I love going for walks on these lovely warm sultry summer evenings. Here is a link to a little video I made last night – thought I’d share it with you!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kAZ16Yby0E
- It tickled me a little bit when I did a quick Google search for ‘walking’ – a definition on Wikipedia is:‘Walking (also known as ambulation) is one of the main gaits of locomotion among legged animals, and is typically slower than running and other gaits. ... For humans, walking is the main form of transportation without a vehicle or riding animal.’
As well as being very pleasurable, there are many health benefits of walking regularly:
‘Sustained walking sessions for a minimum period of thirty to sixty minutes a day, five days a week, with the correct walking posture, reduces health risks and has various overall health benefits, such as reducing the chances of cancer, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, anxiety and depression. Life expectancy is also increased even for individuals suffering from obesity or high blood pressure. Walking also increases bone health, especially strengthening the hip bone, and lowering the more harmful bad low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, and raises the more useful good high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol’ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking)
What’s more, walking is free, and environmentally friendly! So, there’s no excuse to not start walking on a regular basis – starting now! Why not join my facebook walking page, and share your experiences with others! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Newcastle-Upon-Tyne-United-Kingdom/Walking-more-in-2010/238949016854?ref=ts&__a=15
