A not-so-serious study discovered that a walking style made famous by the comedy troupe is actually vigorous exercise.
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A not-so-serious study discovered that a walking style made famous by the comedy troupe is actually vigorous exercise.
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The makers of the wheeled shoes promise to turbo-charge your daily stroll, allowing you to walk at 250% of your usual speed. Could they be the future of pedestrianism?
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Matt Green has walked nearly every street in the five boroughs of New York City. He’s almost finished. Or has he?
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Australian adventurer Lucy Barnard wants to become the first woman to walk the length of the world — from Argentina to Alaska. And she's hoping to walk almost every step of the way with her pet dog Wombat, who had to stay behind in South America when the pandemic put their mission on hold.
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Regular walks can help protect dogs and humans from dementia, new research shows.
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One review found that using poles elevates heart rates more than leaving them behind, especially when going uphill, because the poles engage the upper body, as well.
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This surprisingly fun sport changes a stroll in the park into an afternoon adventure with a flying piece of plastic.
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Whether you call it a fitness trend or a mindfulness practice (or a bit of both), what exactly is forest bathing? The term emerged in Japan in the 1980s as a physiological and psychological exercise called shinrin-yoku (“forest bathing” or “taking in the forest atmosphere”). The purpose was twofold: to offer an eco-antidote to tech-boom burnout and to inspire residents to reconnect with and protect the country’s forests.
The Japanese quickly embraced this form of ecotherapy. In the 1990s, researchers began studying the physiological benefits of forest bathing, providing the science to support what we innately know: time spent immersed in nature is good for us. While Japan is credited with the term shinrin-yoku, the concept at the heart of the practice is not new. Many cultures have long recognized the importance of the natural world to human health.
Forest bathing is not just for the wilderness-lover; the practice can be as simple as walking in any natural environment and consciously connecting with what’s around you. For a more structured experience, you can join trained guides for a meditative two- to three-hour ecotherapy excursion. Here are five places to try forest bathing.
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Rather than just moving from A to B, think about your surroundings and the wider ramifications of your walk
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Older adults can get the health perks of walking while avoiding falls, pain and other problems.
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Older adults can get the health perks of walking while avoiding falls, pain and other problems.
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Taking nearly 9,000 steps per day is linked to a lower risk of chronic disease, but if you add extra effort, you can lose weight and prevent obesity, a new study says.
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Two new studies also found that health benefits can be achieved by taking fewer steps.
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“Forest bathing is about walking slowly and quietly and noticing what’s around you – you might only cover 1.5 kilometres in three hours,” D’Appio says.
“You just notice that leaf there, this tree over here, that bug crawling on the tree. It’s just [about] being in nature and watching stuff and seeing what happens. There’s something really different about slowing the body down as opposed to speeding it up.”
D’Appio says research links forest bathing with a reduction in stress hormones and feelings of depression and anxiety, as well as enhanced immunity, and he says that unlike a hike to a particular summit, forest bathing seeks no “destination”.
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Sitting too much can boost stroke risk. But adding more movement—even low-effort activity such as doing household chores—may help lower tha
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Study after study after study has proved what we feel, intuitively, in our gut: Walking is good for us. Beneficial for our joints and muscles; astute at relieving tension, reducing anxiety and depression; a boon to creativity, likely; slows the aging process, maybe; excellent at prying our screens from our face, definitely. Shane O’Mara, a professor of experimental brain research in Dublin, has called walking a “superpower,” claiming that walking, and only walking, unlocks specific parts of our brains, places that bequeath happiness and health.
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Accumulating more steps per day may be associated with a lower risk of cancer, heart disease and early death, and walking at a faster pace may provide additional benefits, a new study finds.
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A ritual that is well and truly alive in the Mediterranean, there are many benefits to an after-dinner stroll.
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A new study has a magic number (or three) of steps to use when out walking to cut your risk of dementia later in life.
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Getting up and moving after you eat -- even if it's only for two minutes -- can help control blood sugar levels, a new study says. If you can't do that, try standing. It helps, too.
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In the 1870s, an outback mailman would walk hundreds of kilometres every month to deliver the post between the Nullarbor communities of Eucla and Fowlers Bay, and his "astounding endurance" remains a source of pride today.
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Just about any type of active movement can lower your risk of cancer, heart disease and overall risk for an early death, a new study finds.
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A new paper suggests that it takes far less exercise than was previously thought to lower blood sugar after eating.
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Turn your time outside into a meditation with yoga instructor Stephanie Mansour's walking meditation. She shares expert mindfulness moves that engage your breath and five senses.
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Walking is never Herculean. It’s positively pedestrian, which is exactly why it works.