Or sing while you climb up hill, giving your mind something to concentrate on, and your breathing to become more regular. I will be honest, the primary reason I loved this book is because the science supports everything I've already concluded from my own walking experience (I knew it! This seems dangerous to assert, since most doctors agree a gap less mask on will help reduce the risk of contracting COVID.

A delightfully original love letter to an activity humans were designed to do throughout the course of each day. I found this book by listening to an interview with the author, Annabel Streets, on the Mind Body Green podcast. Modern life has rendered walking an optional pursuit, but Streets makes a compelling, evidence-based case for the benefits of a daily stroll… A gift for walking enthusiasts as well as those who need a little nudge to put on their walking shoes, 52 Ways to Walk will render redundant all of the usual excuses by presenting creative, weather-conscious options for every type of walker. Streets carefully breaks down the psychological and physical benefits of [walking], and makes a solid case that getting some movement in outside can help one “appreciate the exquisitely complicated and beautiful world we inhabit.

My main critique is I felt the "tips" section of each chapter definitely felt like the weakest part, it felt like the part the author spent the least amount of time on. As soon as she explained that the book was inspired by the many excuses from friends and family for NOT walking with her (too cold, too muddy, too hungry, too long, etc. Inspirational, backed by science, illuminated with human anecdote, and bolstered with how-to tips, 52 Ways to Walk will inspire, challenge, support, and encourage everyone to become more ambitious with their walking practice, revealing how walking may be the best-kept secret of the supremely healthy and happy, the creative and well-slept--those with the best posture and sharpest memories. Some of the ways I want to walk include: at night, backward, as meditation, sketching, within an hour of rising, and after eating. između svih tih (ne)izvedivih prijedloga, spontano sam si izabrala nekolicinu na koje ću više obratiti pažnju jer hodati ne namjeravam prestati, a kad je već tako, ajde da izvučem maksimum iz priče.

This short, enthusiastic guide extolling walking’s mental and physical benefits, and will motivate you to get outside and move, step by step, all year. It's light but it's also serious because walking is, after all, one of the first things we're praised for and something that's critical to our health and mental well being. With his extraordinary charm and sense of wonder, bringing together science, philosophy and art, Carlo Rovelli unravels this mystery.There is another chapter where the author notes she lost her sense of smell due to COVID but then later in the chapter tells us she went on "smell walks" with the aforementioned lost sense. I knew that walking made me feel better, especially during these super trying times, but I wasn't sure why, nor how I could make a walk around my neighborhood more interesting.

Even a 10 minute walk after dinner can lower blood glucose spikes resulting from over eating and it will also help you to sleep. The author of this book counters every possible excuse I have ever had for not taking walk, plus the easily digestible information she provides about the myriad of benefits of walking is very motivational.

Our vision, hearing, respiration, sleep, cognition, memory, blood pressure, sense of smell and balance are all enhanced by how we walk.

This is one I'm going to want to dip in and out of at will, which is much easier with an actual book.iako nam je svima u podsvijesti "hodanje je dobro za tebe", još je bolje ako imaš iza sebe neke znanstveno potkrijepljene činjenice o dobrobiti tabananja. Ways to Walk is published by Bloomsbury in the UK and Putnam Penguin Random House in the US under Annabel Streets. Streets (gotta smile a little about her name) lays out the reasons to walk in the morning, in the even, in the rain, uphill and so on. I recommend it to anyone looking to enhance their daily walks or to start walking more than they currently do. this one focuses on the different ways you can incorporate more walking to your life and why you should.