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so today we’re going to talk about some of  the interesting benefits of doing long walks  

for anxiety and depression now at first you might  think okay walking that’s not going to do anything  

but there’s some major benefits to doing long  walks on a regular basis number one improves  

your circulation that’s a given i mean even  beethoven did regular long walks dickens darwin  

and even steve jobs did long walks on a regular  basis so you know it’s good all right so number  

one improves circulation that’s probably very well  known it helps your heart become more efficient it  

provides more oxygen to the brain which improves  your cognitive function especially if you have any  

type of symptoms of a mental decline or dementia  number four weight loss number five it gives you  

energy it enhances sleep on the days that i  do long walks i always sleep much better why  

because it reduces stress which i’m going to get  to number six it improves your joints i like to  

switch it up sometimes and actually walk backwards  i recently did a video on that if you haven’t seen  

that i’ve put a link down below to actually switch  it up so you’re strengthening different muscles  

because you’re if you’re walking one direction you  tend to build up certain muscles and not others  

also number seven improves your endurance  which is part of your fitness number eight it  

helps your blood sugars especially if you have  diabetes and your sugar is going a little high  

by doing long walks you can actually burn that  off which is going to be very beneficial so  

it’s not converted into fat or cholesterol but the  biggest benefit of these long walks is for stress  

every day we are going through massive  amounts of stress mental stress  

physical stress but mainly mental stress and  long walks is hands down the best way to undo  

this mental stress it increases oxygen but  at the same time it’s a low stress exercise  

it will decrease cortisol it can support the  parasympathetic nervous system which will help  

you sleep it improves your mood i think the  biggest benefit of long walks is to get out in  

nature and just get space to get your attention  going out into your environment and to help you  

extract the mental stress that tends to accumulate  through the day so whether you go 30 minutes 45  

minutes or even 60 minutes or even longer i would  highly recommend start this on a daily basis i  

walk every single day even in the cold so go ahead  and comment down below and tell me what you think  

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