05/08/2020
Walking can offer numerous health benefits to people of all ages and fitness levels. It may also help prevent certain diseases and even prolong your life.
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The Benefits of Walking
Improve Circulation
Walking wards off heart disease, brings up the heart rate, lowers blood pressure and strengthens the heart.
Enjoy a Longer Life
Research finds that people who exercise regularly in their fifties and sixties are 35% less likely to die over the next eight years than their non-walking people.
Improve your mood
Walking releases natural painkilling endorphins to the body – one of the emotional benefits of exercise.
Walking can help your mental health. It can help reduce anxiety, depression, and a negative mood. It can also boost self-esteem and reduce symptoms of social withdrawal.
Lose Weight
A brisk 30-minute walk burns 200 calories. Over time, calories burned can lead to pounds dropped.
Eases joint pain
Walking can help protect the joints, including your knees and hips. That’s because it helps lubricate and strengthen the muscles that support the joints.
Strengthen Muscles
Walking tones your leg and abdominal muscles – and even arm muscles if you pump them as you walk. This increases your range of motion, shifting the pressure and weight from your joints to your muscles.
Improve Sleep
Studies found that women, ages 50 to 75, who took one-hour morning walks, were more likely to relieve insomnia than women who didn’t walk
Improve Your Breath
When walking, your breathing rate increases, causing oxygen to travel faster through bloodstream, helping to eliminate waste products and improve your energy level and the ability to heal.
The takeaway
Walking can fulfill daily recommended exercise for people of all ages and fitness levels.
Consider getting other fitness tracker to keep track of your daily steps.
Choose a walking route and daily step goal that’s appropriate for your age and fitness level.
Warm and cool down before walking to avoid injury.
