Since 1 June 2023, any French contract that can be signed online, from gym memberships to streaming services and insurance, must offer an easy-to-find 'cancel your contract' feature. The process has to take just a few steps, hence its nickname 'three-click cancellation', and the company must confirm the request in writing. No more recorded-delivery letters to escape a subscription you started with a single click.
Chlorine on its own is fairly gentle. But when it combines with urine, sweat and other grime from swimmers, it forms chloramines, which cause stinging eyes and that classic 'chlorine smell'. A well-kept pool barely smells at all. Shower before you swim and never pee in the water.
Muscle mass slowly shrinks with age, putting independence at risk. But in 1990, a study had nursing home residents aged 86 to 96 train their legs for eight weeks: their strength more than doubled. Muscle responds to training at any age. Getting up from a chair without using your hands is already an exercise.