Walk to burn calories. Burning calories helps maintain or reduce weight. Walking speed - Distance covered - Terrain (uphill burns more calories than level). Calculate your calorie burn using a calorie calculator.
At least 30 minutes of walking five days a week may cut your risk of coronary heart disease by 19%. Walking more or further every day may minimize your risk even more.
A tiny research indicated that three 15-minute walks after breakfast, lunch, and supper improved blood sugar levels more than one 45-minute walk.
Walking can help protect the joints, including your knees and hips. That s because it helps lubricate and strengthen the muscles that support the joints.
One research monitored 1,000 people throughout flu season. Moderate-pace walking for 30 45 minutes a day reduced ill days and upper respiratory tract infections by 43%.
Walking increases oxygen flow through the body. It can also increase levels of cortisol, epinephrine, and norepinephrine. Those are the hormones that help elevate energy levels.
Three days a week of 30 minutes of brisk walking or moderate-intensity exercise will provide these advantages. You may also do three 10-minute walks.