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The best adjustable dumbbells for upgrading your home workouts, reviewed by a PT

The best adjustable dumbbells for upgrading your home workouts, reviewed by a PT

Published by Sam Flores

The weight range is good, spanning from a light 2.3 kilograms to a heavier 22.7 kilograms per dumbbell in increments of 1.13 kilograms. It’s an odd increment amount but that’s because these adjustable dumbbells work in pounds rather than kilograms, so the 1.13 kilogram increment is 2.5 pounds. I will admit that I did struggle to work out what weight I was dealing with when using these, as every label displayed the weight in pounds rather than kilograms. The colour band indicators on the metal rails correspond to the weight chart on the handle, but as this was all in pounds, I had to keep doing mental arithmetic in my head to work out what that meant in kilograms. Once you’ve figured this out it’s a much smoother process. The padded rubber handle was comfortable to grip and didn’t feel rough on my hands, and despite the odd look of these, they still worked well overall. Key specifications Weight range: 2.3kg to 22.7kg Increment size: 1.13 kg (2.5lbs) Type of mechanism: Pin How do adjustable …

Google Gemini 3.1 Pro first impressions: a ‘Deep Think Mini’ with adjustable reasoning on demand

Google Gemini 3.1 Pro first impressions: a ‘Deep Think Mini’ with adjustable reasoning on demand

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For the past three months, Google’s Gemini 3 Pro has held its ground as one of the most capable frontier models available. But in the fast-moving world of AI, three months is a lifetime — and competitors have not been standing still. Earlier today, Google released Gemini 3.1 Pro, an update that brings a key innovation to the company’s workhorse power model: three levels of adjustable thinking that effectively turn it into a lightweight version of Google’s specialized Deep Think reasoning system. The release marks the first time Google has issued a “point one” update to a Gemini model, signaling a shift in the company’s release strategy from periodic full-version launches to more frequent incremental upgrades. More importantly for enterprise AI teams evaluating their model stack, 3.1 Pro’s new three-tier thinking system — low, medium, and high — gives developers and IT leaders a single model that can scale its reasoning effort dynamically, from quick responses for routine queries up to multi-minute deep reasoning sessions for complex problems. The model is rolling out now in …

Best Home Gym Setup (2026): Adjustable Weights, Resistance Bands, and More

Best Home Gym Setup (2026): Adjustable Weights, Resistance Bands, and More

Published by skeptic

To join or not to join a gym: That is the question. If you opt out of building a home gym, you can join a club and have access to more weights and machines. Friends and classes motivate you to keep coming, and that monthly bill keeps you disciplined. On the other hand, gym memberships are steep, workouts can get hijacked by bullies, and going to the gym is an additional commute. My gym tardiness, however, will likely catch up to me. One of the most consistent messages from health and fitness experts today is that lifting weights has immeasurable benefits. Strength training allows us to keep doing the things we love well into our advanced years. It reduces blood sugar, lowers blood pressure, burns calories, and reduces inflammation. A recent review of studies in the British Journal of Sports Medicine by Harvard Medical School found that strength training is linked to lower risk for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer and provides a 10 to 17 percent lower overall risk of early death. But you …

‘I don’t want to micromanage my body’: how the adjustable waistband became a way to regain control | Fashion

‘I don’t want to micromanage my body’: how the adjustable waistband became a way to regain control | Fashion

Published by Sam Flores

I always think that the most stylish woman in a room is the one who looks the most comfortable. She might be nonchalant in a pair of wide trousers and a loose white shirt, or stroll in casually wearing the butter-soft leather loafers she’s had for years. It was a longing to be more like one of those women, as opposed to one who fell over regularly in public because I couldn’t balance in platforms, which made me give up wearing heels for good in 2012. So it was a natural progression, a decade later, to shunning another wardrobe constraint that was making me fidget in social situations: the waistband. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. I’m about to turn 49 and in the past eight years I’ve been fluctuating between sizes 10 and 14, which is hardly surprising when you consider that the average British woman may change dress size a whopping 31 times in her adult life. I attribute my …

Many Adjustable Bed Frames Have a “Zero Gravity” Feature. I Tried It for a Week

Many Adjustable Bed Frames Have a “Zero Gravity” Feature. I Tried It for a Week

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On earth, zero gravity mode isn’t about feeling weightless so much as feeling supported using gentle elevation to nudge your body and legs into a more relaxed alignment. This distinction matters. “Most claims about sleep benefits tend to be exaggerated in the marketing world,” says Erin Flynn-Evans, director of the Fatigue Countermeasures Laboratory at NASA Ames Research Center. “What really matters is whether such claims can stand up to scientific scrutiny.” NASA’s research simply documents posture in space—not how people should sleep on Earth. Benefits of Zero-Gravity Sleeping Semantics aside, the claims around zero-gravity sleeping are compelling. “Short-term, people notice less tossing and turning and deeper comfort. Long-term, it supports spinal alignment, reduces inflammation, and helps the nervous system shift into true rest and repair,” says Annie Schlecht, a sleep consultant and occupational therapist who also practices craniosacral therapy. According to Schlecht, the gentle elevation can ease specific issues like lower back pain, sciatica, hip and joint discomfort, arthritis, and leg swelling. Keeping the upper body slightly raised can also benefit people with reflux, snoring, …