A Diet Geek » walking for fitness http://www.adietgeek.com You can do it! Fighter Spirit! Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:21:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Can you find time to walk 1 hour a day? http://www.adietgeek.com/20090708/can-you-find-time-to-walk-1-hour-a-day/ http://www.adietgeek.com/20090708/can-you-find-time-to-walk-1-hour-a-day/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:39:08 +0000 Tom http://www.adietgeek.com/20090708/can-you-find-time-to-walk-1-hour-a-day/ I remember Dr. Weil mentioned in one of his specials on PBS ( or was it one of his books? ) about how he thinks walking is the best form of exercise you can get.  I cannot remember exactly why he said this but maybe I ought to exercise my mind a bit and see if I can think of some points why walking is one of the best forms of exercise.

  1. It is low impact
  2. It’s free
  3. It is fairly easy to do no matter what your age
  4. It improves and hones your proprioception
  5. It burns a good cumulative amount of calories over time if done regularly.
  6. It gives you all the other normal benefits of exercise.

There are probably a lot more reasons why walking is great for you as part of a health and wellness plan.  Maybe I will think of a few more later on.

I think probably the hardest part about walking is actually reserving the time for it each day and making a point to do it consistently.  That is my own personal experience.  We all have busy lives, but making walking a priority surely will go a long way towards helping you meet your fitness goals.

By the way, the best walking shoes I have seen so far are from MBT.  I believe they were designed by a Swiss engineer and we already know how good the Swiss are at making watches…

So there you have it, my little take on walking…

Now instead of me typing on this keyboard anymore I think I am going to go out for a little stroll, I mean walk :) .

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