I love to walk, it makes
me feel good, weather or not I'm walking at the gym or outside I
still get the same effect, it's almost bliss, I feel tension just
melting away. Do you enjoy walking? Do you walk for exercise? Do you
exercise? If you don't you can just start off simple by walking! Add
more time each day, or every other day. Get up and get moving!
Top 10 Reasons to Walk!
1. Research showed that
walking 150 minutes per week and losing just 7% of your body weight
12-15 pounds, you can reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes by 58%!
2. Walking strengthens your
heart if you're a male. In a study mortality rates among retired men
who walked less than one mile per day were twice that among those who
walked more than two miles per day!
3. Women in the Nurse's
Health Study who walked three hours or more per week reduced their
risk of a heart attack or other coronary event by 35% compared with
women who didn't walk. So walking strengthens your heart if you're a
female!
4. Walking is also good for
your brain! If you walk at a easy pace for at least 1.5 hours per
week you have better cognitive function!
5. Research shows that
postmenopausal women who walk approximately one mile each day have
higher whole body bone density than women who walk shorter distances
and walking is also effective in slowing the rate of bone loss from
the legs. Which means walking is good for your bones!
6. Walking helps alleviate
symptoms of depression! Walking for 30 minutes 3-5 times per week for
12 weeks reduced symptoms of depression by 47%!
7. Walking reduces the risk
of breast and colon cancer by 18% just by walking 2 hours per week!
8. Just walking 3 times a
week for 30 minutes can significantly increase cardiorespiratory
fitness!
9. Walk in short bouts, it
can help improve fitness too! Research shows that when sedentary
women showed short bouts of brisk walking 3-10 minute walks per day
resulted in similar improvements in fitness and were least effective
in decreasing body fatness as long bouts (1 30 minute walk per day).
10. Walking improves physical
function!
Thank you medicinenet
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