Health Benefits of Walking

The beauty of walking is that the health benefits are attained without cost, prescription, and little if any negative side affects. Walking has many health benefits that can benefit anyone of any age. Listed below are the health benefits of walking. These benefits are with traditional shoes and not Stepgym shoes. A healthy strong heart can pump blood efficiently, which will cause less stress on the heart and the arteries. This can help with controlling blood pressure so that no medication or less medication is needed. Walking is one of the physical activities that can be done to strengthen the heart. It is not enough to reduce cholesterol. Good cholesterol (high-density lipoproteins known as HDL) needs to be raised. Walking is one of the exercises that will contribute to that. Weight can be managed by walking. Walking burns calories. When more calories are burned than what are being consumed, weight loss occurs. A healthy weight reduces the risk of several health problems like type 2 diabetes, a stroke, sleep apnea, and heart disease just to name a few. Heart disease can be reduced by 30%-40% in women by a brisk walk totaling three hours a week. That could be ½ an hour a day with a day off each week for 6 days and resting on the 7th day. It is a small investment to pay for a healthier heart. Walking briskly or participating in other moderate exercise for an hour for 5 out of 7 days may reduce the risk of stoke by about half. Consistent exercise like walking reduces the risk of not only type 2 diabetes, but also of breast cancer when combined with reducing fat in the diet and lowering weight by 5%-7%. One surgery that can be avoided by regular physical activity like walking is gallstone surgery for women between the ages of 40 and 65 years old. These are just some of the benefits of this simple and free exercise option. The places to walk are unlimited. Walks can be done around your neighborhood, on a nature trail, or in the mall in addition to the walking you normally do everyday. By increasing the effectiveness of each step that is walked by wearing Stepgym shoes, the health benefits can be increased by increasing fitness. In addition, leg, buttocks, and stomach firmness occurs more rapidly than with walking in traditional shoes. Order your Stepgym shoes today to begin getting the health and fitness benefits of walking in the Stepgym shoe.