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On the agenda:
- You tin boost a cardinal longevity metric by exercising with the "Norwegian method."
- Breakups tin beryllium a goldmine for influencers — if they tin tummy the pain.
- Inside Mark Zuckerberg's watch collection.
- A writer tested worth steaks astatine Outback, Texas Roadhouse, and LongHorn Steakhouse. There was 1 wide winner.
But first: The creation of being a large wedding guest.
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This week's dispatch
How to impermanent similar the best
Do you perceive that? It's the dependable of wedding bells officially kicking disconnected the season, wherever we witnesser our friends and household say, "I do."
And nary substance wherever they bash it, oregon however they bash it, present that wedding play has begun, it's the cleanable clip for immoderate reminders connected however to beryllium a bully guest.
It's not conscionable astir showing up oregon adjacent astir your acquisition — if you take to springiness one. As you navigate the nuptials, present are immoderate things to support successful mind:
- Where's your RSVP? Wedding planner Elisabeth Kramer says if you don't privation to beryllium an contiguous headache, RSVP connected time. "When you garbage to RSVP, you unit the mates to way down the accusation erstwhile they're already engaged trying to program their wedding," she writes.
- Don't expect a positive one. Although you whitethorn privation to bring a guest, it whitethorn not ever beryllium guaranteed owed to venue oregon fund constraints. Etiquette manager Myka Meier told 1 upset guest, "That said, etiquette goes some ways. You're never obligated to be arsenic a guest if the invitation doesn't suit your comfortableness level."
- Gift thoughtfully. To acquisition oregon not to acquisition is the latest wedding debate. Some are opting retired altogether, particularly if they're traveling agelong distances to be the large day. Contributing writer Ivana Robinson writes she has "no regrets" successful opting retired of gift-giving.
- Take to the creation level for goodness' involvement — or, said much simply, bask the moment. One day, the wedding play volition beryllium down you, and you mightiness adjacent miss the large gatherings similar BI's contributing writer, Alice Sanders. "Now successful my 40s, I don't get to spot friends arsenic much, and I privation I'd appreciated these gatherings more," she said.
VO2 maxxing
Your VO2 max — your body's quality to circulate and usage oxygen efficaciously — is simply a cardinal longevity metric. Olav Aleksander Bu trains elite athletes, but you tin usage his strategies to boost your VO2 max adjacent if you aren't one.
Bu uses the "Norwegian method," which balances workout strength with periods of recovery. Understanding factors similar bosom complaint and vigor helps find however overmuch accent your assemblage tin instrumentality on.
How to enactment retired much efficiently.
Broken heart$ club
There's a batch of views (and a batch of money) to beryllium made successful sharing your breakup online. Content creators told BI however they leveraged their newfound spectator engagement, from launching influencer careers to securing investments for startups.
Viewers crave authenticity, and what's much authentic than heartbreak? If you're reasoning astir cashing in, however, tread cautiously — it tin pigeonhole immoderate creators.
Mark Zuckerberg's wrist candy
Zuckerberg has been upping his benignant crippled arsenic of late, and his watches are nary exception.
From a flashy Rolex to a $900,000 Greubel Forsey creation, the Facebook laminitis has been flaunting an assortment of eye-catching timepieces. Here's a look astatine his extended collection.
His astir costly ticker has 281 pieces.
Cheap steak showdown
Writer Steven John enactment 3 steakhouse chains' worth meals to the test. He ordered six-ounce sirloin steaks from Texas Roadhouse, LongHorn Steakhouse, and Outback Steakhouse.
While each 3 were decent value, John said 1 blew him away. The victor outgo little than $25, adjacent aft taxation and tip.
One sirloin to regularisation them all.
What we're watching this weekend
- "Poker Face": In play 2 of the Peacock show, Natasha Lyonne reprises her relation arsenic Charlie Cale, a casino idiosyncratic who tin archer erstwhile someone's lying.
- "Nonnas": Vince Vaughn plays a antheral who honors his precocious ma by opening an Italian edifice with a radical of section grandmothers successful Netflix's caller dramedy.
- "Conan O'Brien Must Go": Comedian Conan O'Brien continues his globe-trotting adventures successful play 2 of the Emmy-winning question series.
What to shop
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More of this week's apical reads:
- A 20-cent "wonder drug" is being studied arsenic a colon-cancer-fighting supplement, and it looks promising.
- Here's however Disney imagines its caller taxable parkland in Abu Dhabi volition look.
- Seth Rogen gave Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos a cameo successful "The Studio." He says Apple wanted Tim Cook instead.
- I followed my spouse to New York, we broke up, and I moved backmost to my hometown. Turns out, it was conscionable what I needed.
- Parents are spending large bucks to denote their kid's assemblage determination — and tiny concern owners are cashing in.
- BI visited 2 of the busiest US airports connected the archetypal time of Real ID requirements. Here's what our reporters saw.
- Skims brag says prioritizing work-life equilibrium is not a look for occurrence — it's a reddish flag.
- A apical nutritionist explains wherefore elite athletes curb h2o intake aft 4 p.m. — and wherefore you should see it too.
- The champion photos you missed from inside the 2025 Met Gala.
- How Eric Stonestreet spends his 5 to 9 — from cooking outdoors to unwinding with "Wheel of Fortune."
The BI Today team: Dan DeFrancesco, lawman exertion and anchor, successful New York City. Grace Lett, editor, successful New York. Lisa Ryan, enforcement editor, successful New York. Amanda Yen, subordinate editor, successful New York. Elizabeth Casolo, fellow, successful Chicago.
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