Walking can be Advantageous to Your Health

The Advantage of Adopting a Walking Routine

Introduction:

One of the best exercises that promotes good health is walking. Most people are concerned about their health but are not sure about diets and exercise programs to control their weight. People are concerned about their physical shape and health with good reason. People are becoming more obese every day. Recent research reveals that in the U.S. over 50% of the population are considered obese, which means more than half of the population of United States is suffering from obesity. This obesity is estimated to cause half the population to be diabetic in another ten years. 

Physicians might promote regular yoga or exercise, joining a gym or taking a brisk walk in the early morning and in the evening. Most people ignore these recommendations because they don’t believe they have the time or just don’t care.   Most people that following these recommendations only continue for a week or a few months at best.   

There is a simple way to arranging a half hour or hour out of your day for a great exercise routine, walking. Just do it! Walk whenever you can.  Walk rather than taking a coffee break at work, walk when travelling. Walking will not only make you healthier, it will save you money in health care costs too.

Walking is beneficial in many ways. Walking saves you from the expense of joining a gym and doing vigorous exercises. Joining a gym and taking the time to go there three or four times a week can be expensive and time consuming. Walking can be done at anytime and anywhere and except for a pair of walking shoes it does not cost you money.

When you walk you carry your body weight and this is the reason walking is known as a weight-bearing exercise. Walking is beneficial if you are over-weight or if you just want to keep yourself in shape. Walking is rewarding in many ways and profitable even if you are not over weight.

·       It ensures fitness of your heart and lungs

·       Helps maintain your cholesterol and blood pressure level

·       Increases muscle strength

·       Burns a lot of calories

·       You gain Vitamin D which ensures stronger bone and saves you from osteoporosis

·       Protects from cancers

These are only some of the many benefits of walking related to your health.  Walking is probably one of the greatest daily habits you may form. It strengthens your thinking capability and gives you time to think. It helps your emotional stability.

Many of the vigorous fitness therapies don’t provide all these benefits. A sound walking routine will only take an hour of your time every other day or one half hour every day. Even if you skip a day it won't be harmful, but if you don’t begin it can be harmful to your health and wellbeing.

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