Whether you believe humans were born to move along upright or to crawl on all fours, we know at this point in our development that walking is one of the most natural exercises we can do.
Yet all to few of us, especially in the West, where the car tamed the land, are using this natural capability to its fullest advantage.
If you want to begin exercising, or add a nice bit of spice to an existing program, try walking for these reasons:
(1) It’s inherently non-competitive. Unless you speed-walk, you can take your time, setting a thoroughly natural or challenging pace, as you please.
(2) It’s portable, and even if you’re staying in a concrete jungle, as I have on many business trips, a shopping mall will probably not be far away, and the hotel lot may actually be perfect, even providing a modicum of surveillance and security.
(3) You’ll never have to wait in line! Unlike those trendy machines at gyms, your feet and shoes are always ready when you are.
(4) The endorphins, those happy-attitudes swimmers in your brain, will still tickle your fancy if you take a leisurely stroll or you speed up the clip.
(5) You’ll be able to think and generate new ideas, and if you’re like me, passively problem-solve at the same time.
Above all, it’s truly easy.
So, start today, and I know you’ll please yourself!
Dr. Gary S. Goodman, President of Customersatisfaction.com [http://Customersatisfaction.com], is a popular keynote speaker, management consultant, and seminar leader and the best-selling author of 12 books, including Reach Out & Sell Someone®, You Can Sell Anything By Telephone! and Monitoring, Measuring & Managing Customer Service, and the audio program, “The Law of Large Numbers: How To Make Success Inevitable,” published by Nightingale-Conant. He is a frequent guest on radio and television, worldwide. A Ph.D. from USC’s Annenberg School, a Loyola lawyer, and an MBA from the Peter F. Drucker School at Claremont Graduate University, Gary offers programs through UCLA Extension and numerous universities, trade associations, and other organizations in the United States and abroad. He holds the rank of Shodan, 1st Degree Black Belt in Kenpo Karate. He is headquartered in Glendale, California, and he can be reached at (818) 243-7338 or at: gary@customersatisfaction.com.
