everyone felt the need to boost their immunity during the Covid-19 period. This is the reason why you need to add some activity to your daily work that keeps you healthy. The easiest and healthiest exercise is walking. This article will show you how walking can help.
1. Reduce Calories
Walking helps reduce calories, and you can maintain or lose weight.
Actual calories burned will depend on several factors, including:
• Walking speed
• Distance traveled
• Terrain (walking uphill burns more calories than walking on flat ground)
• Weight
2. Helps Lower Blood Sugar Levels
• A short walk after meals may help
lower blood sugar levels.
• A study found that walking for 15
minutes three times a day (after breakfast, lunch, and dinner)
improved blood sugar levels more than walking for 45
minutes at other times.
• more investigation is needed to
confirm the results. Consider making an after-meal walk
part of your routine. It
also helps you incorporate exercise into your day.
3. Muscle Strengthening
Walking tones your legs and abs. Using the
pump while walking will also tone your
arm muscles. This increases your range of motion and
transfers pressure and weight from your joints
to your muscles.
4. Walking that
supports bones
can reverse bone
loss in osteoporotic patients, says Michael A. Schwartz, M.D.,
Ph.D., Planchette Orthopedic & Sports Medicine in New York. A study of postmenopausal
women found that walking for 30 minutes a day
reduced her risk of hip fracture by 40%.
5. Boost
your immune system
• Walking may reduce your risk of catching colds and flu.
• In one study, doctors followed 1,000
adults during flu season. A person who walked at a moderate pace for
30 to 45 minutes a day had 43% fewer sick days overall and
fewer upper respiratory tract infections. When they got sick,
their symptoms also subsided. This was compared to adults
in a sedentary study.
• Try walking every day to experience
these benefits. If you live in a cold climate, try walking on a treadmill
or shopping mall.
6. Strengthening the Heart
Walking for 30 minutes or
more five days a week reduces the risk of
coronary artery disease by approximately 19%. Also,
increasing the length or distance you walk each day may
further reduce your risk.
7. Improves Mood
• Walking benefits mental health.
Studies have shown that it can help reduce
anxiety, depression, and negative moods. It can
also boost self-esteem and alleviate symptoms of social
withdrawal.
• Aim for brisk walking or another
moderate-intensity exercise for 30 minutes three days a week to
see these benefits. He can even do three 10-minute walks.
8. Enjoy
a Longer Life
Research shows that people in their
50s and her 60s who exercise regularly are 35% less likely to
die in the next 8 years than those who don't exercise.
That number may be up to 45% lower in people with
underlying medical conditions.
9. Getting started
• All you need to start running is a
pair of sturdies running shoes. Choose hiking routes that are
close to where you live. Or find a beautiful place to
walk near you like [Hiking trails or beaches.
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