105/365 A Way to Walk More

Friends and Fitness Enthusiasts,

As I have already advised you to get a pedometer if you want to reach 10,000 steps or want to make at least three 10 minute walks, here is a tip for getting those extra steps in:

If you have to wait for a bus to arrive and you know it will be awhile, walk to the next stop. This may not be possible if the stops are quite far from each other but, if that isn't the case, power walk it over to the next stop. Though standing burns more calories than sitting, walking burns even more. If you don't think you can make it to the next stop, pace. Certainly you don't have to pace yourself in the ground; walk for enough away that you can hear/see the bus coming then come back.

Or, instead of walking to the next stop, get off at the stop before. As my friend Cori's dad would ask in response to her asking him to get something for her, "Are your legs broken?" Go on, use them! It will not hurt you to take the extra two or five minutes and walk a little further to your destination. This is likened to the idea of parking farther away in the lot. Leave those spaces towards the front for the people whose legs are actually broken, handicapped, or impaired in any way.

In health,

Lauren