this one focuses on the different ways you can incorporate more walking to your life and why you should. She does list out every study she uses in the back of the book, so you can draw your own conclusions. The author of this book counters every possible excuse I have ever had for not taking walk, plus the easily digestible information she provides about the myriad of benefits of walking is very motivational. My thanks to NetGalley and the publisher Penguin Group Putnam for an advanced copy of this book on the walking lifestyle.

I love going on walks, and this was a solid book about the science of why different kinds of walks (walks through nature, walks after it rains, walks in the morning, in the evening, etc) are good for you! Ways to Walk: The Surprising Science of Walking for Wellness and Joy, One Week at a Time, is Annabel’s third non-fiction book and shares the thrill of 52 different ways to walk, explaining the latest science behind each one, and providing practical tips for making the most of your daily steps. This seems dangerous to assert, since most doctors agree a gap less mask on will help reduce the risk of contracting COVID. In our car-obsessed (and largely car-dependent) society, this book will make you think about the places you *could* actually be walking to, and all the benefits that come with it. It's light but it's also serious because walking is, after all, one of the first things we're praised for and something that's critical to our health and mental well being.

I am a lifelong walker, having started very very early in life as I started school at age 4 and the school was about 12 blocks from my house and I had to walk that twice a day.

Anyhow, this was great, except there were a few chapters that didn’t work for me, like “Walk Backwards,” which feels really impractical and silly.

After reading this book, I’ll probably walk in the rain more, walk more errands, and walk while listening to the soundscape. streets piše strastveno (makar i prizemno banalnim rječnikom) i očito je da je srcem i dušom u hodanju, a benefiti hodanja mnogostruki su i sasvim sigurno poboljšavaju kvalitetu životu pa ako te i mrc potakne da se digneš iz kauča ili od kompa i kreneš za nosom, knjiga je svoju svrhu ispunila. And on a related note, what is it with middle-aged women and their obsessive desire to do silly little dances in public whenever humanly possible?

Even as someone who generally clocks up a few hundred miles every month, there was so much new to me in this book. Studies have shown that walking before breakfast, within one hour of waking, burns off more fat than a walk after a meal. Very informative and I have a plethora of new ideas to really make my daily walk much more interesting and reading about the effect a rainy forest walk can have on my microbiome makes me much more likely to get out the door on those days when the rain just won't let up (like once a week at the moment).So either this book needed another edit to not allow readers to misconstrue these chapters, or the readers are being lied to.

As soon as she explained that the book was inspired by the many excuses from friends and family for NOT walking with her (too cold, too muddy, too hungry, too long, etc. most: Walk like a nomad, a meditative practice where you sync your steps with your breaths (3 steps breathe in, 1 step hold in, 3 steps breathe out, 1 step hold out) (perhaps even through your nose). Reminding dog walkers to pick up poo should be unnecessary but, as we all know, some people do need telling. What I got: a padded out listicle with 100 pages at the end of numerous studies and articles that do not indicate peer review or stats to prove their case.So far I've walked to two different doctor appointments (a half mile away) and with a friend to the local movie theater (about a mile away). Do we need to be told to wrap up well in cold weather or to wear waterproofs or carry an umbrella in the rain? I've been a serious walker for years and I have already put into practice many of the author's suggestions. This would be a great book for a new walker who needs motivation to get going or for someone who just wants to up their walking game.