Walking Without The Menopause

THE recipe for beating “anxiety and stress” for middle-aged women is 4mph.

The Mail looks at research that says walking at 4mph, five times a week for 40 minutes will result in a wetter nose, springy limbs and a happy disposition.

But the study is at odds with advice meted out in the UK, which calls for exercising five times a week for 30 minutes or more. “Exertion should be enough to raise the heart rate for 120 beats a minute or higher.”

That’s high. To get your heart to the required rate at a sauntering 4mph will mean you have to be unfit. As you get fitter, your heart rate improves and you may find yourselves walking for months at a time in a bid to hit the magical 120bpm.

This may bring about the onset of dark thoughts, and how your life has no meaning.

We suggest that before exercising you print out a sponsorship form and walk for charity, thereby ensuring that your exercising is helping someone…

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Posted: 3rd, January 2008 | In: Food & Fat, Tabloids Comments (4) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink