The better way to walk fast does not only allow you to reach your destination faster, scientists have also found that people who walk faster live longer and are less likely to die from cancer or heart disease than those who walk slowly. According to...
The better way to walk fast does not only allow you to reach your destination faster, scientists have also found that people who walk faster live longer and are less likely to die from cancer or heart disease than those who walk slowly.
According to a new study published in the journal Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, people who think they are walking fast are about one-quarter less likely to die from cancer than their peers who walk slowly. In addition, the risk of death from cardiovascular disease by fast-stepers is about 60% lower than that of slow-stepers, and the risk of death from any other cause is about 70% lower than that of slow-stepers.
In this study, the researchers used the National Health Service from the British Biobank and each participant in the National Health Service, The health data of nearly 400,000 adults in the NHS are required to learn from the fast-step walker, the slow-step walker or the average walker, and provide guidance on walking, such as the slow-step walker's speed is less than 3 miles per hour (about 4.8 kilometers), the average walker's speed is 3 to 4 miles per hour (about 6.4 kilometers), and the fast-step walker's walking speed exceeds 4 miles per hour.
The researchers pointed out that the average age of participants was 57 years old, and only 6.6% of people thought they were walking slower, more than half (52.6%) believed that they were walking average, and 40.8% were fast-step walkers. During the average 12-year tracking period, a total of 22,413 people died, and the analysis showed that the largest decline in death risk was for the 75-year-old ethnic groups.
study authors said that compared with slow walkers, fast-step walkers and average walkers had lower mortality rates related to cardiovascular disease, cancer and other causes. Therefore, walking speed can be used as a predictor of mortality for cardiovascular and other causes in common clinical practice. However, further clinical and research are needed to investigate the mechanisms behind these differences.
The study's lead author, Dr. Jonathan Goldney of the University of Leicester, told Daily Telephone, "We encourage walkers to speed up when possible because this may only increase their expected life and bring many benefits of physical activity shown in many other studies."
How to increase walking stepsAccording to NHS data, walking is one of the simplest ways to become simple, free, more active, fatter and healthier.
Among them, brisk walking as a form of exercise can help you strengthen your endurance, burn more calories and make your heart healthier.
In fact, you don't have to walk for a few hours in a hurry. According to the advice in the physical activity guide for adults aged 19 to 64, a 10-minute brisk walk a day has many benefits for health and can be counted for 150 minutes of exercise per week.
NHS suggests that the simplest way to increase walking is to develop a habit of walking and try to include walking in your daily life. The specific methods include:
. Walking to work. Walk to the store
. Choose to take a staircase instead of taking an escalator
. Take regular walks with friends
. After dinner, take a walk with family or friends
