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Your Monday #22: 1 minute for your wrists

Even if you exercise vigorously for an hour daily, too much sitting the rest of the day significantly increases your risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity. So when you're in front of your TV or computer, do this for a minute, every hour or two.
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National Lobster Day. Walk and Eat It.

Four mountains in Acadia National Park. Yours for the Walking. Five miles, two or three hours, 1,000 calories burned. A ten or fifteen minute drive to the lobster pier for 400 calories of the best lobster roll you'll ever have.
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Your Monday #21: Putting It All Together

The 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Monday of each month brings you a new Way to shake your thang, increase your flexibility, balance and strength, respectively. So every now and then we put together the pieces to make daily routines that make every day feel better. Like today.
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Walk on the beach, eat in town. Big Sur.

Not much town, but what a beach. Yours for the walking. One hour. Two and a half miles along a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Down a winding, unmarked trail to a really beautiful beach. Walk to the end. Get brave for a few seconds, time the waves, wade around the rocks. All yours. Happy World Ocean Day.
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Maine Coast: Hike the Ocean Path Trail

A totally refreshing summer adventure hike along the Atlantic Ocean. Seven miles. Three or four hours. A little more than 1,000 calories burned. Time and space for that lobster roll at the end of the trail. Happy World ocean Day!
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Your Monday #20: Row, row, row yourself

Good news: all you need is frequent exercise to maintain muscle strength and mass. At any age. Today's Way comes with a simple, one-minute Way to increase your strength. This month: your upper back, shoulders and biceps.
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The Walk That Ate Bananas

While it's still possible, eat one before your morning walk. At the Kona Coffee and Fruit Garden, you can get a pretty good cup of coffee with it. And walk down Lower Napoopoo Road to Kealakekua Bay to swim with the spinner dolphins spiraling in and out of the water. Just for fun.
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Feels so good: Happiness in mice & men

Every once in a while there's a rodent study that's so surprising and so predictable at the same time that I just have to tell you about it. So here's a happy clinical trial that took place outside the clinic. In the backyard. It's about your health. And there's a cute animal video.
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Your Monday #19: On Your Own One Foot

A simple, gentle exercise to strengthen and train the muscles you use to stay on your feet. A dynamic balance exercise you can do on a balance board or a pillow. Summer's coming: get ready for surfing. Hang five.
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Mt. Tamalpais: from beach to peak

This mountain has everything. A beach at the bottom. Spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco from the summit. Giant redwoods and small waterfalls on the Way up. I mapped four wonderful day hikes for you. Complete with breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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