52 ways to walk : the surprising science of walking for wellness and joy, one week at a time / Annabel Streets.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: xix, 267 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780593419953
- 0593419952
- Fifty-two ways to walk
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | NonFiction | 613.7176 S915 | Available | 33111010639629 | ||||
Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 613.7176 S915 | Available | 33111010795967 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
52 Ways to Walk is a short, user-friendly guide to attaining the full range of benefits that walking has to offer--physical, spiritual, and emotional--backed by the latest scientific research to inspire readers to develop a fulfilling walking lifestyle.
We think we know how to walk. After all, walking is one of the very first skills we learn. But many of us are stuck in our walking routines, forever walking in the same place, in the same way, for the same time, with the same people. With its thought-provoking and evidence-backed weekly walk routine, 52 Ways to Walk will encourage everyone to improve how they walk, while also encouraging them to seek out new locations (many on their own doorsteps), new walking companions (our brains age better when we mix up our fellow walkers), new times of the day and night, and new skills to acquire while walking.
Inspirational, backed by science, illuminated with human anecdote, and bolstered with how-to tips, 52 Ways to Walk will inspire, challenge, support, and encourage everyone to become more ambitious with their walking practice, revealing how walking may be the best-kept secret of the supremely healthy and happy, the creative and well-slept--those with the best posture and sharpest memories. Just about everything, it appears, can be improved and enhanced by clever and judicious walking. It turns out you actually can get more from life, one step at a time.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-255) and index.
How to use this book -- Walk in the cold -- Improve your gait -- Walk, smile, greet, repeat -- Just one slow walk -- Breathe as you walk -- Take a muddy walk -- Take a twelve-minute walk -- Walk with vista vision -- Take a windy walk -- Walk within an hour of waking -- Take a city smell walk -- Walk in the rain -- Take a walk-dance or dance-walk -- Walk with your ears -- Walk alone -- Pick up litter as you walk -- Follow a river -- Walk with a dog -- Amble amid trees -- Walk to remember -- Exercise your curiosity muscle--walk a ley line -- Take a silent stroll -- Walk at altitude -- Walk with a map -- Walk with purpose -- Walk in sunshine -- Sing as you stride -- Walk with a picnic -- Walk barefoot -- Walk with ions -- Walk beside the sea -- Sketch as walk -- Walk beneath a full moon -- Walk like a nomad -- Walk with a pack -- Take a foraging walk -- Climb hills -- Walk with your nose -- Walk like a pilgrim -- Walk to get lost -- Walk after eating -- Walk with others -- Seek out the sublime -- Work as you walk -- Take a night walk -- Jump-start your walk for super-strong bones -- Walk hungry -- Walk backward -- Walk in an evergreen forest (for a good night's sleep) -- Walking as meditation -- Walk deep and seek out fractals -- Afterword.
"52 Ways to Walk is a short, user-friendly guide to attaining the full range of benefits that walking has to offer--physical, spiritual, and emotional--backed by the latest scientific research to inspire readers to develop a fulfilling walking lifestyle"-- Provided by publisher.