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The pull-up and chin-up are the ultimate measures of upper-body strength because they’re all you need. Both exercises build a beefier back, stronger arms, and a rock-solid grip. But many lifters leave plenty of gains on the pull-up bar. Instead, they rely on their arms instead of building the full-body tension needed for better reps. Here’s what they’re missing: The first rep starts before your elbows bend, at the moment your hands grip the bar. Better reps begin with a better setup. The active hang, packed shoulders, a braced core, engaged glutes, and a body that’s working as one. Skip…

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Ford Motor Co. and General Motors each signed supplier agreements with Micron Technology this month to support next-generation vehicle production.  For GM, Micron will provide low-power double-data-rate memory, NOR and universal flash storage NAND products, per a July 1 press release. Additionally, the automaker will collaborate with Micron on future memory and storage requirements. Micron will supply Ford with memory and storage technology, although it did not detail specific products in a press release announcing the agreement. The company declined…

Space Force officials have tapped two startup companies to compete for future national security launch missions, expanding the service’s growing list of providers as the military’s demand for orbital capabilities skyrockets. California-based firms Impulse Space and Relativity Federal have both been added to the Space Force’s National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 contract, reserved for its more accessible and lower-risk missions. Both companies will receive a $5 million firm-fixed-price task order, indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract “to conduct an initial capabilities assessment and develop their approach to tailored mission assurance,” Space Systems Command officials said Wednesday in a news release. The…

OPM recently announced that over 95% of retirement applications are now submitted electronically, signaling an end to an agency long defined by physical files, snail mail and manual data entry. With the full launch of the Online Retirement Application (ORA), OPM has officially reached its “Last Day of Paper.” While June figures are still pending, May data showed that digital submissions already accounted for 70% to 75% of all applications.The mission behind ORA is simple: make retirement seamless. By eliminating the physical transport of documents between agencies and payroll offices, the digital system provides better tracking and slashes the risk…

Credit: SaildroneDefense Feeds, Honolulu – The U.S. Navy is giving autonomous maritime technology a much larger role during this year’s Rim of the Pacific exercise, with the Saildrone Surveyor RIMPAC 2026 deployment serving as one of the clearest demonstrations yet of how uncrewed vessels could support future naval operations.Rather than acting as a standalone experiment, the autonomous surface vessel is being integrated into one of the world’s largest multinational naval exercises, collecting data and operating alongside crewed ships in increasingly realistic scenarios.The decision reflects a broader shift inside the U.S. Navy. As commanders prepare for operations across the vast Indo-Pacific,…

BAM, also known as Battle Arena Melbourne, is back for its 16th installment this year and as always it’ll be taking place in Melbourne, Australia. Notable players attending include DNF|Ulsan, Zeta|Higuchi, AG|Kilzyou, CR|Shuto, CR|DualKevin, Reject|Hinao, LV|Tantanmen, CR|Dogura, Yagami, ONIC|Rest, Saishunkan|Kobayan, Riddle|Jr., GS|Gamera, TM|NoahTheProdigy, Falcons|Micky, Naoooonn, ONIC|Booce Lee, Saishunkan|Cosa, SR|NuckleDu, Varrel|Tokido, Madkof, Scarz|Masao, G8S|Pugera, DFM|Itabashi Zangief, G8S|Gachikun, Bobby, WBG|Dee-On Grey and many more. This is a Premier Event on the Capcom…

When the United States and Iran announced their framework agreement on June 15, attention focused on the direct U.S.-Iran dimensions of the deal, including the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the lifting of the U.S. naval blockade, and the fate of Iran’s nuclear program. But the agreement also included a commitment to the “immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon.” Washington had spent months treating Lebanon as a separate issue in negotiations, even as the Israel-Hizballah conflict remained active under a nominal ceasefire in place since April 16.It was ultimately this second front that…

KYIV, Ukraine — The United States is already testing Ukrainian-made aerial and maritime drones and has given Kyiv “very positive feedback,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday, the clearest sign yet that a long-stalled drone-production deal with Washington worth billions is moving ahead.The confirmation came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump at the NATO summit in Ankara pledged the U.S. would give Ukraine a license to build its own Patriot interceptors, a long-sought goal for Kyiv as a global shortage of the missiles and intensifying Russian strikes leave its cities exposed.Zelenskyy stopped short of tying the license to the…

When Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, he was counting on a weak Western response. More than four years on, Putin still hopes Western support for Ukraine will eventually wane, but he will be far less confident following this week’s NATO summit in Ankara. Despite high-profile tensions between US President Donald Trump and other NATO leaders on a number of flash points including Greenland, European security, and the US-led conflict with Iran, this week’s two-day summit in the Turkish capital produced a strong show of unity on the key issue of continued support…

Conor McGregor is never above making a bold prediction for his fights, but he wasn’t too pleased to hear Max Holloway calling for a trilogy after already planning a win at UFC 329 on Saturday.Ahead of the highly anticipated rematch, Holloway said at first that he was going to make McGregor regret coming back to fight again before walking that back. Instead, the former featherweight champion said he wants to dispatch McGregor on Saturday but allow him to keep just enough hope that he believes “he can do it one more time so we can rematch at the end of…