Walking For Health & Fitness

Walking for health and fitness can be easily combined with walking for other reasons such as going to work or school, shopping or walking the dog.

As a general rule, to gain health benefits from walking, you only need to walk for 30 minutes, 5 days a week. If it suits you to break this down into smaller chunks, 3 sessions of walking 10 minutes in a day will be just as effective.

The walk needs to be brisk and relatively intense in relation to your fitness levels. And don’t forget that the more regularly you walk, the bigger the benefit to you!

Walking regularly will make you healthier in a number of ways, including:

• Improving the health of your heart and circulation
• Lowering blood pressure and cholesterol levels
• Promoting weight loss
• Improving the flexibility of joints and muscles
• Building strength in muscles and bones
• Boosting your immune system
• Helping you breathe more efficiently
• Aiding restful sleep
• Helping maintain a balanced body chemistry
• Enhancing your mental well-being by helping to reduce anxiety, stress and depression
• Increasing confidence, stamina and energy levels