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Yahoo
10 hours ago
- Health
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Can you hold a plank longer than others your age? Fox hosts test their core strength
How long can you hold a plank — and how does it stack up to others in your age group? That's the question that was posed on "Fox & Friends" Thursday morning, when co-hosts Brian Kilmeade and Lawrence Jones competed in a plank challenge. A plank is an isometric move where the person holds a push-up position for a set period of time. Army Unveils New Fitness Test With Tougher Standards — Could You Pass It? Both held a low plank for well over a minute, exceeding the thresholds for their ages, although Kilmeade held his for a few seconds longer. A fitness expert at Lifetime in New York City provided the below targets for how long you should be able to hold a plank by age. Read On The Fox News App 20s: 1 to 2 minutes 30s: 1 to 2 minutes 40s: 1 minute or longer 50s: 30 to 60 seconds 60s and above: 20 to 30 seconds Planks are often touted as an abdominal exercise, serving as an alternative to traditional sit-ups and crunches, which can strain the back and neck. However, the isometric move benefits the body in many other ways beyond just sculpting a six-pack. In addition to working the abdominals, planks also strengthen the muscles in the arms, legs, chest and back, according to Healthline. They can also help improve posture while sitting or standing and can boost flexibility by stretching the lower half of the body, the above source stated. While Kilmeade and Jones both held low planks, some may opt for a high plank, which is where the arms are straight and the person balances on the palms of the hands. Click Here To Sign Up For Our Health Newsletter For those who are still working up to holding a full plank, the move can be modified by dropping the knees to the floor. There are also variations of the plank that target different parts of the body. Those include side planks, knee touches (touching alternating knees to the ground), hip dips and leg/arm extensions. For more Health articles, visit If you've just started planking, experts recommend starting with 15 to 30 seconds and gradually increasing the duration, with two minutes generally regarded as a good article source: Can you hold a plank longer than others your age? Fox hosts test their core strength
Int'l Business Times
2 days ago
- Business
- Int'l Business Times
Trump is 'Furious' After Elon Musk Brands His 'Big, Beautiful' as 'Disgusting', Fox Host Says
President Donald Trump is allegedly enraged after his billionaire ally, Elon Musk, took to social media to denounce his "one big, beautiful" spending bill. President Donald Trump is allegedly enraged after his ally Elon Musk took to social media to denounce his "one big, beautiful" spending bill. "Fox & Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade began talking about Trump's sentiments towards the Tesla CEO during the show on Wednesday. "I think the Elon Musk thing really caught the president by surprise," Kilmeade said. "And I hear he is furious!" Fox News' Brian Kilmeade: 'The Elon Musk thing caught the President by surprise and I hear he's furious." — Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) June 4, 2025 Kilmeade then began discussing the president's response so far, and how the situation could develop. "I think he's so smart to keep his powder dry," Kilmeade said. "Because it just plays into what critics would have to say, 'The right can't get out of their own way.' Instead, you have a goal: Pass it. Elon Musk is not in the Senate or the House. Don't worry about it." Lawrence Jones, another host of the show, weighed in with his own opinions. "I don't think Elon is anti-MAGA now, or anti-the president now," Jones said. "He worked so hard, put a lot of stuff on the line to get a lot wasteful stuff cut." Co-host Ainsley Earhardt then said she was "shocked to hear him say that." She continued, "I can understand why the president would not be happy about that." Musk took to social media with a scathing condemnation of the Trump-backed GOP spending bill on Tuesday. "I'm sorry, but I just can't stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination," wrote the world's wealthiest man. "Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it." I'm sorry, but I just can't stand it massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 3, 2025 Musk's comments were met with disapproval from Republican lawmakers, although the Tesla CEO had previously expressed this same sentiment during a "CBS Sunday Morning" interview, part of which was shared last week. Originally published on Latin Times © Latin Times. All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission.
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Fox Host Says We Haven't Seen the Last of Musk: ‘He'll Be Back'
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade finally admitted what everyone else has been thinking: Elon Musk isn't gone for good. The Tesla billionaire and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) supremo announced his departure from the White House this week after a contentious tenure spent slashing the federal government. But Kilmeade doesn't think he'll stay away for long. 'He'll be back,' Kilmeade said during a Thursday episode of Fox & Friends. 'I think he is going to take a little while off and he will be back in some way, shape, or form.' Kilmeade continued: 'Because he was also special assistant to the president. And I know they appreciate each other's input. And I think what's most laudable is they don't always have to agree.' Musk and President Donald Trump's four-month-long bromance was strewn with bumps in the road, with the two disagreeing on more than one occasion and sometimes even publicly clashing about the president's position on tariffs. His companies also suffered during his tenure at the White House. Tesla sales are drastically down, especially in Europe where they fall by almost half in April. Tesla dealerships and the electric vehicles have also been targeted by vandals. On Tuesday, SpaceX's Starship tumbled out of control during a test flight, which appeared to be a brutal metaphor for Musk's own professional tailspin. But fellow Fox anchor Lawrence Jones said he believed the two 'will remain friends' and that Musk will 'advise the president on a host of issues outside of the White House as well.' Musk has dedicated his time in Washington, D.C. to axing the federal budget and rooting out 'fraud and waste.' As a special government employee, he was only permitted to work up to 130 days in a 365-day period. On Wednesday, he wrote on X that his 'scheduled time' had come to an end. 'The @DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government,' he wrote on X, which he owns. Trump has yet to comment on Musk's departure. The duo have worked together since the president's inauguration to drastically cut federal spending, a hotly debated move that has led to thousands of layoffs and a reduction in funds that some deem critical—like money for cancer research. Reuters reported in early May that at least 260,000 federal employees had been fired due to DOGE. The billionaire's original aim was to save U.S. taxpayers at least $1-2 trillion. He fell far short of his goal. DOGE has reported that it has only saved around $170 billion, just 17 percent of the $1 trillion goal and 8.5 percent of Musk's $2 trillion 'best-case outcome.' Other reports put the tally at much lower. Musk, the richest man alive, has admitted that his experiment was harder than expected. 'The federal bureaucracy situation is much worse than I realized,' he told The Washington Post. 'I thought there were problems, but it sure is an uphill battle trying to improve things in D.C., to say the least.' Musk's time in the White House has been riddled with controversy, especially in recent weeks as Musk disagrees with the president's One Big Beautiful Bill. 'I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decreases it, and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing,' Musk said in an interview with CBS News. He has since butted heads with Capitol Hill representatives. 'I think the elephant in the room is he is disappointed with Congress, and frankly, I'm disappointed at them as well,' Jones said Thursday. 'You have this man, with all these business experts that took a leave of absence from their careers, and they helped us cut all this spending. And we thought that Congress, especially since the Republicans won, that they were going to codify a lot of these things and legislation. But they didn't.' Jones continued: 'They were weak on it. Well, they did some of it. But they didn't cut nearly the amount as they should have cut.'
Fox News
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Comedian reveals how denying an arranged marriage at 14 years old cost her relationship with her father
At just 14 years old, stand-up comedian Zarna Garg made a gutsy decision that changed the trajectory of her life. After refusing her father's arranged marriage, she left her wealthy family home in Mumbai, India, and later immigrated to America, causing her father to never speak to her again. The stand-up comedian got deep with Fox News' Brian Kilmeade regarding her estranged relationship with her father, detailing the difficult situation on an episode of "The Brian Kilmeade Show." "My dad was like, 'Listen, if you don't want to get married, you can't live here.' He thought he would scare me into submission and I thought he would come around. See, I thought, he's riddled with grief because his wife has just died, my mom. And that he's going to come around and this is all going to be okay. We were basically in a face-off," the comedian said Thursday. Garg explained that she left home planning to room with her friends while things with her father cooled down. But what started as a fun "slumber party" eventually turned into two years of couch-surfing. "I showed up at my friend's house and after a day, my friend's mom is like, 'You should go back.' And that's when it hit me. I was like, 'Oh my God, I have nowhere to go.' And it was almost two years of, 'Where can I go tonight?'" Although she remained in school, Garg explained how every day was a "new trauma" of trying to figure out where to sleep. "In hindsight, a lot of my comedy has its roots in those years, because a big reason people opened their doors to me was because I made them laugh. You know, I always kept things light. I tried to offer whatever value I could, you know, around the dinner table or whatever was going on," she explained to Kilmeade. After a long standoff, Garg said she eventually went "crawling back" to her father. At the time, she was trying to get an immigration visa to live with her sister in America. Kilmeade interjected, saying he could not believe Garg's father did not "cave." "Believe it, because people back home [India] are that severe. Like, I know in America it feels like a lot, but the guys back home, they're not fooling around. When they say you're going to listen to me or else, they mean it," she replied. Garg got her U.S. visa in 1992 and went on to get an undergraduate degree from the University of Akron, later graduating from the Case Western University School of Law. For Garg's father, her departure from India was the final straw. She explained that he had stopped all communication with her, and became "estranged completely." Garg never spoke to her father again, and was even prohibited from attending his funeral. Despite this, the comedian continued to profess that her father was coming from a "good place." "I know it feels shocking here in America, but what he remembers is that I walked away from a guaranteed life that he was going to set up for me. He wasn't a bad guy, to be clear. He wasn't. He came from a good place. I have three siblings who were arranged. My sister was arranged and is deliriously happy and successful," Garg concluded.
Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
‘Fox and Friends' Horrified That Putin's ‘Embarrassing' Trump
President Donald Trump promised to end the conflict in Ukraine on day one of his presidency. Almost 95 days later, peace remains elusive and even Fox News is admitting that the president is being 'embarrassed' by his Russian counterpart. 'Vladimir Putin, I think to a degree, is embarrassing President Trump,' long-time Trump acolyte Brian Kilmeade said on Fox & Friends Friday morning. Kilmeade was reacting to attacks on Kyiv that started on Wednesday and bled into Thursday. The aerial bombardment by Russian forces, the deadliest the Ukrainian capital has seen since July 2024, killed at least 12 people and injured 90 others. In response, Trump broke with his recent playbook and criticized Putin on Truth Social. 'Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP!' he wrote on Thursday. 'If he's going to embarrass the president, the president let him know yesterday, he blasted him,' Kilmeade added in his retort Friday. 'It's going to get worse, and there are sanctions queued up. He says it doesn't help me and doesn't improve the situation if I tell you what's going to happen to Russia, but if they continue to undermine peace.' 'Let's get the Peace Deal DONE!' Trump signed off his Thursday post before warning later in the Oval Office that 'things will happen' if Russian attacks continue. On Wednesday, Trump blasted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for drawing a red line on recognizing Crimea as part of Russia in peace negotiations. Zelensky said that he is ready to talk, but pushed back on Trump's insistence on making land concessions to Russia as part of a peace deal. 'The fact that Ukraine is ready to sit down at a negotiating table after (a) full ceasefire with terrorists… is a big compromise,' he said during an official trip to South Africa which he cut short to return to Ukraine. He said the strikes were aimed at 'pressuring the U.S.' Kilmeade has long maintained that Putin is not to be trusted, despite pushback from his colleagues at times. In March he said that 'Vladimir Putin is the bad guy,' before his co-host Lawrence Jones responded: 'We don't need to virtue signal every single day and say Putin is the bad guy.'
