Bring A Friend And Take The Hilly Way: Five Ways To Make Walking Even Healthier

The more I learn about the health benefits of walking, the more I understand why the NHS calls the exercise “overlooked”.

Walking as few as 2,337 steps a day can reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke, while a 1.6km stroll is linked to denser bones. 

It can help your sleep, joints, and immune system, and may even lower your cravings for sweet foods. Walking for half an hour daily may add 1.4 years to women’s lives, and 2.5 to men’s.

But if you want to make a great thing even better for you...