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How to Start a Walking
Program
"Walking, any kind of walking, fast or slow, long or short, whatever, is
healthy. In fact, walking is your healthiest exercise because you can do
it for the rest of your life, safely. After all, how many senior citizens
do you see playing basketball, touch football, or doing aerobic dances?
These sports may seem exciting to you now, but they are not the answer to
lifelong wellness. Walking is the one exercise that is totally aerobic. It
conditions the heart muscle while toning the large muscle groups (legs).
Walking is energizing, entertaining, and emotionally rewarding. It
promotes creative thinking, relieves stress and improves the quality of
sleep......." From Walking Wellness Student Workbook, Robert Sweetgall and
Robert Neeves, PhD, 1987. About the author:
Robert Sweetgall is a serious pedestrian who is often referred to as
The Pied Piper of American Walking. Since 1982, he has walked nearly the
circumference of the earth on two separate 11,000-mile journeys,
speaking on the subjects of walking and wellness to over 200,000 school
children on tour. He is author of eight books on walking and the
man responsible for introducing a formal Walking Wellness curriculum in
public schools across America. Currently, Robert Sweetgall trains and
motivates educators, and lectures nationally at professional conferences,
conventions, colleges, corporate sites and hospital health centers. He is
also the only man to have walked the 50 states in one year. For those individuals,
communities or businesses interested in starting a walking program, the
Healthy Ohioans walking kit contains everything you need to get started:
(1) information about pedometers and the 10,000 steps program, (2) an
8-week step journal, (3) 33 Ways to increase your daily steps, (4) posters, and (5) a sample
liability waiver and (6) follow-up survey. Good luck with your walking program! Last Updated:
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