Walking Quiz

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A 68kg person burns about 260kj per kilometre. Not a whole lot, but it isn't just kilojoule burn that's important.

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This is a common misconception among walkers of all experience levels. Lengthening your stride may make you feel like you're covering more ground, but it actually slows you down.

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Wearing a backpack with a few books or some groceries inside, can nearly double your kilojoule burn. Skip the hand weights, even though they may increase kilojoule burn, they can also strain shoulders, elbows and writst. Prefer to walk unencumbered? HIt the hills, walking against gravity burns nearly as many kiloujoules as walking with extra weight.

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A recent US heart study found that men who walked about 3km per day had half the heart attach risk as those who walked 400m or less.

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When it comes to life span, walking delivers a two-for-one special. If you ever doubted it, here's proof that every minute of walking does indeed count!

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That's less than 5km each day. (1.6km is about 2000 steps). While that is enough to produce some measurable benefits, such as cutting down risk of heart attack, for optimum health and wellbeing, experts recommend 10,000 steps per day.