Whether your walking along your favorite beach, along a country rode, around a lake, or through a park walking can is good exercise and a good way to take in sights.
Some of you might see that statement and say but walking is just too tiring or have some other excuse. It can be tiring but I have always found that if you are walking with a purpose you get somewhere or if you are taken in sights then you don't get that walking fatigue as quick. There just seems to be something about taking in your surroundings or snapping photos that allows you to go further than you normally would if you were walking because you were told to get some exercise.
One of the biggest benefit is that by walking just 3 mile per hour (average walking speed) for 20 minutes a day the average person can burn the equivalent of just under a pounds worth of calories. A pound a week might not sound like a lot to some people that are having a hard time losing those extra pounds (of which I am one of) but that is 52 pounds a year by just walking a few minutes a day. You might say 'well, I don't need to lose that much' and that might be but it by burning up those calories i also means that you don't have to feel so guilty about that extra cookie you had after dinner.
There are also plenty of other benefits besides the calories. There are all the health benefits, such as, circulation and muscle tone or if you are walking with family members or friends it is a good time to chat about your day.
If you do plan to take up walking you should make sure it is in an area where there isn't much traffic.
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