Much More Than Just Drinking Water Introduction: A few years ago, I found myself grinding out long, hot miles on the C&O Towpath, just outside Washington, D.C., preparing for the Marine Corps Marathon. Week after week through July, August, and September, my marathon training schedule had me logging 12 to 20 miles at a time—often in the […]
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How Walking Can Transform Your Health, Fitness, and Longevity The Real Impact of Walking Walking is one of the simplest, yet most effective ways to improve health, fitness, and longevity. But how many steps do you actually need? While 10,000 steps per day has been widely promoted, research shows that the biggest health benefits occur around 7,500 steps per day,
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American College of Sports Medicine. (2021). ACSM’s guidelines for exercise testing and prescription (11th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. Bellettiere, J., Carlson, J. A., Rosenberg, D., Singhania, A., Natarajan, L., Berardi, V., Marshall, S. J. (2015). Gender and age differences in hourly and daily patterns of sedentary time in older adults living in retirement communities. PLOS ONE, 10(8), e0136161. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136161 Brazo-Sayavera,
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