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The top five reasons to go for a walk.

OperationMove · March 12, 2014 · 1 Comment

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Walking is one of the very best ways you can choose to move. It’s free, accessible to people of all shapes, sizes and fitness levels, easy on your body and can be as challenging as you want it to be.

For those people who are focused on weight loss, a brisk walk is a great way to push your metabolism into the fat burning zone and improve your cardiovascular health as well.

But there are some extra advantages to going for a walk that you may not have considered yet.

 

You can walk with kids.

Little ones can be pushed in a pram, older children can walk with you. Either way it’s an opportunity to have a chat with them about the things around you, and what is happening in their lives without the technological distractions of home.

 

Walking is like meditation.

When you go for a walk you can get ‘in the zone’ just like with running. The repetitive physical motion can be a signal to your brain to relax as well, and you might find yourself able to deal with emotional and mental issues with more clarity. It can be a great time to become inspired with new ideas as well.

 

You’re not likely to break yourself.

Unlike other stop/start or high impact sports, unless you are prone to falling over, chances are you won’t injure yourself when you’re out for a walk. Which doesn’t sound like that big of a deal, but if you’ve ever been sidelined from a sport you love due to injury you already know that actually, it is!

 

You don’t need gear.

Of course if you LIKE gear, there is plenty available. Hello Nike Frees and nice capris! But really the only necessity is a pair of decent shoes and the determination to just get off your bum and out the door. Everything else is just window dressing.


Your family will thank you.

Walking regularly not only improves your heart health, circulation, digestive function and metabolic processes, it can also make a huge difference to your mental health. And everyone benefits from that!

 

So what are you waiting for? Lace up and just get out there!

Happy walking!

Show Me Your Walk

OperationMove · March 3, 2014 · Leave a Comment

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It’s March! Which means it is Autumn. Which is my favourite season, along with Spring. I’m kind of an in between seasons kind of girl. Not to hot, not too cold. Delicate flower and all of that.

This month we are changing up how our walking challenge will work just a little bit.

Set your Goal

Instead of us deciding on a goal for everyone to work towards, we are thinking that setting your own goal is a good thing. That way you can pick something that is going to fit in with your lifestyle. As a guide, I like to go with something that you think is achievable and then add 10% to make it a bit more of a challenge! But completely up to you.

In February I managed to walk about 70kms and I’m aiming for 100kms in March which given the extremely slow pace of my walking works out at about 1,400kms.

Show Me Your Walk

This month I thought it would be fun to take pictures of where we are walking, so we can all have a bit of a sticky beak at everyone else’s walking route. Or you could just take photos of your shoes or your watch or whatever takes your fancy. But really you know that you just want to take selfies with cloud porn and sunrises. Embrace that. Go with that.

Hashtag it!

We’ve got a new hashtag #operationwalk – mainly so that we don’t have to keep changing it every month. If you hashtag your pictures then I can see them all and create collages. If you are on Strava, you can also join the club I’ve created for Operation Walk.

There is no just, there is only awesome

Every now and then I see people saying I’m just walking. Let me stop you right there. There is no just. You are out there being awesome. So let’s go out and be awesome. And show me your walk.

Head over to the commitment thread to tell me what your goals are!

 

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