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Walking - the benefits
Walking
is the most natural form of exercise; part of most people’s everyday life and often
described
by
health experts as “almost perfect exercise”. It may come as no surprise then to
know that it offers an amazing number of benefits, find them listed below:-
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Helps to improve your health and fitness, therefore reducing the risk of ill
health later in life.
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Improves self
esteem
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Relieves
symptoms of depression
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Improves your
mood
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Helps clear your head
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Stimulates creativity
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Can be done anywhere
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Gives you a healthy natural high
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Reduces tiredness
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Has a meditative quality
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Reduces the
risk of coronary heart disease and stroke
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Lowers blood
pressure
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Reduces high
cholesterol and improve blood lipid profile
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Reduces body
fat
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Enhances
mental well being
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Increases bone
density, hence helping to prevent osteoporosis
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Reduces the
risk of cancer of the colon and the breast
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Reduces the
risk of non insulin dependant diabetes
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Helps to
control body weight
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Helps
osteoarthritis
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Helps
flexibility and co-ordination hence reducing the risk of falls
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Helps you live
longer
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Alters fat
metabolism so fat is burnt up instead of sugars, helping to reduce weight
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Increases
energy
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Improves your
circulation giving you a fresher, healthier look
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Helps build
and maintain healthy bones, muscles and joints
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Improves
flexibility and co-ordination
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Reduces stress
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Helps the
environment
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Introduces to
new places
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Is sociable
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Is a team
builder
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Accessible to
virtually everyone
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Is a realistic
goal for inactive people
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Helps you look
better, you'll glow
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Can easily be
incorporated into every day life
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Increases life
expectancy
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Increases or
gives you confidence
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Boosts your
immune system
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Helps you feel
more in control.
- It
can be incorporated as part of your daily travel pattern (e.g. walking to
work or the shops).
- It
contributes to your recommended amount of daily exercise.
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You can start slowly and build up gently.
This is not an exhaustive list so please send
any more benefits that you have experienced so we can add them.
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