Walking may not be enough on its own to produce significant health benefits, research suggests. Do you rely on it?

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I can never understand people who pay to join a gym and then walk or run for hours on a treadmill. Go to the park!

My parents were great walkers - my father walked to work about three miles each way for 40 years, and they used to go for 20 mile hikes and hillwalks at weekends.

They still died!

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"Generally, low-intensity activity such as walking alone is not likely to give anybody marked health benefits compared to programmes that occasionally elevate the intensity.""

That depends on your starting point. If you're 25stone then intensive exercise will kill you.

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I was 24 stone about 7 weeks ago and intensive exercise didn't kill me! :-)

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Yes but if it had done you couldn't have posted in agreement. Millions will NOT post in agreement with my post therefore.....

:-)

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LOL a very circular reasoning!

I like it...

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The government use it when people say: "10,000 people protested against the war"

Gvt say: "But 50 million didn't therefore..."

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I can't get around without it...

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