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The pectoral muscles are one of my favorite muscle groups to train. From a standard barbell bench press to well-designed pieces such as Hammer Strength that precisely engage the pectoral muscles from different isolated angles, there are an array of different exercises from which to choose. There is a variety of excellent chest equipment that exists today that wasn’t available years ago. I enjoy training chest every which way I can, but I still really revel in the basic simplicity of the occasional workout in which I focus only on dumbbell movements. Dumbbells allow for slightly varied wrist angles that can provide a different form of isolation as well as comfort for those who deal with chronic shoulder or elbow discomfort from strained tendons and ligaments. It’s a good method of rehabilitation for an injury, allowing for continued training rather than having to be completely sidelined to rest a nagging injury.

Dumbbells for better isolation.

I personally enjoy the different angles for particular isolation of the pectoral muscles, including inverting the dumbbells at the top of the pressing movement. This engages the muscle in such a way that a secondary contraction occurs resulting in additional isolated stress to the pecs. This added dumbbell inversion can be applied in every bench angle for each pressing motion: flat bench, decline bench and incline bench. I recommend trying this method with a weight that you can press comfortably for 12 repetitions, but beginning failing at 15 reps. So, you’ll perform a basic pressing motion until you have reached the full contracted position with your palms facing away from your head. Then, invert the dumbbells, twisting your wrists inward until your palms are facing your head. Finally, return to the initial contracted position and lower the dumbbells. Then proceed in this manner for the additional repetitions.

Here is an Introductory Dumbbell Workout for your next chest day:

Flat Bench Dumbbell Press: 2 sets x 15 reps

Incline Bench Dumbbell Press: 2 sets x 15 reps

Decline Bench Dumbbell Press: 2 sets x 15 reps

Flat Bench Dumbbell Flye: 2 sets x 15 reps

Incline Bench Dumbbell Flye: 2 sets x 15 reps

Decline Bench Dumbbell Flye: 2 sets x 15 reps

Bonus: Finish with 4 sets of 50 push-ups (200 push-ups total)

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LISTEN: DRMAGDN Unveils Memorable Tribute Remix of The Beatles’ “Something” Featuring All-Star Collaborators

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Renowned drummer/DJ DRMAGDN has returned with his most powerful release yet, this time coming in the form of a breathtaking tribute remix of The Beatles’ timeless hit, “Something.” Recently signed with BMG, DRMAGDN was granted access to dive into George Harrison’s decorated catalog, and he enlisted the talents of Michelle Ray (Team Blake on Season 4 of The Voice) and a stellar lineup of accomplished artists to elevate his reimagionation of “Something” to new heights. The outcome is an exceptionally captivating electronic-infused masterpiece, enriched by crisp drum fills that pay homage to the original track. Hear what we mean by watching the video below and be sure to turn your speakers up for this one.

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What if we could just ask AI to be less biased?

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This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here.

Think of a teacher. Close your eyes. What does that person look like? If you ask Stable Diffusion or DALL-E 2, two of the most popular AI image generators, it’s a white man with glasses. 

Last week, I published a story about new tools developed by researchers at AI startup Hugging Face and the University of Leipzig that let people see for themselves what kinds of inherent biases AI models have about different genders and ethnicities.

Although I’ve written a lot about how our biases are reflected in AI models, it still felt jarring to see exactly how pale, male, and stale the humans of AI are. That was particularly true for DALL-E 2, which generates white men 97% of the time when given prompts like “CEO” or “director.”

And the bias problem runs even deeper than you might think into the broader world created by AI. These models are built by American companies and trained on North American data, and thus when they’re asked to generate even mundane everyday items, from doors to houses, they create objects that look American, Federico Bianchi, a researcher at Stanford University, tells me.

As the world becomes increasingly filled with AI-generated imagery, we are going to mostly see images that reflect America’s biases, culture, and values. Who knew AI could end up being a major instrument of American soft power?
So how do we address these problems? A lot of work has gone into fixing biases in the data sets AI models are trained on. But two recent research papers propose interesting new approaches.

What if, instead of making the training data less biased, you could simply ask the model to give you less biased answers?

A team of researchers at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, and AI startup Hugging Face developed a tool called Fair Diffusion that makes it easier to tweak AI models to generate the types of images you want. For example, you can generate stock photos of CEOs in different settings and then use Fair Diffusion to swap out the white men in the images for women or people of different ethnicities.

As the Hugging Face tools show, AI models that generate images on the basis of image-text pairs in their training data default to very strong biases about professions, gender, and ethnicity. The German researchers’ Fair Diffusion tool is based on a technique they developed called semantic guidance, which allows users to guide how the AI system generates images of people and edit the results.

The AI system stays very close to the original image, says Kristian Kersting, a computer science professor at TU Darmstadt who participated in the work. 

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This method lets people create the images they want without having to undertake the cumbersome and time-consuming task of trying to improve the biased data set that was used to train the AI model, says Felix Friedrich, a PhD student at TU Darmstadt who worked on the tool.

However, the tool is not perfect. Changing the images for some occupations, such as “dishwasher,” didn’t work as well because the word means both a machine and a job. The tool also only works with two genders. And ultimately, the diversity of the people the model can generate is still limited by the images in the AI system’s training set. Still, while more research is needed, this tool could be an important step in mitigating biases.

A similar technique also seems to work for language models. Research from the AI lab Anthropic shows how simple instructions can steer large language models to produce less toxic content, as my colleague Niall Firth reported recently. The Anthropic team tested different language models of varying sizes and found that if the models are large enough, they self-correct for some biases after simply being asked to.

Researchers don’t know why text- and image-generating AI models do this. The Anthropic team thinks it might be because larger models have larger training data sets, which include lots of examples of biased or stereotypical behavior—but also examples of people pushing back against this biased behavior.

AI tools are becoming increasingly popular for generating stock images. Tools like Fair Diffusion could be useful for companies that want their promotional pictures to reflect society’s diversity,

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 Size? and Adidas Enter Into Partnership With Amnesia Ibiza

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The world-renowned super club Amnesia has teamed up with the peerless footwear specialists size? and globally recognized Adidas Originals for the 2023 season. This partnership aims to bring together two cultural powerhouses to create unforgettable experiences for club-goers.

As part of this partnership, size? and adidas Originals will sponsor some of the biggest events at Amnesia, including the Pyramid opening on June 11th and the closing party. Pyramid parties will feature headliners such as Caribou, Bonobo (DJ Set), Ricardo Villabolos, Nina Kraviz, Raresh, Richie Hawin, and more. They will also sponsor the all-inclusive party HE.SHE.THEY. with several exciting activations throughout the season.

For each of these special collaborative events, size? and adidas Originals will take things to a whole new level with unique video mapping on the Amnesia entrance wall, special bus wraps, and plenty more across the season.

Do Not Sleep

The partnership will commence with the Do Not Sleep event on June 7th, featuring Jackmaster and Sidney Charles b2b Yaya, Manchester’s favorite trio, Mason Collective.

Tickets: €35 +

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Pyramid Opening

The Pyramid opening on June 11th will feature a special three-way back-to-back between Ricard Villalobos, Raresh, and Franco Cinelli on the Terraza, alongside Nima Gorji and Cuartero. The Main Room will welcome Andres Campo, Deborah De Luca, Kobosil, and Luca Donzelli.

Tickets: €55 +

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The partnership between size? and adidas Originals with Amnesia Ibiza is truly a coming together of some mighty forces in the worlds of music and fashion. We can expect the 2023 season to be a season of unforgettable experiences.

Size? shared their excitement about the partnership, saying “With the summer season upon us, we’re excited to announce our partnership with iconic super club Amnesia for the full season in Ibiza. Here at size?, we are incredibly passionate about music, and we’ll also be sponsoring some of the most renowned nights on the Balearic island; Pyramid, Do Not Sleep, Amnesia Present, and HE/SHE/THEY. We can’t wait to see what the season has to offer.”

Neil Evans, Music Director at Amnesia Ibiza, also expressed his excitement about the partnership, saying “It’s a real pleasure to be working alongside two forward-thinking brands. We have been looking for a perfect brand alignment for some time, and we have a like-minded partnership for the future.”

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