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Walking Fact Wednesday
Walking is good medicine: It can help reduce your risk for breast and colon cancer.
Walking Fact Wednesday
You might have to drive over the river and through the woods to get to Grandma′s for the holiday. But when you get there, park the car and go for a stroll to help the environment!
Walking Fact Wednesday
The month has brought some pretty unseasonably warm weather lately, enabling more outdoor exercise. Here’s a fact to keep in mind…
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Walking Fact Wednesday
You don’t have to hit the stair climber at the gym. Look for bleachers at a sports field, stairs in your office building or at a train station, or even in the airport while traveling for the holidays.
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Walking Fact Wednesday
Ready for Thanksgiving? Counter your eating with a quick walk or two. Whether you take a stroll to burn off some calories, distract yourself from the smorgasbord or quell your appetite, you don’t need to rack up big miles.
Happy holidays!
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Walking Fact Wednesday
A person needs to walk the length of a football field — 100 yards — to burn enough calories to offset eating a single piece of candy-coated chocolate.
(Think plain M&M’s or similar candies.)
One serving of M&M’s is about 50-odd pieces … which means 5,000 yards of walking to burn it off. That’s equal to nearly 3 miles, or a 45-minute walk at a 4 mph pace.
Food for thought next time you rip open a package!
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What are the health benefits of walking? How many calories does it burn? How long will shoes last? How many miles does the average person walk in a lifetime? How many muscles do you use when walking? What song’s beat equates to a pace of 3.5 mph?
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