Health Benefits

Walking on a regular basis can help:

Maintain a healthy weight

Walking is one of the most compliant exercises, which makes it easy to keep up with on a regular basis. While other exercises may burn more calories, they cause a larger appetite to feed energy to the body. If this high energy exercise cannot be kept up with, weight is gained due to the appetite change. If anyone has ever tried a diet/exercise program, this is what happens. Walking does not have this problem because it is a lower energy exercise, which makes it easy to do regularly.

Strengthen muscles & bones

The more you work those muscles, the stronger they get! While walking isn’t a high impact exercise, it still has enough impact that causes bones to be strengthened with less negative side effects, like shin splints, which is common of high impact exercises like running. (Note that machines like the Elliptical have virtually no impact and will not strengthen the bones as much as regular walking.)

Improve balance and coordination

The more you walk, the more your eyes and feet learn to work together. You won’t be tripping over yourself as often!

Prevent disease and conditions

Walking works your heart and muscles which can help prevent heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.

Other benefits

• Walking doesn’t cost much, maybe a pair of shoes, but not much else.
• Walking with other people Improves mood, stress level, depression, mental health, well-being.