News
April 2010
New Saturday short walk starting at Kingwood Common at 16.45, distance 2.25 miles with no stiles. See Timetable for more details.
Benefits
Walking is good for your heart and lungs, improving cardiovascular fitness.
You can get major health benefits from relatively mild exercise, as long as you do enough and do it regularly.
Regular walking can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, diabetes, stroke, high blood pressure, cancer, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis.
Walking will increase your muscle tone and increase the efficiency of your heart and lungs. It will help reduce cholesterol, boost metabolism, and improve the health of bones. Ease stress, raise your energy levels and improve sleep. Combined this can also help you reduce body fat and lose weight.
