Why walking is good for us

I am 5 days into my The Body Coach SSS Plan and I have been wearing my activity tracker for a little over a week.  I am doing okay and I am ‘on plan’ and I have been slowly increasing my step count,  I reached over the optimum 10,000 steps yesterday!!  It is certainly making me more aware of what I am doing and encouraging me to be more active, like parking at far end of the car park, not next to do the door.

I saw this lovely summary on Livestrong which tells us all about the benefits of walking that I thought I'd share with my readers:

​Walking:

• Improves mood
• Improves sleep quality
• Lowers blood pressure by 5 points
• Decreases knee pain
• Engages and tones ab muscles
• Decreases the odds of catching a cold by 30-50%
• Reduces significantly the risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes
• Decreases body weight, body fat percentage and waist circumference
• Increases the size of the brain, improves memory and cuts Alzheimer’s disease risk by 50% over 5 years
• Helps prevent arthritis, builds bone mass and reduces risk of osteoporosis

 
Source: Livestrong

What do you think?  Will these benefits encourage you to get outside and be more active?

Michelle x