Few activities provide as many overall health benefits as walking and you probably already walk 900 to 3000 steps even with a relatively sedantary lifestyle. 10 000 Steps a Day to your optimal weight shows you how making modest changes to your daily routine can easily increase your walking count to 10 000 steps, helping to:
- Reduce your risk of serious health problems, including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, highblodd pressure, arthritis and osteoporosis
- Strengthen bones, joints, muscles and tendons, promoting long-term muscular and skeletal health and reducing the risk of injury as you age (stronger abdominal and back muscle will also reduce stubborn upper-body fat and backache pain).
- Decrease stress, anger, tension and fatigue.
Walking not only decreases the effects of aging, but it's safe, easy, inexpensive, and best of all it works! Complete with tips on health eating habits and encouraging success stories, this easy to follow guide will outline the number of steps involved in your everyday activites from taking the stairs at work, to shopping for groceries, to walking the dog. You can even customise your walking program to suit your current fitness level and personal weight loss goals. |