Walking
We all know that walking is good for us, yet most people do not walk much, and certainly not enough to benefit their health. Many people do not realise just how much they enjoy it.
This page provides many ideas to help you explore the world around you, find ways to walk, and improve your life.
Further references
- Start walking every day for important benefits by walking is fitness.
- CDC US Center for Disease Control
- Physical activity: Collection of resources related to physical activity
- Walking: Collection of resources related to walking
- Step It Up! The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Promote Walking and Walkable Communities The goal is to increase walking by working together to increase access to safe and convenient places to walk and wheelchair roll and to create a culture that supports walking for all Americans.
- How much physical activity do older adults need?
- America walks. The US national voice for public spaces that allow people to safely walk and move.
- Why walking is the superpower you didn’t know you have.
- How gentle exercise can help six common conditions
- Moving a little each day – even if it’s just taking the dog for a walk or stretching – can have a profound effect on our health, say experts
- A good general article showing that gentle easy movements make a massive difference to health.
- Why walking is the superpower you didn’t know you had. Rangan Chatterjee talks to Shane on YouTube about the value of walking. This talk is also on the related podcast from Rangan.
- ‘Fart walking’ is now a thing, and experts say it is good for you Another benefit of walking as a daily activity. bI’ve been doing recognising this benefit of walking for years.
- 11 free walking apps, a review by the British Heart Foundation
- AllTrails review: an essential app for hobbyist hikers and walkers I was looking for an app providing walking and hiking routes for the places I have always wanted to visit. This seems to be the.best for me.
- It has routes I actually use. Most apps and sites I’ve seen only include certain routes and few near me. All trails lists many of the routes I have learnt over the years plus many I have heard about and want to learn.
- Regional and national routes I will use, including
- Swanage (Dorset). I just visited Swanage for a camping trip with the kids I would have loved some help figuring out walks. it lists several in the area that I recognise and would like to learn
- Perranporth (Cornwall): We are planning a trip to Perranporth, so a quick search lists 5 routes for me to try out, including maps and other resources that I will need
- Trust pilot rating not the best
- Is AllTrails Plus Worth It? Reviewed & Tested
- Ordnance survey I have just started the OS maps trial and will report back on how useful it has been. Include below some of the references I have covered in my research.
- Plus-size people face a lot of barriers’: the campaigners helping larger walkers to enjoy the great outdoors
- Do you need to walk 10,000 steps a day? A walking expert weighs in
- “taking more steps per day was associated with a progressively lower risk of all-cause mortality, up to a level that varied by age”.
- Those aged 60 and above showed a progressively decreasing risk of mortality until 6,000-8,000 steps per day, while those younger than 60 exhibited this up to 8,000-10,000 steps per day.
- Steve Jobs Swore the 10-Minute Rule Made Him Smarter. Modern Neuroscience Is Discovering He Was Right
- Stuck on a tough problem? Do what Jobs would have done and follow the 10-minute rule.
- “So much of our time together was spent quietly walking,” recalled legendary designer Jony Ives.
- walking makes your brain work a little bit better
