This lovely mountain resort town is perched above the eastern end of
the beautiful Kadisha Gorge and at the foothills of the Cedars of Lebanon.
It is the brith place of Lebanon's most famous author
Khalil Gibran. It has a small museum which pays tribute to him.
Beiteddine palace was built over a period of thirty years by Emir Bechir Chehab II.
It's architecture reflects the typical oriental architecture of the 19th century Ottoman Era.
It is remarkable for its glamorous
arcades, multicolored mosaic floors, reception rooms, harems, hammams
and even by its guest house "Diyafa" where passing guests were lodged
(French poet Lamartine stayed once there).
Detail of the Sarcophagus of Ahiram, king of Byblos, seated
on a cherub throne, before an offering table, 13th century B.C (National Museum of Beirut).
Around 1200 B.C. the scribes of Byblos developed an alphabetic phonetic script, the precursor of our modern
alphabet. By 800 B.C., it had traveled to Greece, changing forever the way man communicated.
Located in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon, Baalbek is an ancient city
that has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Originally
Canaanite (3rd century BC), the Assyrians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines,
and Arabs successively occupied Ba'albek and left their imprints on the
place, often modifying what existed previously.
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Kettlebell High Pull
Kettlebell High Pull
- Swing the kettlebell back between your legs as if you are about swing or clean it.
- Drive the hips through and yank your elbow back above your shoulder with a 90 degree bend parallel to the floor. Use your upper back rather than your biceps. Visualize an elbow strike, not a curl.
- Powerfully synchronize the hip and back action.
- On the top of the pull the kettlebell should form an extension of your forearm rather than droop or flip up.
- Aggressively lean into the kettlebell the moment you are finishing the pull, drive your hips through, meet the kettlebell half way. You will get a more powerful back contraction, you will be better balanced, and you will learn another important snatch subtlety.
- Aim for making the kettlebell weightless momentarily; if you wanted to you could release the handle and grab it again without missing a beat.
- Hike pass the kettlebell back between your legs and repeat.
- Note: The kettlebell high pull is a fair bit more intense than the swing so it will get the heart rate way up and force the trainee into oxygen debt quite fast.
