National Walking Day: 5 Ways Walking Helps To Relieve Stress
I love it that we have a National Walking Day. It’s crazy, though, that every day is National Drive To Work And Sit In Your Car day. This article is a good summary of some benefits of walking. And the bottom line is that walking can seem for some...
The Right Way To “March To May”
In this interview, Dr Clower talks about the importance of good walking technique so that you can “March To May” in good form, prevent injury, and get fitter in the process!!Walking seems so intuitively natural that we don’t even think about HOW to do it, to make sure we...
Which Country Walks MORE than U.S.?
The question is actually … which country walks LESS than us?? Not many, that’s for sure. Adults in western Australia average 9,695 steps a day. The Swiss followed with 9,650, while the Japanese clocked in with 7,168 steps. But Americans straggled far behind with just 5,117 steps.The drive-not-walk mentality has...
Forest Bathing: The Best Immunity Boosting Pill?
It’s called, going outside or — in Japan — “forest bathing”. Read the research here. A recent study on 280 healthy people in Japan compared the stress hormones, pulse rate, AND blood pressure in 2 conditions: 1. when walking through a forest or wooded area for a few hours...
Walk-ability
Older, more feet-friendly neighborhoods can help keep waistlines trim, U.S. researchers report. “We were excited to find that … living in an older neighborhood and higher proportion of residents who walk to work — both predict lower weight,” said lead researcher Barbara Brown, a professor of family and consumer...