Walking is a great form of exercise. It’s easy to do, it’s low-impact, it doesn’t require special physical abilities and it’s absolutely free. Most importantly, it comes with multiple health benefits. Walking can help you prevent heart disease and diabetes, lose weight, strengthen your bones, improve digestion and increase your [...]
Tracking your daily activity, including the steps taken, can be easily accomplished today thanks to the built-in motion sensors modern smart phones have. There’s no need to purchase an additional gadget for fitness tracking when you can simply use your phone, which you carry with you everywhere you go. [...]
If we want to stay healthy, we have to stay active. Staying active doesn’t automatically imply we should hit the gym and work out extensively. We can do small things within our reach, such as for example walking 10.000 steps on a daily basis. And what’s better to use [...]
Step tracker apps can have a concrete and perceptible impact on our health. According to a study conducted by British researchers, smartphone users who track steps taken on a daily basis are likely to engage in more physical activity over the years and hence enjoy a healthier life. Monitoring our [...]
Monitoring our daily activity has become today an option accessible to basically anyone who owns a smartphone. Once compulsory for tracking your activity, fitness gadgets can now be easily substituted by apps. And if you stop and think about it, there’s hardly any reason to wear a pricey additional device [...]
In order to lose weight you need to increase your physical activity level. In addition to embracing a healthy diet, it’s fundamental that you exercise more. Exercising allows you to burn more calories and gradually shed those extra pounds. Of course, letting go of your sedentary lifestyle will also reduce [...]
Exercising on a regular basis is fundamental to our health. 30 minutes of moderate aerobic activity each day is mandatory if we care about our health and wellbeing. Of course, exercising doesn’t necessarily have to imply stepping out of our homes. We don’t really have to go run in the [...]
Walking is one of the easiest and, at the same time, most rewarding forms of exercise. This type of workout comes with tons of health benefits not only for the body, but the mind as well. Besides being truly beneficial to our overall health, this is an easy-to-do activity. It [...]
High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is a medical condition that’s affecting more and more adults worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 1.28 billion people between the ages of 30 and 79 are suffering from high blood pressure. The statistics are quite alarming in the United States. [...]