Promote a Healthy Heart by Walking Daily
A very popular topic these days are exercises you can do at home. People are busy with work or life in general, but want to stay physically fit. The best alternative to staying physically fit is to work out at home, but many are not sure where to start. Most people are not aware just how important walking / jogging is. Many are not aware that recent studies have shown the average person needs to walk 10,000 steps per day in order to promote a healthy heart.
If 10,000 steps seems like an overwhelming milestone to you, let me break things down because it isn’t as bad as it seems. Think about how many steps you take in your daily walk of life from the time you wake up until the time you lie down at night. Chances are you probably walk at least a few hundred, may a few thousand just doing your daily activities. To sum it up, a mile is equal to 2,000 steps meaning you will need to walk 5 miles a day to be in tip top shape.
However, other exercises can be done to promote good health reducing the number of steps you need per day. Remember, the 10,000 step rule hold true if that is all you are doing. By adding some simple exercise like curls, leg lifts, arm exercises and stretching exercises, you can reduce that number of daily steps needed.
A good idea is to purchase a pedometer (They are not very expensive ). Attach it to your hip when you wake up in the morning and carry out your daily activities. Don’t focus on taking extra steps to run the number up, rather just do a normal daily routine. Before you lie down at night take a look at the pedometer and see how many steps you traveled that day. I would suggest doing this for a few days and then taking the average to give you an idea of how much you need to put with it to reach your 10,000 steps.
By: Josh Bryant