Walk Your Way Into Long Life, Good Health and Weight Loss

Walking is a low impact exercise that is beneficial to everyone, including YOU! Perhaps its greatest benefit comes in the added years to your life. A 2005 study shows that 30 minutes of walking daily adds about 1.3 years to a person's lifespan and 1.1 years without heart ailments.

General practitioners recommend at least 30 minutes of cardio activity, and it is for these very same reasons. If you live a very sedentary lifestyle at home and your job does not demand you to get active then a walking program is what you need. It helps curb lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, heart diseases and cancer aside from prolonging your life.

 

However, if your goal is to lose weight then you need to walk more and maybe combine it with other exercises. Experts recommend a good 10,000 steps daily if the intention is to lose weight. This will definitely take longer than 30 minutes, depending on how you are walking: shorter if you do brisk and race walking and longer if you are doing leisure walking. Breaking the habit of a sedentary lifestyle may be difficult but if you focus on goals you will get motivated. Set your goals before choosing an appropriate walking program and work your way into achieving those goals.