Walking is a great way to get daily exercise. And setting personal goals can help you get more from every walk you take. You can aim to pick up your pace, climb more hills, or elevate your heart rate.

Walking for at least 10 or 15 minutes at a time might do more for your health and longevity than spreading your steps out into shorter walks throughout the day, a large-scale study suggests. The study ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." WHETHER OR NOT you count walking as a formal form of exercise, there are myriad reasons to get more steps ...

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Fast walking, even just 15 minutes a day, can dramatically reduce the risk of death, especially from heart disease, according to a large study involving nearly 80,000 low-income and predominantly ...

On average, it takes about 2,000 steps to walk one mile. To calculate your steps in a mile, divide 63,360 by the inches in your average step length. Walking 10,000 steps is roughly equal to walking 5 ...

Share on Pinterest A new study found that longer walks substantially lowered the risk of cardiovascular disease compared to shorter walks. Igor Alecsander/Getty Images A long walk may provide greater ...

In a recent article published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers explore how the duration and pace of daily walking are linked to cause-specific and overall mortality in ...

Although we all hope to live a long and healthy life, few of us are certain about what it actually takes to achieve that goal. You might assume your best shot at improving your health and longevity ...