Walking can actually be a really effective and underrated form of exercise that does wonders for your body. Keeping it up every day can help keep your weight, health and calories in check according to experts.
What happens to your body when you walk every day
First things first: human beings were built to walk. Also, any kind of action that gets your body moving, your heart beating and your blood pumping count as exercise. By that very definition alone, walking is exercise.
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Moderate exercises like walking have been long touted to help reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases. It improves your breathing form and can help manage various lifestyle conditions like hypertension, joint pains, and muscular pain as well.
But that is not all. Merely walking for 30 minutes every day can improve fitness in a huge way. It improves your posture, burns fat, improves cardiac health, and helps work on all the major muscles in your legs. There can be mental health benefits too as walking every day can alleviate depression and fatigue, and positively improve your mood, ensuring a stress-free and happier living.
From a long-term perspective, a mere habit of walking daily can reduce the risk of chronic diseases, improve endurance, circulation and much, much more.
The act of putting one foot in front of another over a period of time can have wonderful results. The choice is yours. You can either sit in one place and listen to music or a podcast, or you can do that while moving your body and burning a lot of calories, improving your posture and kick-starting your personal fitness journey.
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