The Benefits of Walking

by Midas
find time to walk everyday

find time to walk everyday

If you have put your back into exercise programs before, and just couldn’t stick at it, try walking. No other exercise, with so little risk, can do you much good as walking.

Did you know that among the activities you can identify as exercise, walking is the better choice to get the heart rate up enough to keep it healthy, but not so high that it gets stressed? It helps the vagus nerve slow the heart, one of the goal of modern cardiology. Walking strengthens your heart. It could increase your High Density Lipoprotein (HDL), commonly known as the good cholesterol.

Walking outdoors, in nature, can also lower the adrenaline in the blood which means less stress. Adrenaline or epinephrine is a hormone secreted by the adrenal gland. It is naturally produced in high-stress or physically exhilarating situations. The less the stress, the slower the heart will beat.

Walking increase the efficiency of our heart and lungs, burns almost the same quantity of calories per mile as does running and tones your muscles. Walking does not just improve your physical function, it is an excellent stress management technique. If you feel blue, anxious or stressed out, just walk it off and the tension will walk off too. Walking activates endorphins, a happy hormone that helps us feel better. It improves our sense well-being.

A 20-minute brisk walk in the fresh air or even just in your neighborhood, together with your family, friend, your pet or alone with God or any combination of it, will help you feel better not just physically but wellness as a whole.