Step up your walking game

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Step up your walking game Want to lower your odds of dying of heart disease? If you don't exercise regularly, taking an extra 4,000 steps per day may help, even if you walk at a leisurely pace, a new study finds. Most people typically get around 3,000 to 4,000 steps per day doing any things such as doing household chores, checking your mailbox, or going grocery shopping. But if you regularly walk another 4,000 steps a day to reach a total of about 8,000 steps per day, there's a dramatic difference in whether you live or die over the next decade.

Get your copy of Walking for Health The simple activity of walking has so many powerful health benefits. Done correctly, it can be the key to losing weight, lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, and boosting your memory, as well as reducing your risk for heart disease, diabetes, cancer and more. Walking for Health, created by the experts at Harvard Medical School, takes you step-by-step from why walking may be the most perfect exercise, to how to get started on a walking program, to specific walking workouts. It even has a special section on walking for weight loss.

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Walking for Health Featured content: • Walking: An ideal form of exercise • Should you check with your doctor first? • First steps: Starting a walking program • Walking workouts and more • Walking through the seasons •  ... and more! Click here to read more »