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…
Posted: 3rd, January 2008 | In: Tabloids Comments (4) | TrackBack | Permalink
