The Benefits Of Walking
One of the great benefits of walking is that it's an easy way to get started on
an exercise routine. Its many health benefits have been well documented so this article by
Chileshe Mwape can serve as a gentle reminder. It's called The Amazing Health Benefits of
Walking for Exercise:
Walking for exercise is a purposeful, brisk walk specifically designed for the purpose of improving
health. It is one of the best and cheapest forms of exercise. If you want to improve your general
health and keep fit, or if you want to reduce your weight, walking is a good place to start.
Walking keeps you fit and helps you take off extra weight and keep it off. It's cheap, it's simple
and almost anybody can do it. Walking has a multitude of health benefits for everyone. Here are
some of them:
- Helps reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and stroke
- Lowers high blood pressure
- Helps reduce weight and body fat
- Helps reduce risk of some cancers
- Reduces anxiety and depression and improves your mood and mental well-being
- Helps control joint swelling and pain from arthritis
- Gives you more energy
- Helps you sleep better
- Helps you look better
- Improves bone density and helps reduce the risk of developing osteoporosis
- Helps those people who are recovering from a period of ill-health
Walking for exercise does not need to be strenuous to produce results. Even walking for 30 minutes
a day has been reported to produce measurable benefits, even among those who are the least
active.
If you want to feel great, have more energy and improve your overall health, take a walk. Walking
is one of the best forms of exercise and you can do it almost anywhere, anytime, and for free.
Along with its benefits to the heart, walking improves circulation, helps breathing, combats
depression, bolsters the immune system, helps prevent osteoporosis, helps control weight and helps
prevent and control diabetes. It's a gentle exercise and it's suitable if you are recovering from
heart trouble, a stroke or other illness. It helps the total circulation of blood throughout the
body, and thus has a direct effect on your overall feeling of health.
Remember, if you have a medical condition, are overweight, over 40 years of age or haven't
exercised regularly for a long time, check with your doctor before you start any type of exercise
program.
About the Author:
Copyright © 2005. Chileshe Mwape writes for the JustFootball Website at: http://www.justfootball.org.uk/which features football related articles,
news and other resources.
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Walking To Lose Weight
While the benefits of walking include a variety of positive health changes, walking to lose weight
is one of the most popular reasons people take up this form of exercise. But when it comes to
getting rid of excess pounds, walking to lose weight can be a slow process. Several years ago, we
decided to try wearing leg weights to speed up the process, and found that they worked extremely
well. The weights we use weigh 2 pounds (1 kilo) each, and you can also use wrist weights if you
choose. Adding a proven weight loss diet to your walking program is the most effective method we've
found to date.
Even if excess weight is not an issue for you, the practice of walking 2-3 times a week is a good
habit to set up. The benefits of walking are both physical and emotional, and it's an activity that
pays great dividends for very little effort.
To learn more about walking, visit our Benefits Of Walking
Resources.
Disclaimer:
It's important that you consult with a qualified health professional before
embarking on any new dietary or exercise regimen.
Gathering information online is fine for research purposes, but you need a real
live professional to monitor your progress if you attempt to make drastic changes
to your lifestyle. Unless you're a health professional yourself, you aren't
equipped to objectively observe your body's responses to a new diet or exercise
program. So whatever your chosen course of action, please be sure you enlist the
support of a qualified professional.
Read our full Disclaimer here.
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