Walking – The Best Exercise For You
People usually want to know what is the best exercise for them. Exercise that can make them healthier, stronger and extend your life span. As a medical professional, I will tell you the answer is simple.You can achieve that by walking.
The simple answer to the question is walking. Walking is a skill that we acquire while we are still babies. It is so natural we never give too much thought to that.
Walking keeps our body moving and enables us to perform daily activities. Without walking, we would be ignorant and live a discomfort life without luxuries such as electricity and cars.
Our ability to walk straight makes us different from apes. We benefit a lot from walking. It can be said that walking is the best exercise due to three reasons:
1. Walking makes all organs in our body exercise. When you are walking, many parts in our body are also exercising our organs. For example, your heart is pumped, your brain is stimulated, your food is being digested, and your blood is being cleaned during walking. According to many studies, our organs will dwindle if we do not walk. Walking maintains the health of our organs. Without walking, we may have worse fitness, lower bone densities, unwell complexions, higher risks of mental sicknesses and injuries, etc.
2. Walking, as a stimulus to your brain activities. While you walk, you think. Exercises such as weight lifting calls for a lot more concentration and you are required to stay focused on what you are doing. However, walking gives you time to reflect, and even to create. Stephen King, the famous author, comes up with plots for his stories during his walks. As for myself, I usually take walks when I need to come up with winning strategies for chess.
3. Walking enhances social life too. Many people can do it, no matter you are old or young. You will not be stigmatized or discriminated. You can go hiking with your friends and it is a good way to enjoy each others accompany. Girls particularly love walking along the beach with their partners because it is romantic. Walking is just a good way to maintain social life.
From now on, you understand how walking is really beneficial to us and it is the best exercise you can ever have. Whenever someone asks you a question of what the best exercise is, I bet you will know the answer straight away and answer it without hesitation!