Walking has both physical and emotional benefits. Walking will keep your body fit, strong and in good shape and it will keep your mind fit, strong and sound too.
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Walking is the new power drug and here are the reasons why:
Health benefits of walking:
- Weight loss
- Good mental health
- Fitness
- Strong bones
- Reduces risk of heart disease or stroke
- Prevents dementia
- Tones and strengthens
- Alleviates join and muscle pain
- Gives you energy
- Makes you feel well.
- Boosts creativity.
- Overall health
Any able bodied person can walk. It does not have to be strenuous, it can be in your own time, it does not cost anything and it is easy on the body.
Walking offers one more bonus too. It has been proved that walking in nature can not only soothe the mind but also clear the mind. Walking helps you to think in a different way. Walking changes the chemistry of the body. The heart beats faster, more blood flows to the brain and new connections between brain cells are made. Memory is better and the brain functions better too.
There are many authors and playwrights whose best work has come to them while on a long outdoor walk.
Walking is good for the emotions. A bad mood can easily be lifted by going outdoors, feeling the air on your skin and enjoying a brisk walk.
Exercise is one of the most important aspects of mental health. Yet people who struggle with depression often shy away from the gym, sport or any kind of social activity. It becomes a vicious cycle of feeling depressed, not exercising and then feeling even more depressed. Anyone who struggles with depression knows how card it can be to leave the house let alone participate in something sport. Yet walking, once you get going, releases chemicals in your body called endorphins, which create a general feeling of well-being or happiness in your body.
Mental Health and Walking:-
- Clears your head
- Releases endorphins
- Increases heart rate.
- Gets blood flowing
- Buffers anxiety
- Gets you out the house.
- Leads to social activity
Not sure where to walk? Try these ideas:
- Walk to the library to pick up a new book.
- Walk to your local bodega for your morning coffee.
- Walk to meet friends for that evening cocktail.
- Walk your dogs in the park.
- Or walk somebody else’s dogs and get paid to do it.
- Walk and save the wear and tear on your car.
- Walk because you meet interesting people along the way.
- Walk to post a letter.
- Walk to buy that loaf of bread.
- Walk one way to work.
- Walk to movies.
- Just walk!
And walk because your legs will love you. Walk because it’s healthy and you start to look really good. Walk because you’ll soon shine and glow.
They say that walking leads to a longer life. They also say that is slows down Alzheimer’s disease. It helps with mental health and depression and definitely puts you in a good mood. Walking makes your bones stronger, it makes you fitter and it leads to weight loss. Walking is healthy. And walking helps with creativity and imagination.
Walking helps with business too! Those brainwave moments often come to you when you’re out in nature and using your body physically. Remember how much walking clears the head? You may just become the next Steve Jobs from an idea you have on your walk.
Walking will help you physically and emotionally. It is a package and if you exercise, eat well and look after yourself, life will start feeling a lot more attractive.
Reference:
http://www.arthritis.org/living-with-arthritis/exercise/workouts/walking/wow-of-walking.php
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/getting-started-guides/Pages/getting-started-walking.aspx
Research backs up the instinct that walking improves creativity
