Is Walking a Good Enough Exercise? (What I Found Out)
Depending on who you ask, walking could either be considered exercise or not at all.
Some say walking is not a form of exercise because we do it daily, and it’s not intense enough to stimulate fat burning. The Mayo Clinic says that walking is a fantastic exercise with plenty of benefits.
Here’s a picture of me when I stopped doing resistance training and did daily walking instead:
It looks almost the same, right?
But wait! Before you take up walking as an exercise and roam around the neighborhood to check which neighbor is sunbathing in a two-piece bikini, let me tell you more.
What walking can do for you
This article from the Harvard Medical school claims that walking for 2.5 hours a week (or 21 minutes a day) can reduce the risk of diabetes, cancer, blood pressure, and cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease by 30%.
That’s a great incentive to start walking now.
In addition, you could improve your cardiovascular health, strengthen bones and muscles, improve coordination, strengthen the immune system, improve sleep, increase energy levels, and more.
