We’re not talking about a slow, meandering stroll, though.
(Although that can be a marvelousversion of meditationif that’s the goal!)
It also lowers blood pressure."
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(Reminder:10,000 steps per dayis the typical goal if walking is your main form of activity.)
“To lose weight effectively in a day, we need to be at a caloric deficit.
This means we need to burn more calories than we are consuming.
This would equate to a 15- to 20-minute-per-mile walking pace,” Johnson says.
Moderate-intensity exercise should have you breathing heavily enough that you might talk, but not sing.
“The 150 minutes per week can be divided in many different ways.
Some people aim for 30 minutes of walking 5 days a week.
Others fit in 10 minutes of walking several times a day.”
If you want to challenge your upper body, too, consider nordic walking.
Science proves that walking with poles activates 90% of your body’s muscle groups.
