{"id":931,"date":"2013-04-08T11:50:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T18:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthyfootnotes.com\/?p=931"},"modified":"2015-11-11T21:32:32","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T21:32:32","slug":"boost-your-walking-routine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/boost-your-walking-routine\/","title":{"rendered":"Boost your walking routine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Raise your hand if you&#8217;ve ever wished you were a runner. Keep it raised if you have attempted running, only to be\u00a0left feeling discouraged.<\/p>\n<p>The good news (ok, you can put your hands down) is: recent studies have shown that brisk walking is as beneficial for health as running. True story!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Brisk walking is as good as running for reducing blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes risk &#8212; three key players in the development of heart disease, a new study finds.&#8221; &#8211; webmd.com<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about it <a title=\"walking for exercise\" href=\"http:\/\/www.webmd.com\/heart\/news\/20130404\/brisk-walking-equals-running-for-heart-health-study\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now the question is, how can you get into that <em>routine, brisk walking<\/em>? <a title=\"walk for exercise\" href=\"http:\/\/www.familycircle.com\/health\/walking\/tips\/pump-up-your-walks\/?page=1\" target=\"_blank\">This article <\/a>from Family Circle has some great ideas to get you started.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, you can hold yourself accountable in your new walking endeavors through <a title=\"shoes for plantar fasciitis\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\" target=\"_blank\">Orthaheel&#8217;s <\/a>Walkabout 2013. It&#8217;s happening now! Challenge yourself to walk every day for 28 days for your own well-being. Now is as good a time as any to make healthy habits!<\/p>\n<p>[vimeo http:\/\/www.vimeo.com\/62652902 w=400&amp;h=300]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"more-link\" id=\"excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/boost-your-walking-routine\/\">Read More &gt;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[44,82,113,132,224,228,232],"class_list":["post-931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-walking-walkabout","tag-diabetes","tag-heart-health","tag-lower-blood-pressure","tag-orthaheel","tag-walkabout-2","tag-walking-for-exercise","tag-webmd","dwtl normal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2163,"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931\/revisions\/2163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vionicshoes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}