Walking

shoes on shoe rackHere are a few interesting facts about walking:

  • Walking at 3mph uses up 264 kCal per hour

  • Walking just an extra 150m per day would burn off enough energy to avoid putting on the UK annual average weight gain (0.4 kg pa), assuming you don’t eat more to compensate for the additional exercise

  • Walking is cheap, and is one of the best activities for improving fitness as it is low impact, and you don’t need much special equipment