To start with, how many of you can actually remember the last time you went for a nice calming walk? It can be a morning walk or that stress relieving evening walk. Hard to remember, right?
Well , you are not the only one who cannot remember your last walk.
Stressful work from home schedule makes it impossible for you to go on a walk, let alone working out in gym like you used to do before vid19 pandemic. I understand.
However, we did not evolve for sitting on our chairs or lying around all day. Lack of body movement has resulted in, both young and old having so many health problems.
How is walking good for your health?
What effects actually walking has on your body?
What positive changes walking can bring in you, mentally and physically?
These and so many other basics about walking we all need to get familiar with.
Walking has some amazing benefits that will help you bring positive changes you need, in-order to have a healthy body and mind.
What are they?
Let’s explore! 💁
HEART HEALTH
Walking keeps heart strong. It makes sure heart functions properly. Pumping blood is what heart is supposed to do. A sedentary lifestyle is taking toll on human heart. Literally and otherwise, unfortunately.
With work from home sedentary culture after 2020 pandemic, it has become even more difficult to maintain heart health and overall health as well.
That is when walking helps.
WEIGHT LOSS
Pair a healthy diet with walking for weight loss and weight maintenance. Exercise in general helps boost metabolism in human body.
This helps in burning calories and improving your digestive health. Which in turn improves your skin health and overall body functioning.
You can easily achieve toned muscles just by being consistent with walking. Walking up and down the stairs is the best way during pandemic lock-down.
Using stairs instead of elevator / lift is one tiny but powerful step you can take, towards improving your health. Another benefit of walking is hormone balance. Hormonal imbalance is the first health issue that comes with weight gain.
Walking for 30 minutes a day, five days a week is enough for significant weight loss and maintenance of weight thereafter.
RESPIRATORY HEALTH
Walking helps in respiratory / lungs related illnesses. Especially, for people who have recently recovered from vid19 crona virus, it is not advised to start working out immediately after recovery.
You can try brisk walking.
Exercise like walking is perfect for people who cannot work out due to respiratory problems like asthma, sinusitis and chronic auto immune disorders.
There are many disorders that make you feel exhausted and fatigued. Exercising or working out is not possible in such cases.
Walking helps in such cases.
Walking is the best medicine. – Hippocrates.
Mental HEALTH
Brisk walking is helpful in reducing depression and anxiety. Brisk steady walk lends a helping hand in blood flow stimulation to various parts of body, brain mainly.
Walking creates positive neurochemicals in our brains and it is the easiest health improvement strategy to maintain over time.
The best way to relax and relieve stress after a busy day is to take a walk for about 30 minutes.
IMPORTANCE OF WALKING FOR GOOD HEALTH
Walking is essential for good health. It helps you stay physically fit. We stay healthier in many ways when we walk. Weight training combined with walking maintains required amount of calcium in bones in women and helps in maintaining bone strength.
Added advantage of walking is, it is totally free, easy and does not require any expensive equipment or protein powder diet.
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Now that you know, why walking is so important for your body, make sure you add this affordable & easy exercise to your daily routine.
The best way to have a healthy, happy body and soul is to have a relaxed, stress free mind. Walking can be a great help in achieving this goal of yours.
I wish you the best of luck with your first step towards a positive and healthy life. 👍 ✌️
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