With this, you may carry a little more weight in your upper legs.

The best exercises: Start by defining your legs - running and uphill walking will help create that definition.

"This body type also often has a naturally flat stomach so HIIT training works well to maximise fat-burn in this area and show off your best features.

"My favourite stomach burners have to be bicycles and lying leg raises.

Often the most desired body type, your buttocks and bust are well-balanced, and the waist is also defined.

Your body is generally in proportion throughout.

The best exercises: Your workouts need to be evenly balanced amongst all body areas to avoid losing those curves.

"Starting with cardio and moving onto a full body circuit routine is the best way to burn fat evenly.

"Circuit classes, CrossFit, and dance often work well for these body types."

If youre naturally muscular but not particularly curvy, you have an athletic body type - your shoulder and hip measurements are about the same.

Your waist is narrower than your shoulder and hips, but it isnt overly defined and looks more straight up and down.

The best exercises: This body type is perfect for weight training and muscle definition can easily be achieved to create curves in all the right places.

"Weighted squats and deadlifts compound exercises will help build the lower body curves and supersets on the biceps and triceps (bicep curls and tricep pull-downs) will provide arms envied by many."

How to work out if you're a healthy weight

The body mass index(BMI) is a measure that uses your height and weight to work out if your weight is healthy.

The BMI calculation dividesan adult's weight in kilograms by their height in metres squared. For example, A BMI of 25 means 25kg/m2.

For most adults, an ideal BMI is in the 18.5 to 24.9 range.

For children and young people aged2 to 18, the BMIcalculation takes into account age and gender as well as height and weight.

If your BMI is:

If you want to calculate your BMI, try the NHS' healthy weight calculator.

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To conclude, Jenna says: "Its important to remember with any body type, cardio and fat-burning activities will always help enhance your figure and get your body type looking its best.

"Keep your workouts initially focusing on the full body and then move onto enhancing your best features three-six months into a routine.

"Toning is not about losing your best features its all about embracing and showing them off."

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When your heart beats normally, you probably dont give it a second thought. But when that steady thump-thump changes, it could be a sign that something more is going on. There are numerous conditions that can cause your heart rate to speed up, slow down, or lose its regular rhythm. Some are nothing more than an annoyance. Others can be much more serious. We'll help you sort through the differences so you can get the treatment you need.

Weve all heard the sayings my heart skipped a beat and my heart was pounding out of my chest! Maybe thats why so many of us think of irregular heart rhythms as occasional episodes that are triggered by unusual levels of happiness, fear, or excitementand its true, they sometimes can be. But for people who live with irregular heartbeats, called arrhythmias, their symptoms occur for a variety of reasons, often triggered by a combination of factors, including genetics, underlying physical conditions, stimulants like cigarettes and alcohol, and/or those external stressors or high emotions.

So, lets get to the details. Arrhythmias are abnormal heartbeats that interfere with your hearts ability to pump blood efficiently and effectively. They can make your heart beat much faster or slower than it should, and sometimes it beats in an out-of-sync manner.

Most arrhythmias wont harm you, but the more serious types can prevent your brain, heart, and other organs from getting the blood and oxygen they need to survive and thrive. Some arrhythmias can be fatal.

For example, one type of arrhythmia, called atrial fibrillation, can cause blood clots to form. Such clots can travel to your brain and trigger a stroke, or, less commonly, cause a pulmonary embolism, a blockage in one of the arteries in your lungs. As scary as this is, these conditions can be treated when they're detected in time.

Before we dive into the details, though, lets start with how your heart beats when its doing its job the way its supposed to:

You know that your heart is a pump, and each beat or contraction moves blood through the body.

It has four chambers: On top are the left and right atria. On the bottom are the left and right ventricles.

To keep your blood flowing at a rate necessary to meet your bodys needs, the walls of each chamber contract and relax in a steady rhythm.

Thats your heart beating. It gets faster when you exercise or move around, as the demand for oxygen grows, and it slows down while youre at rest.

What controls this complex process? The heart has its own pacemaker. Called the sinus node, it's located at the top of the right atrium. It sends electrical signals to each part of your heart telling it what to do and when. Here's how it works:

First, the signal instructs the atria to contract, which pushes blood into the ventricles.

Next, it pauses at the atrioventricular (AV) node, which is med-speak for the electrical connection between atria and the ventricles. That little time-out gives the ventricles a sec to fill up.

Finally, the signal tells the ventricles to contract. Blood in the right ventricle heads over to the lungs to pick up oxygen. Blood on the left flows out to the rest of the body.

This whole signaling system works thanks to your autonomic nervous system, which also controls your liver, kidneys, and other bodily organs. They all function without any input from you (imagine if you literally had to think through every heart beat!). When all works as it should, your heart will beat approximately 60 to 100 times each minute.

Arrhythmias can be grouped in a couple of different ways, including where in the heart they occur and how they affect your beat.

Now, lets break it down even further.

Lets go back to the saying, My heart skipped a beat! Youve probably had one of these before. In fact, nearly everyone experiences them on occasion. This can occur spontaneously or with stress, excessive exercise, smoking, or too many cups of coffee rather than from an underlying heart condition.

These types of arrhythmias, officially called premature atrial contractions (PACs) or premature ventricular contractions (PVCs), are the most common types and are rarely cause for concern. They can originate in either the atria or ventricles. Theyre often found in children and teenagers. But if they happen frequently or they bother you, talk to your doctor. Its rare, but they can be a sign of an underlying heart problem, such as injury to the heart, according to the American Heart Association (AHA).

This type of arrhythmia, which can sometimes be life-threatening, starts in the atria. When it occurs, your heart can beat faster than 100 beats per minute at rest (which is another way of saying youre experiencing tachycardia).

Supraventricular arrhythmias include:

Atrial fibrillation (afib): This is the most common type of arrhythmia that requires medical intervention. Afib causes an erratic and often rapid heartbeat. During an episode, your heart cant pump as well as it does normally, and blood may pool in your left atrium. Clots can form there, and if one gets into your bloodstream, it can travel to your brain and cause a stroke. Afib can also lead to heart failure.

Most people who develop afib already have underlying heart disease and are 65 or older, though this condition can occur in young, healthy people as well. Episodes tend to be short and infrequent at first, coming and going on their own. However, as the disease progresses, episodes happen more often and will eventually require medical intervention to stop. For example, your doctor may have to shock your heart to correct its beating.

People with afib commonly take medications to prevent stroke, such as blood thinners. Other drugs and procedures may be needed to correct the hearts rhythm and rate. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that between about 3 and 6 million people in the U.S. have atrial fibrillation.

Atrial flutter: Similar to atrial fibrillation but rarer, it causes a super-fast heartbeatsometimes more than 300 beats per minutethats regular rather than erratic. Because the same type of pooling and clotting can occur, atrial flutter can also lead to a stroke or heart failure. However, such complications can usually be avoided with proper treatment.

Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT): This is another very rapid heartbeat (up to 250 beats per minute) that starts and stops suddenly. Its often not dangerous. However, some PSVTs are cause for concern. People with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, for example, are born with an extra electrical pathway that connects the hearts upper and lower chambers. While this PSVT only rarely causes cardiac arrest, it can cause fainting.

These arrhythmias, which can also cause fast and irregular heartbeats, start in the ventricles, your hearts lower chambers. While they can be life-threatening without treatment, there are procedures and medications available that restore a normal heart rate when it occurs.

Ventricular tachycardia: This type of rapid heartbeatoften greater than 170 beats per minutedisrupts the ventricles ability to fill and pump properly. When this type of arrhythmia lasts only a handful of heartbeats, it does not cause problems; however, if it lasts longer, it can cause dizziness, shortness of breath, fainting or, in extreme cases, cardiac arrest.

Ventricular fibrillation: The most serious of the arrhythmias, ventricular fibrillation is a medical emergency requiring an immediate call to 911. When this arrhythmia strikes, it causes the lower chambers (venticles) to quiver instead of contract, which stops the heart from pumping blood. If the heartbeat is not corrected within minutes, ventricular fibrillation leads to cardiac arrest and death.

This type of arrhythmia causes your heart to beat too slowly. For the average adult, that means under 60 heart beats a minute at rest or while doing non-strenuous activities (although a slowed rate during sleep is not unusual or always cause for alarm, according to the American Heart Association).

Your heart's natural pacemaker (remember, it's called the sinus node), is located in the right atrium. It sends electrical impulses across the atria, triggering them to pump blood into the ventricles. Bradyarrhythmias occur when those signals are blocked. This slowing or blockage can be caused by tissue damage from aging, previous heart procedures, inflammatory diseases, birth defects, and more.

In some people, slow heartbeats are perfectly normal. Athletes, for example, are very physically fit and therefore have hearts that work super efficiently, both when theyre working out and, say, sitting behind a desk. Thats because people who are in top physical condition can pump sufficient blood with fewer heart beats at restas few as 50 each minute.

Still, for regular Joes and Janes who are not daily gym bunnies or Olympic track stars, when the heart beats too slowly to meet the body and brains needs, there is a risk of passing out. The lack of oxygen may also cause confusion and shortness of breath. In extreme cases, cardiac arrest can occur.

This arrhythmia compromises the ability of your hearts pacemaker, or sinus node, to properly control your heart rate, causing it to swing from too slow to too fast or to wildly erratic. It can lead to stroke, heart failure, and cardiac arrest.

Your hearts electrical signals travel a route from their origin in the sinus node to their destination, such as your ventricles. If the route gets blocked, the signals may slow down, causing a dip in your heart rate.

Most arrhythmias occur in people who already have some form of heart disease. They can also occur in people who possess structurally normal hearts with no sign of disease, but rather have issues with how the electrical pathways in their hearts are working.

Having had a heart attack, for example, can increase your odds of an arrhythmia because the scarring that results can form along the path that the electrical signals interfering with transmission. Arrhythmias can also occur during a heart attack, as cells die off and scar tissue develops.

Specifically, the heart disease-related causes of arrhythmia include:

This buildup of plaque narrows and stiffens the heart's arteries. As blood flow and oxygen to the heart is reduced, the way it responds to electrical signals may change. This can cause atrial fibrillation.

CAD also frequently leads to heart attack, and the scarring can increase your risk of both ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation. Both can both also occur during a heart attack due to the sudden loss of blood flow in the heart.

This disease weakens your heart and alters the way electrical signals travel through your heart, setting you up for arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, sick sinus syndrome, and ventricular tachycardia.

When your hearts system of valves does not work properly, it can put extra strain on your heart. That causes the heartyour most important muscleto enlarge and stiffen. Heart-valve disorders are among the most common causes of atrial fibrillation. They can also trigger ventricular tachycardia.

Rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and other autoimmune disorders often affect the heart and can cause arrhythmias, likely due to the chronic inflammation that occurs in such diseases. For example, lupus raises the risk of faster than normal heartbeats (above 100 beats per minute) as well as atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia in people with rheumatoid arthritis.

In addition to these causes, many risk factorssome in your control, others notup your odds of developing an arrhythmia. Many of them also increase your risk of heart disease more broadly. They include:

Hypertension makes your heart work harder. As a result, your left ventricle grows thick and stiffens, which interferes with your hearts electrical wiring. Electrical signals can no longer move as easily, which increases your risk of atrial fibrillation.

This disease significantly boosts your odds of developing HBP and CAD, and people with diabetes have as much as 40% higher risk of atrial fibrillation. Inflammation associated with diabetes is once again the likely culprit.

Excess weight makes the heart work harder, and that extra strain can cause the heart to enlarge, making it more susceptible to atrial fibrillation. Obesity also often accompanies other arrhythmia risk factors, such as HBP, sleep apnea, and diabetes.

When your breathing is repeatedly interrupted during sleep, your heart gets less oxygen. Left untreated, sleep apnea can lead to atrial fibrillation and other usually less serious arrhythmias, including premature contraction.

If your body produces too much thyroid hormone, your heart may beat harder and faster. When left untreated, this can trigger afib.

As we get older, our hearts internal pacemaker loses cells, which causes it to slow down. Age-related heart changes can also affect the pathways that electricity follows. And with age we become more prone to diseases that affect the heart, like CAD, heart failure, and diabetes. Arrhythmias among the elderly include atrial fibrillation, bradycardias (slow heart beats), sick sinus syndrome, and other atrial and ventricular arrhythmias.

You can be born with structural abnormalities of the heart that affect the way it conducts electricity, leading to atrial tachycardias as well as life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias.

The genes that you inherit from your parents play a role in the development of some types of arrhythmias, called cardiac channelopathies. They can cause your heart to beat too fast, too slow, or irregularly whether or not you have other forms or heart disease.

The most common inherited arrhythmia is long QT syndrome, in which the lower chambers of the heart develop a rapid and irregular rhythm that can lead to ventricular fibrillation, a life-threating arrhythmia. Many people have no symptoms until they experience fainting, seizure, or even sudden cardiac arrest. Most first epsiodes occur before age 40. If you have a family history of this heart condition, ask your doctor for screening tests, which may include genetic testing, wearing event montoring devices, and an electrocardiogram (ECG).

Other examples of arrhythmias that you can be born with include:

Will you feel your heart speed up or slow down? Not always. Arrhythmias cause a variety of symptoms, but you may have no symptoms at all. Often, people learn they have an arrhythmia such as atrial fibrillation by chance.

Maybe you get a required heart exam prior to knee surgery, for example, and your doctor discovers a problem. Or a diagnosis of atrial fibrillation may come after youve already had a stroke. For others, a rapidly beating or erratic heartbeat is both noticeable and uncomfortable. Every person is different.

Something else to keep in mind: Having mild symptoms or no symptoms does not indicate that you have a less serious arrhythmia. And the opposite is also true. You could have severe symptoms but have a harmless arrhythmia. Here are some of the common symptoms:

These can feel differently for different people, but you may experience a pounding sensation in your chest, or you may feel like your hearts racing that famous mile a minute.

Remember from above: Some arrhythmias can cause your heart to beat to more than 100 times each minuteand sometimes much faster than that. You may also feel like your heart has skipped a beat or a beat has come earlier than usual. Again, though, that you may not feel any abnormal beating during an episode of arrhythmia.

Some or all of these can occur when your heart rates off and your heart cant pump blood efficiently. That can reduce the amount of oxygen your heart delivers to the rest of your body, resulting in shortness of breath. Both fast and slow heartbeats can cause these symptoms, according to the AHA.

People can faint from dehydration, emotional distress, or even standing up a little too quickly, and then quickly recover. Fainting from an arrhythmia, however, is caused when your blood pressure dropssometimes to dangerously low levels. Such drops in blood pressure are medical emergencies, so if you have a history of arrhythmias, be sure to carry or wear a medical ID card, necklace, or bracelet so others know to call 911.

You likely will see an electrophysiologist, a specialized type of cardiologist who focuses on heart-rhythm disorders. Early treatment may lead to better treatment outcomes. This is particularly true of atrial fibrillation, which may cause a stroke if left untreated.

In addition to a physical exam and a discussion of your family health history, your doctor will record your hearts electrical activity with an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG), a painless test that lasts about ten minutes. It will reveal any abnormalities with your hearts electrical wiring that take place during the test.

However, arrhythmias often come and go, and yours may not occur during your ECG at your doctors office. If that happens, there are options:

These wearable devices will monitor your hearts activity while you go about your normal daily routine. If you are given an event recorder, you will turn it on when your symptoms begin, and it will start recording your hearts activity. Holter monitors, on the other hand, are worn 24/7 (except when youre in the shower), for anywhere from a few days to a few weeks. These smart-phone-sized devices automatically begin recording as soon as a change is detected. Theyre considered to be more effective because they capture irregularity during its first stages.

If your arrhythmia most often occurs during physical exertion, your doctor may order a stress test, in which you will get your heart rate going on a treadmill or exercise bike (or with medication if you cant exercise).

During this invasive surgical procedure, a catheter, or thin wire, is inserted through a vein, often in your groin, and threaded to your heart. Electrodes at the catheters tip stimulate the heart so that your doctor can evaluate its electrical function. This test helps find the cause of your arrhythmia and also helps guide treatment decisions. You will be awake but sedated for this one- to four-hour test. Often, youll go home the same day, but your doctor may decide to monitor you overnight.

Strapped onto a table in a horizontal position, you are slowly raised until you are vertical. This shows how your blood and heart rhythm respond to gravity and changes in position. This test is often done to trigger symptoms like lightheadedness, which can be caused by a heartbeat thats too slow or too fast.

A wide variety of treatments exist to help you manage your arrhythmia. Your doctor will determine which therapeutic approach is best for you depending on your specific symptoms.

For some arrhythmias, medications can be used to restore your heart beat to normal. They include:

Beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, and digitalis

These medications slow the heart and may be prescribed if your arrhythmia causes your heart to race.

Anticoagulants and antiplatelets

These include drugs such as warfarin and aspirin. They prevent clots and reduce your risk of stroke.

Antiarrhythmics

These medications help correct your heart beat and to keep your heart beating normally. If your doctor prescribes one of these, you may start it in the hospital, where you can be observed to be sure its effective and safe for you at the prescribed dose. They include:

Nexterone and Pacerone (Amiodarone): One of the most commonly prescribe drugs for arrhythmia, its often taken for atrial fibrillation. It can also treat other arrhythmias, including dangerous ventricular arrhythmias like ventricular fibrillation.

Tambocor (Flecainide): Used for irregular heartbeats, to slow a fast heart rate, and to maintain a normal rhythm, it works by relaxing the heart to improve how well it pumps blood. Its used to treat some types of supraventricular tachycardia as well as atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter. It also may be used for dangerous arrhythmias called sustained ventricular tachycardias, which are too-fast rhythms that require medical intervention to restore a normal heartbeat.

Betapace, Betapace AF, Sorine, and Sotylize (Solatol): Prescribed for atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, ventricular tachycardia, and ventricular fibrillation, this medication, which comes in various brands names, is used primarily in patients with life-threatening arrhythmias.

When medications cant do the job, your doctor may recommend a procedure.

Catheter Ablation

A catheter is threaded to your heart via the groin. Once there, your doctor will apply heat or extreme cold to small areas of your heart, creating tiny scars. These block the pathway of the electrical signal thats causing your arrhythmia. Most often, its used to treat supraventricular tachycardia, but it can also treat both atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter.

Cardioversion

When your heart beats irregularly or too fast, your doctor may have to shock it in order to get it back to normal. While sedated, two paddlesone on your chest, the other on your backdeliver brief electrical shocks to right your heart. The procedure takes about 30 minutes.

Implantable Devices

If your arrhythmia cant be managed sufficiently with medication and/or procedures, you may require a different kind of solution: a device that helps control the electrical signaling of your heart.

Pacemaker: A small device is implanted under your skin below one of your collarbones. Wires from the device run through a vein and attach to the heart. They deliver signals that tell your heart to beat faster and are used for bradycardias, or arrhythmias that slow your heart beat. Some pacemakers connect directly to your heart without the need for wires.

Cardioverter-defibrillator: Implanted like a pacemaker but slightly larger, this device monitors your heart constantly. It can sense when a life-threatening arrhythmia, such as ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia, occurs. It shocks the heart to restore a normal heartbeat.

In addition to sticking with your treatment planif your arrhythmia requires treatment, that isyoull need to focus on a healthy lifestyle to protect your heart and help prevent symptoms.

That means:

Eat well: Focus on foods that support heart health, such as fruits and vegetables, whole grains, legumes, lean meats, and fish. Avoid foods with saturated and trans fats, limit red meat, and choose whole foods over highly processed foods, which are often loaded with sodium and sugar.

Exercise: After getting your doctors OK, your goal should be 30 minutes a day five days a week. You and your doctor can discuss the right workout for you. To start, it may be something as mild as a daily walk around your neighborhood.

Weight loss: If youre overweight or obese, slimming down will help your heart. Losing weight can lower blood pressure, which reduces the risk of stroke.

Limit alcohol: Booze can stress your heart and make it beat faster. It can also trigger arrhythmias. Your doctor can help you decide if you need to cut it out altogether.

Quit smoking: Your hearts health will improve dramatically, and youll be less likely to have an arrhythmia if you break this habit. Visit the American Heart Association to get help to stop smoking today.

Sleep well: If you have sleep apnea, which disturbs your breathing constantly as you sleep, you will likely benefit from a device known as a C-PAP, which helps open your airways during the night and keeps you breathing normally. Good sleep will also help improve your blood pressure.

Tackle stress: Too much worry and anxiety can up blood pressure, boost cortisol levels, and increase your risk for arrhythmias. Try daily mediation, a walk with a loved one or friend outside, or focusing on doing the things you love to better manage stress.

Pay attention to side effects: Monitoring how you feel while on a medication is super importantit might not be the best medication for you, and in some cases, medication can actually trigger an arrhythmia. You may need a dose adjustment or a different medication altogether. Share all your symptoms with your doctor.

Theres no doubt that living with an abnormal heartbeat can be stressful, even frightening. Fortunately, theres plenty that you can do to help ease your worries, which is especially important because stress can be a trigger for an episode of arrhythmia.

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HONG Kong actor Kenneth Ma issued a public apology for claiming that an actress invited him to a hotel room in a bid to entrap him, reported Sin Chew Daily.

He also urged the public to stop speculating on who the actress was.

If my speech has caused some people discomfort, I sincerely apologise to everyone, he said during a press tour promoting his new TV series Flying Tiger II.In an interview last week, the boyishly handsome 46-year-old revealed that when he was filming in China, an actress gave him her room number and invited him to join her there.

I definitely wouldnt go because there will be a group of men waiting there to catch you.

For people who are that forward, its not about love. They dont love you; they just want to trap you, he was reported to have said.

During the press tour, Ma said he did not mean to look down on the actress.

Ma remains single since breaking up with 30-year-old actress Jacqueline Wong who was caught cheating on him with singer Andy Hui in April 2019.

He was reported to have said that he was leaving romantic matters to fate.

> Singer Rainie Yang implied that she longed to reunite with husband Li Ronghao, whom she has been separated from due to travel restrictions imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic, Sin Chew Daily reported.

I really hope the pandemic ends quickly so that everyone can freely fly here and there to meet the people they want to meet, she wrote on Weibo.

Yang was replying to Lis comment which read: Ive not seen you for a long time, how have you been?

The 35-year-old wrote that she had gained 6kg in just two months but remains the apple of his eye.

Hes okay with anything. He likes me (being) chubby and thinks Im cute.

I told him I wanted to lose weight but he just replied saying he doesnt think Im fat, said Yang.

The two got married last year in China after dating for four years but were separated shortly after due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Being stuck in Taiwan, Yang was not able to spend her birthday this year which was on June 4 with her husband who is currently in mainland China.

Instead, she wrote that she would be celebrating the day by having a meal with a few friends.

The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.

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"If a nautical life is something youre interested in then you can absolutely find your fix here."Cambridge University Cruising Club

Sailing is probably not the first boat-based sport which springs to mind when people think about Cambridge, but thats not for a lack of trying or training. The Cambridge University sailing team has been kicking about since 1893, and competing in the strange, cerebral, and tactical team racing since the sport was first pioneered for the Varsity Match against Oxford in 1913. Spending both Saturdays and Sundays training from 9 til 5 on the water or else competing against other universities at regattas as far flung as Turkey and China, Glasgow and Bristol; the twenty-four sailors who make up the mixed squad are as dedicated as we are idiosyncratic.

Almost all British universities compete primarily in Fireflies strange little dinghies manned by two sailors apiece. The first sailor the helm does the steering and the mainsail, whilst the second sailor the crew trims the jib (a smaller sail at the front of the boat), raises and lowers the centreboard (a piece of wood that goes down into the water to keep the boat stable and sailing in a straight line), calls the tactics, and brings the snacks. When the boat fills with water, either due to a dodgy tack (turn), or a leak in the hull, it also falls to one of you to frantically bail the water out with a small plastic tub. Both sailors have to co-ordinate their weight to make the boat go quickly and stay upright, often hooking their toes into straps along the hull and leaning precariously as far as they can over the edge. Eventually you learn to read your helms mind and vice versa, anticipating each others movements before you make them, so as not to risk one or both sailors taking an unplanned swim.

On a single team there are three boats, making any given race three boats vs three boats: six sailors aside. Rather than sailing around a course and crowning the fastest the winner, like in a marathon, or a sailing fleet race, a team race depends upon the entire team making it around the course with a better score than their opponents. If you come first you get one point, and if you come in sixth you get six. This means that in total there are twenty-one total points available for any given race, and a score of ten or below wins. That means that if your teams boats finish in first, fifth and sixth (1+5+6) you lose, but if your team finishes in second, third and fifth (2+3+5) you win.

Sometimes in a team race, you will be in a huge one and will need to give it up in order to help out a teammate flagging in sixth; often its about letting your teammate take the glory of first so that you could keep the sailor in fourth solidly behind you and out of their hair. There is no glory in finishing quickly if that leaves your friends stranded behind you win or lose together. Maybe it is this that makes the sailing team such a tightly knit community and supportive social circle (although it might also be all of the boozy team dinners and late nights spent towing boats).

Before sailing for Cambridge, I had no idea just how much time I could spend feverishly checking windguru.cz and taping the ripped skin back onto my fingers with electrical tape. For me, it all started with a bit of a whirlwind crush on a boy at the freshers fair, which turned into going along to a taster day. I had been a very casual sailor before university, crewing where I could for people who needed a hand on their boat, and had been considering socially sailing, which CUCrC (Cambridge University Cruising Club, which covers all small craft wind-propelled watersports) also offers. Almost immediately however, something about driving far outside the invisible bubble in between Homerton and Girton, zipping back into my neglected wetsuit, and feeling the wind in my hair, had me absolutely compelled to keep going. I came back to college with a sunburned nose, a spring in my step, an unfamiliar ache in my shoulders and a newfound desperation to make the squad.

At an extremely windy try-outs my first year I was underdressed and soggy; at lunchtime I shared watery tea from a Styrofoam cup with another hopeful sailor, and then vanished for a long cry in the girls changing rooms. I called my best friend from home and through chattering teeth bawled my fears; that I was embarrassing myself and cold and wet and bruised and scared. When I emerged a Masters student from the previous years first team pulled me aside and gave me his sailing jacket. Im finding it rough out there too, he said, smiling. We were competing for just twenty-four spaces on the University squad, and still everyone was eager to make sure that the nameless freshers were getting their fair crack at the proverbial whip. I took a deep breath, zipped up the coat, and finished the weekend. A fortnight later I got a call from the team captain saying that I had made the cut.

That same year I found myself at both the UK Team Racing Association mixed and RYA Ladies nationals crewing for the first helm I had ever got into a boat with at try-outs. From the development team we grew together as a pair, simultaneously improving as athletes and learning to find the fun in long weekends of training. Playing i-spy during the three-minute start sequences before each race might not have been ideal for our boat speed, but it definitely brought us both a lot of joy. Often my college friends ask how I manage to give up two or more full days to train every week, but really I live for the days I spend on the water. Its not only cherished and hard-won time that I section off to spend away from my degree, but its also I choose to spend with twenty-three of my closest friends who have had my back through the thicks of Varsity wins and BUSA finals, and the very thins of capsizing in the snow, dislocated kneecaps and team shuffles mid-season. Frequently competing against other universities means that Ive met and befriended sailors from teams from all across the country; the nicheness of the sport means the faces I see are usually familiar, and always welcome.

Sailing can seem like a sport with a clear barrier to entry, and most people do not have the privilege of encountering it before university. Whilst Cambridge Sailing has always demonstrated excellence in the sport at the highest level, it is also a space I have found inclusive, supportive and open. With casual sailing weekends for people of all abilities, taster days, RYA learners courses every term, and a dedicated development team; if a nautical life is something youre interested in then you can absolutely find your fix here. Since the first time I launched a Firefly, Ive been utterly hooked.

Varsity is the independent newspaper for the University of Cambridge, established in its current form in 1947. In order to maintain our editorial independence, our newspaper and news website receives no funding from the University of Cambridge or its constituent Colleges.

We are therefore almost entirely reliant on advertising for funding, and during this unprecedented global crisis, we have a tough few weeks and months ahead.

In spite of this situation, we are going to look at inventive ways to look at serving our readership with digital content for the time being.

Therefore we are asking our readers, if they wish, to make a donation from as little as 1, to help with our running cost at least until we hopefully return to print on 2nd October 2020.

Many thanks, all of us here at Varsity would like to wish you, your friends, families and all of your loved ones a safe and healthy few months ahead.

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