WEBE Wellness: 3 Seconds A Day To Build Muscle

WEBE Wellness: 3 Seconds A Day To Build Muscle

Building muscle is important, but many of us can’t find the time.  But that’s no longer an excuse – because all you need is 3 seconds!

A new study shows that performing one bicep curl, at maximum effort, will give a 10% increase in muscle strength in just a month.

So, 3 seconds day, for 30 days – it’s less than 2 minutes total for the entire month!

However, it’s not sufficient for true muscle building goals – but the study does show that it can work. And you also to have to do it complete and properly – lift all the way up, hold it, and then lower it back down.

But if you can do it once…well once is all you need!

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Win tickets to Rick Springfield, Christopher Cross and Men at Work, or Chicago!

Win tickets to Rick Springfield, Christopher Cross and Men at Work, or Chicago!

Listen to WEBE 108 this Fourth of July Weekend for Malibu Taco Fairfield WEBE One-Oh ‘Eighties’80s and your chance to win tickets to Rick Springfield I WANT MY 80’s TOUR with John Waite, Wang Chung and Paul Young at Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater in Bridgeport July 8 , Toto, Christopher Cross and Men at Work at the Hartford Health Care Amphitheater in Bridgeport July 30 or Chicago Live in Concert at the Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater July 29!

Contest Line: 800-WEBE-108 Listen for the Keyword and your chance to win tickets! 

Tickets on-sale at LiveNation.com

WEBE Wellness: Home Surfaces You Should Be Cleaning (But Aren’t!)

WEBE Wellness: Home Surfaces You Should Be Cleaning (But Aren’t!)

We’re at the halfway point of the year, and have you not cleaned your home in a while? Well take stock because there’s a lot of stuff we overlook in our regular cleaning.

A new study shows that the handle of your coffee maker has more bacteria than your toilet seat!

The study did swab tests on every day usage items like bathroom faucet handles, doorknobs, TV remotes, and found traces of staphylococcus and e. coli.

The highest levels of bacteria were found on kitchen faucet. But these bacteria can be found everywhere.

Most of us when cleaning will do a good job of the things we expect to be dirty, like the sink or tub or toilet, but we ignore lots of bacteria hot spots. Among the items most of us never clean – your keys (you touch them every day!), remote controls, your computer keyboard and mouse, your phone, light switches, door handles – especially the outside of the front door, video game controllers, cupboard handles, and the stair railings.

So, add them to your chore list!

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WEBE Wellness: Write It Down

WEBE Wellness: Write It Down

You ever feel like it’s getting harder than ever to remember important info – or even what you need to get at the grocery store? Just because it’s easy to put things down in the Notes app on your iPhone, if you really want to remember things – use the old tried-and-true method of writing it down on paper.

A new study shows that writing on physical paper allowed students to retain the information an hour later as opposed to other methods like taking things down on a laptop.

Researchers found that paper was more useful to our memories because each sheet of paper is physically unique – as opposed to a screen which stays the same, only what appears on it changes.

Also, those participating in the study who used paper completed tasks 25% faster than those who used digital tools.

They also tested differences between using physical pen and paper or using a tablet with a stylus and because the paper allows for uneven strokes or variations of letters, or even folds in the paper, and our brains retained the info from paper more.

So if you really want to remember what you need to grab at Stop and Shop…grab a pen!

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Fireworks Guide

Fireworks Guide

Look for WEBE 108 at Penfield Beach in Fairfield for Fairfield’s Independence Day Fireworks Saturday, July 5th at 9:15pm. Rain Date Sunday, July 6th. Celebrate Independence Day with an explosive Fireworks Show. The Show can Easily be seen from Penfield and Jennings Beaches. 

Join us for music before the fireworks start! Stop by the WEBE 108 tent and enter to win concert tickets!

Check out some other local fireworks celebrations!

July 2: The City of Stamford’s Annual Fourth of July Fireworks Show

  • Fireworks: TBA
  • Location: Cummings Beach
  • Rain date: July 3
  • More info

July 2: Westport Independence Day Fireworks Celebration

  • Fireworks: TBD
  • Location: Compo Beach
  • Rain date: July 3
  • More info

July 3: Derby-Shelton Fireworks Show

July 4: Wilton Fireworks

  • Fireworks: TBA
  • Location: Wilton High School athletic fields
  • More info

July 5: Greenwich Recreation 2025 Fireworks Displays

  • Vehicles must arrive at Greenwich Point Park by 8 p.m.
  • Fireworks: at dusk
  • Location: Binney Park and Greenwich Point Park
  • Rain date: July 6
  • More info

July 5: Fairfield Parks and Recreation Independence Day

  • Fireworks: 9:15 p.m.
  • Location: Jennings and Penfield Beach
  • Look for WEBE 108!
  • Rate date: July 6
  • More info
Win tickets to Arrival From Sweden: The Music of ABBA

Win tickets to Arrival From Sweden: The Music of ABBA

Listen to Danny Lyons at Noon for your chance to win a pair of tickets to Arrival From Sweden: The Music of ABBA at Fairfield Theatre Company Thursday, July 17.

Contest Line 800-WEBE-108

ARRIVAL from Sweden: The Music of ABBA is the world’s leading ABBA tribute show, known internationally for delivering authentic, high-energy performances of ABBA’s greatest hits. Founded in Gothenburg, Sweden by Vicky Zetterberg, this acclaimed group has toured extensively, captivating audiences across more than 70 countries. With spot-on vocals, dazzling costumes, and spectacular musicianship, ARRIVAL from Sweden brings legendary ABBA classics like “Dancing Queen,” “Mamma Mia,” “Waterloo,” and more back to life. As the only tribute band ever granted exclusive rights by ABBA’s original members Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson to perform an unreleased track, ARRIVAL from Sweden isn’t just a tribute—they’re the closest experience you’ll get to seeing ABBA live on stage today.

Win tickets to Back 2 Mac

Win tickets to Back 2 Mac

Listen to Allan Lamberti all this week at 4pm to win a pair of tickets to Back 2 Mac: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac at The Fairfield Theatre Company Sunday, July 20.

Contest Line: 800-WEBE-108

Back 2 Mac’s 40+ song list spans all the hits of the chart-topping Buckingham / Nicks / McVie era, solo hits and early classics by Peter Green and Bob Welsh. Lush vocal harmonies and an easy-going playfulness with the audience distinguishes Back 2 Mac performances from those of other tributes, a result of the combined years of music-making among the band members who have played and recorded with Leon Russell, Bob Weir, The Impressions, Days Of The New, Josh Ritter, Anais Mitchell, and Kevin Morby. 

Win tickets to the Maritime Aquarium

Win tickets to the Maritime Aquarium

Listen to Storm N. Norman to play the WEBE108 Bigelow Tea Five Question Quiz just before 8am for your chance to win a four pack of tickets to the Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk! 

Contest Line: 800-WEBE-108

The Maritime Aquarium is located in Norwalk, Connecticut – just a quick drive up I-95 or hop on metro north for a short train ride and is the only aquarium devoted to Long Island Sound. Visit The Maritime Aquarium to meet varieties of sharks (big and small), harbor seals, sea turtles, jellies and hundreds of other marine animals. The Maritime Aquarium offers lots of touch experiences. You can touch intertidal animals, jellyfish, stingrays and even sharks! Plus, we are the only place in the country with a sturgeon touch tank!

Malibu Taco Fairfield WEBE 1080s

Malibu Taco Fairfield WEBE 1080s

All weekend long, WEBE 108 turns back the clock. It’s the Malibu Taco Fairfield WEBE 1080s! All July 4th weekend, it’s the decade of big hair, spandex, jelly bracelets, Deloreans, MTV and all your great memories.

Be listening for the superstars from Michael Jackson to Prince and Bruce Springsteen to Madonna and Whitney Houston.

And those one hit wonders like “Don’t You Want Me” and “I Ran”.