Walking Your Way to Good Health

People often struggle with their fitness schedule due to the time-consuming and hectic lifestyles that challenge them.

Being regular at the gym often becomes difficult in such circumstances. A better, undemanding option lies in walking. Yes, if done properly and consistently, walking constitutes as an almost-perfect exercise. If you are not looking for a drastic change in the way you look, want to keep in shape and prevent the onset of lifestyle disease, walking has all the answers. To discover how walking addresses fitness & health-related issues, continue reading.

Walking Boosts Stamina

Walking requires more consistency rather than intensity. You don’t need to be a marathon walker to earn the benefits of this wholesome exercise. Just ensure that you walk with sufficient pace to induce some sweating. If you can do this for about 40 minutes every day, you are on your way to becoming fitter. For starters, the biggest gain from walking is boosted stamina. Even if you are suffering from asthma or other respiratory problems, walking is unlikely to leave you panting. Unlike gymming that can be really hard sometimes, walking boosts your stamina in a more gradual, sustained manner.

Walking Helps to Prevent & Manage Lifestyle Diseases

The most common cause for our health problems is increasing weight or other problems like high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol levels. The simple remedy for such problems lies in burning more calories, particularly those stored as fat. This is easily achievable via cardio exercise. The easiest form of cardiovascular training is walking. It helps you burn a significant number of calories on a daily basis. It has been medically established that walking is capable of burning Low-Density Lipoprotein that is also referred to as the bad cholesterol. It helps to raise the level of High-Density Lipoprotein or the good cholesterol. This also makes walking a potent weapon against the onset of Type 2 Diabetes.

Walking Acts like a Preparatory Low-Impact Exercise

People are often unable to take upon fitness-related activities because of existing health concerns like stiff joints or muscular problems. For such folks, aerobics or serious workouts are nearly impossible. An easier, more doable alternative lies in walking. In fact, walking can be tried as the preparatory exercise for a few months before you take upon more advanced forms of exercising. Walking helps to work-out nearly all the muscles, joints and ligaments required to maintain good posture and mobility.

Walking is Liberating: Offers Innumerable Options, Keeping Your Interested

While gymming routines can be very boring at times, there is no dearth of options to make walking more interesting. You can listen to music when walking, explore different parks, different locales with different types of walking tracks, walk alone or in groups, walk near a lake and even walk under a light drizzle! You don’t need to worry about the apparel besides getting comfortable shoes and easy-fitting, casual lowers and a T shirt. You can walk briskly, slowly, backwards or combine walking with light jogging and walk at any time during the day.

Walking is the Most Affordable, Always-Available Stress Buster

Stress remains a constant challenge for most of us. It can arise at any time and can linger on for days, making our life miserable. Walking might not be the most potent way of elevating your mood but it does help to get rid of the nervous energy (or anxiety) that stress induces. A few laps around the park helps you get de-connected with your worries. With elevated blood circulation, your mind is refreshed, able to think beyond your worries. The entire combination of walking until you are exhausted and then rewarding yourself with a small treat like an ice-cream or freshly-squeezed juice gives a sense of accomplishment, helping to get rid of the blues. It also keeps you away from reaching out for that bottle of wine or strip of valium. (Health, MensXP.com)