Getting your walk in daily can do a lot more than just help you maintain your weight loss.
The Benefits:
Regardless of age or fitness level, the benefits of getting out and walking can make a significant contribution to improving general health.
Taking a walk is an exercise with very few risks of injury and so many benefits.
The key is to walk at least 30 minutes a day to achieve all the benefits.
But what are the benefits of walking? Where do you start?
Fitness Improve Mood:
Going for a walk is an easy fitness strategy that can make you feel better. Research shows that just 10 minute walk a day can lift your spirits. Even more, the effect may be increased more if you take a stroll through a park or forest.
Burn Calories Maintain Weight:
As you continue to walk, you may notice your pants begin to fit a bit more loosely around your waist, even if the number on the scale isn’t moving much. That is because regular walks can help reduce fat and, as a result, may improve your body’s response to insulin.
Want to burn more calories? When taking a walk outside, try a route that includes some hills. Change your speeds between walking fast and walking slow. You could walk the same routes on different days to try and beat your previous times. This is great for your overall fitness.
Take Walks Increase Longevity:
Can a good walk add years to your life? You bet it can!
In fact, a study found that people who briskly walked for 10 to 59 minutes per week, during the study period, had an 18% lower risk of death compared to those who were inactive.
Secondly, people who briskly walked 150 minutes per week in at least 10-minute intervals had a 31% lower risk of death.
Research has also shown that the faster you walk, the more your risk decreases.
The longer life benefit is believed to come from the cardiorespiratory workout that a good walk provides.
