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

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.