Learn about the benefits of walking, tips to get you going and ways to increase your walking intensity.
The main purpose of the campaign is to simply raise awareness of the benefits of moving more.
Chan School of Public Health, in apress release.
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Fifteen minutes a week is better than nonethen go up from there.
Its also OK to split up your physical activity.
Or maybe youre a seasoned walker and are looking for ways to increase the difficulty of your walks.
Or add Nordic walking poles to your walks.
I like using telephone poles as my markers.
If youre recovering from an injury or just want a more chill walking workout, trywalking meditation.
it’s possible for you to also use walking meditation to notice things in nature if youre walking outside.
Want to participate in this years National Walking Day?
Walking indoors counts tooand you dont need a treadmill to do it.
I work from home and take walking breaks throughout the day.
When the weather isnt conducive, I do laps inside my house.
Sometimes I mix it up and do walking lunges, moving side squats, marching, skippingit all counts.
