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| Despite trying tons of different biohacks, exercises, workout routines, and complicated supplement stacks, the biggest return I consistently get for my health is walking. Walking is the thing that never lets me down. I can be feeling really down on myself, just having a terrible day or whatever, but if I get myself outside, I always feel better. I used to say, "You never regret a workout," but that isn’t quite true. Sometimes you get hurt. Sometimes you do regret it. But I’ve never regretted a walk, and I always feel better once I get moving. It’s still my greatest productivity tool. A simple walk reinvigorates my brain and gets ideas flowing. Anytime I have writer’s block, I go for a walk and something happens. I almost always have a breakthrough. Maybe the breakthrough is, “Sisson, stop trying to write right now—it’s not gonna happen.” But even that is helpful because I’m not wasting my time agonizing over the lack of writing occurring. This is not even getting into the health benefits, which are numerous and vast. Just a few: walking reduces blood glucose after meals, improves blood flow and recovery, and enhances insulin sensitivity. Regular everyday walking is what allows people to “eat whatever they want” when traveling through Europe without gaining a single pound. I like walking so much that I even wrote a book about it—Born to Walk—and it’s about to come out pretty soon. I’ll tell you more about that later, of course, but the point is walking is absolutely awesome, and this is just a reminder that you should be walking more than you think you should. 10,000 steps? That’s a start. But you can do more, and you should do more. So here's what I want you to do this week: Go for 2 walks a day, minimum. Sometime in the a.m. and sometime in the p.m. Make them at least half an hour long. Track your steps and aim to surpass 10,000 steps. I'm not really a tracking guy, but this is a case where it's good to know where you stand. Let me know how it feels. |
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