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Although Jonah Hill is a celebrated actor, filmmaker and style icon, for years he s also been body-shamed by some quarters of the media, seemingly for not having washboard abs or undulating biceps.
But after a tabloid news site published photos of Hill surfing in a wetsuit and then drying off without his top on later, the actor took to Instagram to share with his followers how negative press coverage has affected his confidence in the past and how, despite news stories like these continuing to gain attention, he has learned to love and accept himself.
“I don’t think I ever took my shirt off in a pool until I was in my mid-30s even in front of family and friends. Probably would have happened sooner if my childhood insecurities weren’t exacerbated by years of public mockery about my body by press and interviewers, wrote Hill.
This 40-Year-Old Completed a Murph Every Single Day for a Year
That s 730 miles, 36,500 pull-ups, 73,000 push-ups and 109,500 squats. Mar 2, 2021
In February 2020, as early signs of the coronavirus pandemic began to grip the US, 40-year-old California native Graham Dessert busied himself with a formidable undertaking: complete 365 Murphs in 365 days.
Named in honor of the late Navy SEAL Lt. Michael P. Murphy, the grueling CrossFit workout consists of a 1-mile run, 100 pull-ups, 200 push-ups, 300 squats, and another 1-mile run to seal the deal all while wearing a weighted vest.
Dessert tackled a Murph every day, come rain or shine, until his challenge ended on February 20, 2021. That s a total of 730 miles, 36,500 pull-ups, 73,000 push-ups and 109,500 squats over the course of 365 days. Why? “I guess it just intrigued me… I like doing hard things,” he told
A Doctor Shared the Memory Hack He Used to Ace Exams at Cambridge
Dr. Ali Abdaal breaks down his system for committing entire essays to memory 25/02/2021
Cramming for an exam is, let s be honest, one of the least fun ways to spend your time. There s the pressure to get a good grade, mixed with the fatigue and sheer boredom of reading, re-reading and highlighting text in the hope that it ll sink in. And there s always the risk that something will come up on the test that you didn t prepare for.
In a new video, YouTuber and Cambridge University graduate Dr. Ali Abdaal outlines the system he used to prepare for essay-based exam questions while he was studying medicine, and which ended up winning him a first-place essay prize.