Walking, a highly recommended activity
Physical activity is one of the obligations that every person should internalize. But you must do it correctly. Usually these practices are understood as performing a sport, when it is easier than all that. To stay in shape is enough to find a hole every day to move, for very short Let this exercise be.
One of the most recommended practices and for which you do not need much Logistics it's walk. This physical activity is available to all, can be practiced as a family and what is more important, our body will benefit from it. This is indicated by a study Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology which explains that walking a little every day helps keep your heart in shape.
More benefits than running
According to this study walk it's not only beneficial to keep the heart in shape, but it has better results than other activities such as running. The authors of this research that investing the same energy, walking prevents hypertension by 7.3%, while running only does it by 4.2%. But this activity not only shows its advantages in this section.
Walk it also exceeds running when it comes to reducing cholesterol levels, which drop by 7% when practicing this activity, while at the time of running they only go down by 4.3%. Walking also helps keep heart disease at bay by 9.3%. Of course, to achieve all these positive results we must perform this physical activity assiduously, not only in isolation in time.
For this, it will be necessary to detect moments of the day in which one can walk instead of other ways of moving. For example when buying bread, even if only one person pays, everyone can go to the store and take the opportunity to walk a little at this time. In the same way other activities How to walk the dog can also help improve heart health.
"Walking helps reduce the main risk factors, such as obesity, hypertension and diabetes, and it has also been shown to contribute to an increase in muscle tone and help us to control emotional stress," explains Carlos Macaya, president of the Spanish Heart Foundation.
Family activity
Walking not only helps keep the heart diseases. It also offers a good way to spend time with the family. After a whole day at work and arriving home, you can take advantage of the hours that are left free to encourage everyone to go out for a little walk even if it is in the park opposite and whet the appetite for dinner.
On the weekend you can also choose to walk as a family activity. Not only visiting parks, you can also do many other things that combine different forms of leisure. An example is hiking, with which while walking, you will leave aside the noise of the city and breathe the air of nature. In addition you can also take advantage to enjoy a pleasant picnic.
Moments in which to relax and share with the rest of the family what happened the rest of the week. Conversations about what is surprising about this trip or about how hard it was on a specific day.
Damián Montero
