Post Date December, 03 2023
Walking is known as one of the best exercise methods in the 21st century, without time and space constraints. "I don't have time to go to the gym at ordinary times, so why not make a walking plan every day? It can not only exercise and prevent diseases, but also help you save on fitness expenses in a sense.".
1. Heart friendly
Walking for 30 to 45 minutes a day can help prevent heart disease. During walking, heart rate increases and blood circulates, which can strengthen the heart, lower cholesterol levels, and ultimately prevent heart disease.
2. Improve blood sugar
Compared to other sports, walking is suitable for sugar lovers. After waking up in the morning or having dinner, take a walk in the community for about 30 minutes. A brisk walk can exercise joints, help improve blood circulation throughout the body, and help improve blood sugar.
3. Protect joints
A short walk is good for bones and joints. Elderly people with knee arthritis walk 3000 steps a day, which helps promote the secretion of endorphins, alleviate bone and joint pain, and increase body flexibility.
4. Exercise the Brain
Elderly people who walk less than 400 meters per day have an 80% higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease than those who walk 3200 meters per day! Therefore, when your brain is unclear (uninspired), you can walk more.
5. Reduce stress
Nothing can heal the heart more easily than nature. If you have time on weekends, you can take a walk in the mountains to cleanse your body, spirit, and soul.
6. Strengthening the body
As long as exercise is appropriate, it can play a role in strengthening the body regardless of the intensity of exercise. Walking is a kind of exercise. Although it is not intense, moving the whole body can strengthen the immune system and enhance the body's resistance.
7. Promote metabolism
Sitting still for a long time can slow down the metabolism of the body, making it easy to find various diseases. Walking is an aerobic exercise, and brisk walking with a certain intensity can accelerate metabolism and help prevent various diseases.
8. Growth life
When someone is angry or sad, they choose to run or run wild to vent their anger and then let it go. Walking does have this effect, allowing you to clear away your gray mood and replace it with happiness and excitement. Keeping a good mood can prolong one's life.
How are different people suitable for walking?
Losers:
Fast walking can sweat, burn more fat, and achieve the goal of reducing weight and fat.
Insomniacs:
In order to relax your body and mind, you should not be too intense, otherwise you will be mentally excited and unable to sleep.
Patients with hypertension:
Walking fast and raising blood pressure are bad things. It is recommended to walk on the sole of your foot without causing dizziness.
Patients with coronary heart disease:
To protect your heart, it's best to walk slowly, which can improve the metabolism of the heart muscle.
Low back pain:
Walking backwards can exercise the waist and back muscles that are rarely used in daily life. If you are a sedentary office worker or an elderly person who has been sitting and watching TV for a long time, the best way to exercise is to walk backwards. You can combine forward walking and backward walking for half an hour every day.
Constipation:
Walking in a zigzag gait can cause the crotch to twist, help increase waist strength, stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis, and effectively prevent and treat constipation. Walk in a straight line (model step) and twist your hips to the left and right. You don't need to exercise too much, just walk 500 meters. When taking a zigzag step, be careful not to move too far to avoid spraining your ankle. It can also be combined with the action of rubbing the abdomen.
Kidney protection:
Walking on tiptoe mainly involves the inner side of the forefoot and the thumb of the foot. This area is where the Kidney Meridian of the Foot Shaoyin, the Liver Meridian of the Foot Jueyin, and the Spleen Meridian of the Foot Taiyin pass through. Therefore, walking on tiptoe has the effect of warming and nourishing the Kidney Yang.
