Hack your walk with Nordic Walking Guy’s 3 rules:
- Walk with purpose!
- Be consistent!
- Remember everything count’s but not everything matters!
Main point: “Small increases in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity among older adults in the United States prevents up to an estimated 275,000 deaths annually.”
More about it:
- Impact of different activity durations:
- “By adding 30 minutes per day of physical activity, adults ages 40 to 85 years can lower the rate of “preventable” deaths nationally each year by roughly 17%.”
- “An additional 20 minutes of physical activity daily among adults in this age group could reduce the number of preventable deaths by slightly more than 200,000, or about 13%.”
- “Ten minutes more of physical activity per day for these adults would potentially lead to approximately 110,000, or 7%, fewer preventable deaths.”
- “The CDC recommends that adults engage in 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity weekly.”
Why it matters: “8% of all deaths globally are linked with a lack of physical activity.”
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