We hope you’ve learned some interesting information over the past year, and that we’ve inspired you to hit the pavement (or trail, or treadmill, or beach…)
We think this is a most fitting final fact:
Happy walking!
The leg bone’s connected to the hip bone … and an awful lot of muscles give them their power!
Our very first Walking Fact Wednesday post was about how far you must walk to burn off one small candy (e.g., an M&M). We go a bit bigger this time:
Some of us walk fast. Some of us walk, well, not so fast. But don’t worry about your speed unless you’re trying to achieve a goal in a race. And in the meantime, know that your pace is likely just fine.
Size doesn’t necessarily matter when it comes to walking.
To track or not to track? If that is the question, here is the answer:
That’s 25 percent of your daily goal of 10,000. Happy walking!
You can’t fault advice from the man known as the Father of Modern Medicine!
Want to increase your chances to celebrate more birthdays? Go for a walk!
We all know what September means — it’s back-to-school time! Please watch for stopped school buses or, depending on where you live, keep an eye out for youngsters who walk to school. If your town’s school is a safely walkable distance, what a great way to instill some regular activity in your child’s life, and foster some together time as well. Meanwhile, chew on this fact:
It’s an old cliche: Park farther away in the parking lot and, as a result, gain more steps. Here’s a fact that quantifies it a bit more.
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