Celebrate National Walking Month
What's great about walking?
You don’t need more equipment, time, or a building.
Get outside – A: its good for you B: its free
Walking provides the most benefits with the least amount of effort.
It has been shown to decrease anxiety, reduce the risk of heart disease but 30% if done over 20 minutes a day, helps preserve that elusive muscle mass that starts quickly deteriorating at 40, helps maintain balance and coordination. Balance and coordination like anything if we don’t use it we lost it and is a crucial part to brain and nerve system health.
Is walking the one fix for everything? No – but it helps a lot – done daily – done consistently to help your body and brain work together to keep you at your best. Great for all walking ages.
Those things that you ignore now you pay for later. Putting off today will bite you later 10 fold.
Get at it – schedule it – add a timer in your phone – instead of sitting at a booth alone sitting looking at your phone on your break or lunch today – go for a walk without your phone in hand. Enjoy the outdoors.
Walking will increase your focus, your energy, your productivity, your mood.
5 IN5 Interesting Facts About Walking
The most popular exercise
- 87% of Canadians prefer walking to any other exercise.
It helps in losing weight
- Walking just 10,000 steps a day helps in losing weight and a minimum of 6,000 steps a day helps to improve health.
Walking makes you feel better
- Walking increases blood flow to the brain, which in turn improves mood.
An average person walks 65,000 miles
- An average person walks 65,000 miles in their lifetime, which is equivalent to walking three times around Earth.
It requires many muscles to walk
- It requires about 200 muscles to walk.
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