Walking Fact Wednesday

Boost your brain and help increase your odds for a healthier, more cognitively connected older age — go for a walk!

Walking is good medicine

Walking Fact Wednesday

How many steps in a hop? This Australian native definitely gets its activity in, as do the humans in that country. We Americans could step it up a bit — pun intended.

Australians walk the most, taking an average of 9,695 steps a day. Americans stroll the least (5,117 steps a day) of all the industrial nations surveyed.

 

 

Walking Fact Wednesday

This week, we help dispel some myths (below).

But know that whatever form of motion you choose — walking, running, unicycling, roller skating — you’ve already achieved a goal. And that’s the goal of being active. Congrats! (And may you burn some calories in the process.)

The claim that you'll

 

Walking Fact Wednesday

I don’t know that walking will double your life span, but it can aid your longevity.

Thomas Jefferson

Walking Fact Wednesday

Keep your eyes on the prize and you might get there faster!

Focusing on an object ahead of you can increase your walking speed by as much as 23 percent.

Walking Fact Wednesday

A lunchtime walk can make you more productive at work.

 

What’s more, a change of scenery can be mentally refreshing. Get up, stretch, take a break — some days it might feel like you don’t have the time. But you’ll find yourself reinvigorated and re-centered.

Walking Fact Wednesday

Be sure to strap on your activity tracker before this walk — that’s a lot of steps!

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