A long while back in my Burger King days, I was moved by an older women.
Much older.
No, this isn’t one of those tales–what moved me was that she was in incredible shape, walking vigorously and farmer’s walking with two bags of groceries. Maybe in her late 60s or even her 70s.
It appeared as though she had made the journey regularly. I could see her sinews. Her whole body looked connected and well put together.
If you were a mugger, you’d pass on this lady–trust me. She’d gouge your eyes out, no doubt.
Over a decade later I read Warrior’s Way by Jon H. Hansen, which described how you can build your body by holding it in correct isometric structure. In so doing, even something like walking and sitting become exercises in their own right.
I cover some of this in my ebook.
But at the time of writing my ebook I wasn’t fully invested in the process of improving posture…not invested enough to take a break from exercise and just do the walking.
For the past several months I’ve been doing that, really working on the walking, really working on the posture.
I am:
- Lighter on my feet
- More athletic
- Stronger
- Feeling more energetic than ever
In the mean time I’ve been studying the benefits of brisk walking. It seems that 30 minutes of daily brisk walking (taken in at least 10 minutes at a time intervals) is some magic number for health and wellness. Heart attack numbers reduce substantially at this level and most blood markers and other blood tests you run have an “increase your exercise to fix this number” component.
So, it seems fairly obvious that focusing on walking is important.
Now, in addition to walking and posture work, I’ve been stretching.
Stretching is a super-relaxing activity that can combat anxiety and help you feel your body.
More to come on all these topics, but if you’re reading this in a state of confusion about training, check out my ebook and also consider the baseline walking activity I am mentioning here.
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