How to Walk yourself Healthy & Happy: Walking Exercise Advice For A Healthier Body and Mind

By Russ Williams

Looking for a way to improve your health and happiness? Look no further than the audiobook "How To Walk Yourself Healthy And Happy" by Russ Williams.

In this audiobook, Williams shares his expertise on the benefits of walking and how it can improve your physical and mental health. With easy-to-follow tips and techniques, you'll learn how to incorporate walking into your daily routine and make it a habit that will benefit you for years to come.

Whether you're looking to lose weight, reduce stress, or simply improve your overall well-being, "How To Walk Yourself Healthy And Happy" is the perfect guide to help you achieve your goals. So why wait? Start listening today and take the first step towards a healthier, happier you!

• Language: English
• Publisher: M-Y Books ltd
• Release date: Jun 14, 2020
• ISBN: 9781912875993

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WHERE TO GO WALKING:

The good news is the possibilities are endless.

Parks, cities, heritage trails, canal towpaths, forests, fields, towns, riverside paths, national parks, beaches, woodlands, heaths, nature reserves, even your local Gym…the list goes on and on.

The only golden rule is that you should always check that where you want to walk is permissible – this certainly applies to walking in the countryside.

Public footpaths are exactly what it says on the tin, but many landowners will not take kindly to somebody who deliberately diverts from paths or designated walkways/ bridleways to walk on private land. Always try and stay within the rules and be respectful.

In the world there are so many places where you will have a right to roam, it’s just about staying within the parameters of where walking is allowed.

From walking football, basketball and rugby to becoming a member of the Ramblers there really are so many ways to get out there walking, enjoying life and feeling healthier and fitter,

THE BENEFITS OF WALKING ON YOUR BODY

Let’s start how I mean to carry on with our first piece of good news.

There are more people who don’t like to go to the Gym than those who do.

These are the people who don’t like to work out BUT they actually DO every day by walking going about their daily business.

Every time that you take a walk you are doing aerobic exercise!

Billions of people around the world walk every day and I would like to bet you that most do not think of their ‘walk’ as aerobic activity.

Walking is not hard to do, and it gives you more health benefits than sporadic heavy exercising.

It will help you feel good and look good too!

Exercise does not have to be harsh and difficult. A simple brisk walk each day can greatly improve your health.

You have many options for the type of walking that you can do, and they will be revealed later on in this book.

Grab your smartphone and headphones, listen to your favourite Spotify playlist and get walking for better physical and mental health!

Let’s start with a look at the many proven specific health benefits of walking for you and your body and some of them may surprise you…

LOWERS BLOOD PRESSURE:

Walking is a great way of lowering or controlling your blood pressure but before I go into detail on how much you will have to do to get results, it is important to understand the mechanics of the body.

Having high blood pressure levels and not doing enough exercise are closely related but small changes such as walking regularly can really make a BIG difference.

So why are high blood pressure and exercise related?

If you commit to regular physical activity, it will naturally make your heart stronger.

A stronger heart can pump more blood around the body with far less effort than for somebody who does little or no exercise.

If your heart, because of exercise, is stronger it will pump blood around the body far more easily, decreasing the force on your arteries, resulting in lower blood pressure.

The top number in a blood pressure reading is called ‘systolic’ blood pressure and this is the figure that you doctor would really look at.

The bottom number is called ‘diastolic’ – is the resistance to the blood flow in the blood vessels and the general medical view is that acceptable blood pressure would give a reading of 120/80 – but don’t panic if you are slightly higher than this reading.

However, the truth is that blood pressure increases and decreases naturally over a 24-hour period and this is the reason that if somebody gives consistently ‘higher’ blood pressure they are usually put on a blood pressure monitor by their doctor for at least 24 hours.

The spikes and troughs in blood pressure readings can be interpreted by getting an average figure of top and bottom blood pressure figures over the same period.

Becoming more active by walking can lower the top figure by an average of 4 to 9 millimetres of Mercury (mm HG) which is actually as good as some blood pressure