UPDATED: I’ve come up with the top 75 things to do while walking (#29 will truly surprise you). I’ve done all of them and they’ve kept me walking, entertained, and in great shape! It’s a funny thing when I tell people I really enjoy walking, they tell me it’s so boring. Quite honestly, I don’t get that!
Piermont, NY is a quaint little town in southern New York nestled between the Palisades and the Hudson River. It's a town more noted for the number of bicycle riders that travel up from New York City than for walkers but, because of the low volume of car traffic, walking in Piermont, NY is a great way to spend several hours!
I love listening to audiobooks! In fact, since I began walking 3 years ago, I’ve listened to dozens of books ranging from bestselling fiction, World War 2 History, How-to books, Internet Marketing, content creation, and my all-time favorite “Why I Love Baseball” by Larry King. Now, most recently I listened to the audiobook version of my Walking for Health and Fitness eBook as a way to review and edit it before its release.
The question I get asked often is, “how many push-ups should I be able to do?”. In this day and age of “bigger is better” challenges, one the most often Googled challenges is being able to do 100 push-ups.
While the number 100 is impressive, I say it’s much less than that. In fact, recent research shows that a person that can do 40 push-ups lowers their risk of heart disease by 96%!
Walking up hills! Does the mere mention of hills send a chill “up” your spine? Love them or hate them they’ll still be there so you might as well learn how to walk up hills. Let’s forgo the problems with hills; they're too hard, I’ll hurt too much, or I just can’t do them. Let’s focus on the view from the top and what you can do to reach new heights!
The Zone! Have you ever been in it? Can you learn to quickly get there? Can you use this state anytime you want to produce outstanding results? Getting in the zone in 5 easy steps is about a mindset that allows you to expand your thoughts and focus in on what will make you happier, healthier, and fitter. Walking will help you to quickly accomplish this and much more!
Dressing in layers will allow you to regulate your body temperature as you can shed or add layers as needed. Think of your core as your house furnace. As you walk and do fitness movements you raise your core temperature. When you properly dress in layers, you can easily capture this heat to stay warm or release it in order to cool down before you sweat too much.
Nearly 6000 pedestrians were killed in 2017! This continues a steadily increasing trend of pedestrian deaths. Don’t become a statistic! Commit to following these 21 walking safety tips. More and more, both drivers and pedestrians are distracted. Distractions are the number three cause of pedestrian fatalities behind speeding and failure to yield which are the two leading causes of pedestrian fatalities.
