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5. Picking up the Pace

Sep 29, 2017 · UHN · Mobility & Fitness

When you first amplified your walking routine, the numbers may have given you near instant gratification. Perhaps you shed a few pounds or your cholesterol level dropped. But after you’ve been walking a while, you may not see dramatic changes week to week or month to month. Progress may seem … Read More

4. Avoiding Injuries

Sep 29, 2017 · UHN · Mobility & Fitness

Warm Up Step by step, slow walking warms you up for faster walking. The physical stress of exercise—and sometimes even just the anticipation of it—prompts the brain to cue your adrenal gland to secrete the hormone adrenaline, a.k.a. epinephrine. Traveling through the bloodstream, this short-term stimulant signals your heart to … Read More

3. Basic Gear

Sep 29, 2017 · UHN · Mobility & Fitness

Water If you’re increasing your physical activity, you may need to drink more water to replace fluids you sweat, especially if you walk in the heat of the day. But walking is such a gentle sport, and so much a part of our natural rhythm, that you shouldn’t run out … Read More

Look to Your Lifestyle For Stronger Bones

Sep 29, 2017 · Dawn Bialy · Mobility & Fitness

Postmenopausal women are at risk for osteoporosis, a condition characterized by weak, brittle bones that are more vulnerable to fracture. In order to maintain and/or build your bone strength, two lifestyle strategies are needed: getting weight-bearing exercise and eating a healthy diet. How Exercise Builds Bone Weight-bearing exercise creates strain … Read More

Frontline: Fall Risk & Tai Chi; Advance Directives; Diabetes & Sleep Apnea

Sep 29, 2017 · Dawn Bialy · Mobility & Fitness

Reduce Fall Risk and Improve Balance With Tai Chi Practicing tai chi may help reduce the risk of falls among older adults, according to researchers who published their findings online July 24, 2017 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. The researchers analyzed data from 10 randomized, controlled trials … Read More

2. Getting Started

Sep 29, 2017 · UHN · Mobility & Fitness

You know how to walk, right? Walking coach Michele Stanten, member of the Everybody Walk! Collaborative, offers this refresher on form at the American Council on Fitness website: Stand up tall. Imagine that a wire attached to the crown of your head is gently pulling you upward. Walking erect will … Read More

1. Why Walk?

Sep 29, 2017 · UHN · Mobility & Fitness

Walking is the great democrat of exercise. It requires no special venue, no fancy equipment. Accessible to all, it stretches the limbs of both commoners and kings. Thomas Jefferson waxed sage about the virtues of hoofing it. “Walking is the best possible exercise,” he wrote to a friend in 1785. … Read More

Are You Getting “Moderate” Exercise? Here’s How to Tell

Sep 28, 2017 · Susan Jimison Vitek · Mobility & Fitness

Experts recommend at least 30 minutes per day of “moderate” exercise most days of the week to help keep your brain sharp. But how can you tell if your exercise intensity meets that level? One method is to judge how brisk your workout is by using the “talk test.” If … Read More

Uncontrollable Hand Tremors

Sep 27, 2017 · JoAnn Milivojevic · Mobility & Fitness

Giving a speech at a wedding, interviewing for a job, or meeting a new date can make anyone a bit nervous. So, if your hands tremble during such occasions, you might think, no big deal. And it might not be anything more than fleeting situational nervousness. But if it happens … Read More

Back Muscles Are Key for Keeping Your Arms Mobile

Sep 25, 2017 · Dawn Bialy · Mobility & Fitness

The latissimus dorsi muscles, or “lats,” as they are commonly called, are broad and powerful. The lats originate at points all along the middle and lower spine and extend across the back and under the arms, ultimately attaching to the top section of the humerus bones, which run from the … Read More

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