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 Squat-Press
Kettlebell Squat-Press
This exercise can be performed with either one or two kettlebells. If using two, clean them to your shoulders. If using one, rest the kettlebell on your chest with the handle facing your body. Make sure to wrap your thumbs around the handle to secure the weight.
- Stand over a kettlebell, your feet about shoulder width apart, your weight on your heels.
- Position yourself with either one kettlebell on your chest or one on each shoulder in a racked position.
- Look straight ahead, bend your knees, and then bend your hips, dropping into a deep squat.
- Press your feet into the floor, and explode out of the bottom position.
- When you are standing erect, follow through into the press.
- Pause and then lower the kettlebell(s) to the starting position.
- As soon as the weight makes contact with your body, drop into the next repetition.
- Note: Both the downward and upward phases should be performed smoothly in one nonstop motion. Also, as with most overhead exercises, press the kettlebells to full extension without allowing them to drift forward at the top.
