{"id":58250,"date":"2025-01-12T12:27:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T01:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/maintenance.html\/?p=58250"},"modified":"2025-01-12T12:27:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T01:27:47","slug":"interval-walking-training-going-beyond-step-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=58250","title":{"rendered":"Interval Walking Training \u2014 Going Beyond Step Count"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_0\">Interval Walking Training (IWT) was observed to help improve lower blood pressure, depression symptoms and stroke risk while enhancing muscle strength and immune system function<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_1\">Moderate-intensity exercise like walking is highly beneficial, with benefits increasing from 2,000 to 12,000 steps daily without apparent upper limits on positive effects<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_2\">Japanese researchers have developed innovative walking techniques, including IWT and slow running, offering accessible solutions for people of all ages and fitness levels<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_3\">Slow running and light-intensity exercise activates brain genes, increases neural activity in the hippocampus and provides mental health benefits without requiring athlete-like levels of discipline<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_4\">Walking is enhanced through various methods like weighted vests, Nordic walking, outdoor nature walks, social walking and using the time for creative thinking and personal development<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2025\/01\/11\/interval-walking-training.aspx\">https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2025\/01\/11\/interval-walking-training.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interval Walking Training (IWT) was observed to help improve lower blood pressure, depression symptoms and stroke risk while enhancing muscle strength and immune system function Moderate-intensity exercise like walking is highly beneficial, with benefits increasing from 2,000 to 12,000 steps daily without apparent upper limits on positive effects Japanese researchers have developed innovative walking techniques, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=58250\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Interval Walking Training \u2014 Going Beyond Step Count&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58251,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58250\/revisions\/58251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}