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Summer Stretch: Your Spinal Balance

Because flexible muscles make everything easier and less tiring. C'mon, down on your hands and knees. To improve the flexibility of your shoulders and hips. To engage the abdominal and core muscles that support and balance you. This is a great 1-minute exercise.
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Hiking the Time-Space Continuum: The Walk that Meant A Lot

On Mt. Toby. Never hiked the Robert Frost Trail before. But I'd already been here a million times. A tiny speck moving through a vast landscape that's been here forever. A vast forever that makes you understand you're just passing through. Briefly. But this was different.
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Togetherness

It's Memorial Day. Let's honor each other. And exercise together. Here in the States, almost everybody has today off. So you can take a long walk with somebody else who has the day off. Double your pleasure, double your fun. Double your health benefit. Because having friends appears to be very healthy in itself.
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The View from Bald Mountain, Sonoma

Today's the day to walk the Bald Mountain Trail. Forecast: full sun with an afternoon high of 75 F. Perfect for this easy 6.5-mile loop with spectacular views. No sweat. Well, maybe a little on the Way up. 3 or 4 hours, depending on if you do your wine-tasting before or after the hike.
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Summer Stretch: Your quadriceps

Because flexible muscles make everything easier and less tiring. Today, we'll stretch and strengthen your quadriceps. Three minutes to counteract upper leg muscle shortening and to strengthen dozens of muscles that keep you upright.
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Bartholomew’s Cobble

If you're looking for a spring or summer hiking in New England, you might want to start here. A bird- and wildflower-filled National Natural Landmark in Massachusetts' Berkshire Mountains. Serious sightseeing falls somewhere between a hike and a stroll.
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Side Effects may include weight loss

Health and comfortable longevity are the reasons to take one every day. Improved strength, balance and flexibility, too. The likely side effect: looking better in your swimsuit at the beach this summer.
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Sentinel Dome: Best View of Half Dome

A quiet, private, jaw-dropping view of Yosemite National Park's iconic Half Dome. Three Ways to choose from: 2 miles, 6 miles or 8 miles. They all end at the summit of Sentinel Dome for a view you don't get when you're standing on Half Dome.
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Summer Stretch: butt up, hamstrings out

Because flexible muscles make everything easier and less tiring. Now, on the floor. On your back. To improve the flexibility of your hamstrings and the strength of the surrounding core muscles that support them and your lower back.
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Pizza in Naples. Time Travel in Pompeii.

Let's party like it was A.D. 79. August 24, 79. Via dell'Abbondanza was jammed with people buying their fruits and vegetables and olive oil and wine and ... you know how that story ends. Today, Pompeii is one of the most beautifully fascinating walks on the planet. And nearby Naples might be the best place to walk and eat pizza.
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