30 Benefits of Taking a Long Walk

30 Benefits of Taking a Long Walk

A great indicator of your state of health is how long you can walk. I define a long walk as being over one hour in duration. Getting out on the road and taking a long walk is the high point of my walking experience!

Newsletter Walking Inspiration Issue 11 Fall 2021

Newsletter Walking Inspiration Issue 11 Fall 2021

Walking Inspiration Newsletter is now available for free download. In this issue, 18 Benefits of Taking Long Walks, The Mid-walk Turnaround, 7 Habits That Will Change Your Life, Photos: What I See on the Road, Walking with Less Sunlight, More on Vitamin D ,Weekly Walking Tips and Inspiration Show, Fitness on the Road, Staying Motivated, The Cool-Down, and The Home Stretch.

Walking and Creativity - Develop Your Walking Creativity Routine

Walking and Creativity - Develop Your Walking Creativity Routine

How would you like a boost to your creativity, mindset, and problem-solving ability and develop your Walking Creativity Routine? I explain how walking will allow you to tap into your best creativity and ideas while walking your way to better health and fitness. Walking and creativity go together to problem-solve, visualize, and motivate you to do your best thinking in a transformational process.

Newsletter Walking Inspiration Issue 10 Spring-Summer 2021

Newsletter Walking Inspiration Issue 10 Spring-Summer 2021

Walking for Health and Fitness is proud to release the latest issue of our Walking Inspiration Newsletter.
Issue 10 Spring/Summer 2021.

Hiking the Paulinskill Valley Rail Trail - Part 1

Hiking the Paulinskill Valley Rail Trail - Part 1

As I prepared for my walking adventures this spring, I spend a good deal of time searching for a walking route with smooth, even footing, gradual inclines and declines, and a shaded trail that goes on for miles and miles. I know, I thought it would be easier to find a unicorn in a haystack, but to my great surprise and good fortune, such a trail does exist.

On the hottest day of late spring, I found the most walkable trail in North Jersey called the Paulinskill Valley Rail Trail.

How to Become Your Best Self

How to Become Your Best Self

Looking and feeling your best requires sacrifices and changes to your lifestyle, and it can feel daunting if you don’t know where to start. This guide will help you begin your journey toward your best self, regardless of whether you’re stuck at home or heading out into the world for some socially distant adventures.

10 Walking Tips for Beginners

10 Walking Tips for Beginners

Here are the 10 walking tips for beginners based on questions I’ve received through email, from viewers of my YouTube Channel, and readers of my walking books and website.

In This 10 Walking Tips for Beginners, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s):

How to Take Care of Your Back While You Work from Home

How to Take Care of Your Back While You Work from Home

When you’re at the office, it’s likely that your employer has already provided you with an ergonomic desk and chair. These are useful tools in combating back pain when you have a sedentary job. But when you’ve been thrust into working from home, you often have to make do with what you’ve got. Keep reading for tips on how to protect your back and reduce pain and strain as you navigate a remote work environment.

Weekly Walking Tips and Inspiration | Show 7

Weekly Walking Tips and Inspiration | Show 7

Welcome to Weekly Walking Tips and Inspiration Show 7: The Power of Pushups, Safety on the Road - Carry a headlamp or flashlight, STEPS T=Toes Propel You Forward, My Virtual Walk Around the United States, Inspirational Quotes by Hal Elrod & Jack Welsh, and Back Pain Breakthrough as a back exercise healing and maintenance routine.

My Virtual Walk Around the United States

My Virtual Walk Around the United States

It’s appropriate that I post this on the last day in May as the monthly topic in my book Walking Inspiration is on tracking your progress on your way to health and fitness. My 16-year virtual run around the United State is a great example of tracking progress! Keeping a record of your walking miles will provide you with a wealth of information on your fitness progress. This brings me to my “Virtual Walk Around the United States” and how I’ve tracked my running, now walking miles, since January 1, 2004.

Weekly Walking Tips and Inspiration Show 6

Weekly Walking Tips and Inspiration Show 6

The Weekly Walking Tips and Inspiration Show is your first step to good health. The Weekly Walking Tips and Inspiration show is created by Frank S. Ring the author of 3 books on walking. Walking for Health and Fitness, Fitness Walking and Bodyweight Exercises, and Walking Inspiration. Each show will focus on walking and the health, wellness, mindset, emotional, and spiritual benefits you can achieve by simply putting one foot in front of the other. Weekly walking tips, news relevant to health and fitness, and inspirational quotes will make up most of the show along with Frank's stories on his walking journey.

Walking for Health and Fitness

Walking for Health and Fitness

Walking for health and fitness is the easiest way to get in shape and stay in shape! Why am I so enthusiastic about walking for health and fitness? Well, I’ll give you 3 reasons; it’s free, it’s easy to do, and it’s easy on your body’s muscles, joints, and bones! And, there’s no question that walking is good for you. Walking is an aerobic exercise, which stimulates and strengthens the heart and lungs, thereby improving the body’s utilization of oxygen.

Spike Carlsen, Author Interview: A Walk Around the Block

Spike Carlsen, Author Interview: A Walk Around the Block

Watch my interview with noted author Spike Carlsen as we discuss his latest book, A Walk Around the Block. "We read books about climbing Mt. Everest, going down the Amazon, and going to the moon but we don't know much about the world right outside our door." -Spike Carlsen. Spike took time out from doing national media to become the first guest on Weekly Walking Tips and Inspiration, my weekly walking YouTube show.

11 Reasons to Love Walking

11 Reasons to Love Walking

Getting out and walking is so important especially if you spend so much time indoors during this Covid-19 crisis. But even before the crisis, many people might have been reluctant to walk for exercise thinking “that something I only do while on vacation.” I’m I right? How many of you will take a walk after dinner while away on vacation? Then, You come back from vacation all refreshed and get right back into the work routine that got you stressed out in the first place.

Just Maybe it was that daily walk the had you refreshed as much as being away? Have you ever thought about the mind-body connection and walking?

WALKING FOR HEALTH AND FITNESS HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS

WALKING FOR HEALTH AND FITNESS HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS

Gifts for the walker in your life. DON’T FORGET TO TREAT YOURSELF!

The holiday season is approaching and now, more than ever, your health and fitness have come front and center during the age of Covid-19.

No worries, shopping for your walking family members or friends is easier than you think. These gift ideas for the walking enthusiast will bring a smile to everyone’s face.

Exercises to Improve Ankle Mobility

Exercises to Improve Ankle Mobility

Ankle joints are indeed our standing foundation. And their mobility denotes the elasticity of the ankle joints, their surrounding ligaments, tendons, and muscles. The flexibility and elasticity of the ankle joints and it’s surrounding muscles help us to complete our daily locomotive tasks easily.