 | | | WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM INSTA-STALKING THE BAYWATCH CAST | | | Because Johnson, Efron et al are making the beachstravaganza you've secretly always wanted… and looking terrifyingly good doing it | |
| Could you best Dwayne Johnson in a contest that involved the flipping of tyres? Don't be ridiculous: the man trains six days a week, eats more fish than a small family of leopard seals and once beat Hulk Hogan in a fight. At the same time, just competing against him would definitely spur you to better efforts… which is sort of the point of training in the first place. Good work, Zac Efron. |
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| | If only one good thing has happened to us this week, it was discovering Alexandra Daddario's Twitter feed: your new Summer Quinn maintains mass by eating buttered bread, favours macaroons dipped in chocolate mousse and, apparently, really likes resveratrol. More importantly, she also does yoga: correlation and not causation and all that, but it hasn't hurt our estimation of vinyasa any. |
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| | | EVERYONE SHOULD DO MORE PULL-UPS |
Again: you never know when you'll be called on to test your mettle against The Rock, but more importantly, they activate your abs better than crunches – according to actual science. Is that why Efron's suddenly in paparazzi-baitingly good shape? It's impossible to say, but doing a couple of sets of five every time you pass a pull-up bar/tree branch/overhanging set of stairs certainly won't hurt. |
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| | Fun fact: everyday stress floods your body with the hormone cortisol, which triggers the storage of fat on your stomach, but oxytocin – which is released when patting dogs – keeps it at bay. Is that why Johnson is so impossibly lean? Let's be honest, no, but just look at that face! Who's a good boy WHO'S A GOOD BOY. |
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| CAPITAL PUNISHMENT | | | THE RETURN OF THE ANTI-HERO | |
Your main reason to be hyped about having a Netflix subscription this week? Season two of Daredevil, which introduces Matt Murdoch's old squeeze Elektra (played by Elodie Yung, who has previous form playing a ninja) alongside Jon Bernthal's Punisher. Bernthal has previous form as a physical actor: you might remember him constantly slugging it out with zombies in The Walking Dead, twitching his pecs in The Wolf of Wall Street and, er, punching Shia LaBoeuf in Fury. More importantly, he could be the man to give Frank Castle the live-action treatment he deserves. So far, the onscreen benchmark is Thomas Jane's bootleg ten-minute short Dirty Laundry, but considering Garth Ennis's savage run in charge of the character (best moment: shooting Wolverine in the family-sack), Castle's got plenty more to give. Begin your binge-watching tonight. |
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 | | | THE NEW SCIENCE OF HANGOVERS | | | WHETHER YOU'RE RECOVERING FROM ST PATRICK'S DAY OR GEARING UP FOR FRIDAY NIGHT, THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW | |
| | Bloody Mary? Deep-fried canary? Dried bull's penis? Unnecessary. Hangover science has moved on, and doesn't have to be overcomplicated. The short version: alcohol dehydrates your brain and throws your body's electrolyte balance off. You're craving salty food because it will force your body to drink more water, but a pinch of sea salt in water will do the same thing. And skip the painkillers – they're extra toxic loads that your system has to prioritise above the booze, meaning that it stays in your system longer – and stop at one coffee, since it dehydrates you.
For best results, have a regular water, chase it with salted water, eat a breakfast full of protein and complex carbs – think avocado and salmon on toast – and follow it up with a nice long black. Your workout is excused today. Go for a long walk, and smash it tomorrow. | |
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 | | | THE MAGAZINE | | | ALL HAIL IDRIS ELBA | | Will he? Won't he? Who cares? While everyone else is devoting acres of internet space that we'll never get back to whether Idris Elba will ever be 007 or not, the man himself is quietly taking over the world like a benevolent Blofeld, launching himself as a DJ at the same time as designing clothes, directing music videos and, um, breaking the UK land speed record. In the mag this month the Luther star gives us the blueprint, but the TL;DR version is "sleep less, do stuff you enjoy, and find the time… somehow." Next up? A documentary about having a pro-level muay Thai fight. Let's face it: he's already cooler than Bond. |  |
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| 5 THINGS WE LEARNED THIS WEEK | |
1. Exposure to the cold might help you control your own immune system (or in other words, ice-swimming madman Wim Hof might be right)
2. Quique Sánchez Flores, the beardy Watford manager who masterminded Arsenal's first FA Cup defeat in over three years last weekend, is the nephew of legendary Andalusian folk singer and dancer Lola Flores.
3. Wild apples can taste like anything from strawberries to popcorn, but 90% of "modern" apples ultimately come from just two trees.
4. During the making of Rocky, Sly Stallone asked Earnie Shavers to punch him for realsies. He vomited after a single punch.
5. In the 16th century, Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be "satanic". However, Pope Clement VIII loved the drink so much that he lifted the ban – and supposedly had coffee baptised in 1600. |
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