52 Ways to Walk: The Surprising Science of Walking for Wellness and Joy, One Week at a Time

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I think beyond that, there’s this is very, I think it’s quite primal, sense of connection that you get when you look up and have that night sky above you. Any walk can be turned into a more rewarding and beneficial experience. When we walk in the cold, for example, our bodies use more glucose to warm us up. As glucose enhances cognition, we think better in cold climates. Interestingly, cognition improves even when looking at images of cold things. According to the author, mild cold = 16C. That made me laugh as 16C is considered pleasant weather in a Scottish spring or summer!

I appreciate that the book contains a full year of weekly walks. And it inspires me to create other interesting walks as well. This short, enthusiastic guide extollingwalking’s mental and physical benefits, and will motivate you to get outside and move, step by step, all year.”— AARP Urges readers to put on walking shoes, offering a weekly, new perspective on walking, no matter where you live’ – Irish Independent I’d urge you not to do that – you could get hit by a car! And you can’t hear the birdsong. A study found that people who lived in cities had their mood lifted by birdsong. Also, what happens to your body when you look out at the horizon? Your stress level drops, the cortisol falls. It’s why we love views. A delightful balance of ideas, inspiration and science. The short punchy chapters fit well between walks and make them even more enjoyable’ – Tristan Gooley, author of The Walker’s Guide to Outdoor Clues & SignsThe book, 52 Ways to Walk by Annabel Streets, carries the subtitle “The surprising science of walking for wellness and joy, one week at a time.” I appreciate the “wellness and joy” aspects of the book. And, I absolutely love the format. My imagination immediately fired up as I read through the book. There is another chapter where the author notes she lost her sense of smell due to COVID but then later in the chapter tells us she went on "smell walks" with the aforementioned lost sense. So either this book needed another edit to not allow readers to misconstrue these chapters, or the readers are being lied to. She is also an advocate for walking in the dark because it prompts the body’s production of melatonin, which is the hormone that helps us sleep.

My thanks to NetGalley and the publisher Penguin Group Putnam for an advanced copy of this book on the walking lifestyle. When the sun shines down on the water you get twice as much light, so you get twice the serotonin boost’: Annabel Street. Photograph: Kate Peters/The Observer Memories start to sort of be shifted around and be processed … so it’s been really effective with veterans and people who have got PTSD.” Our choice of location, time, direction, duration, walking companion and gait, as well as the weather we opt to walk in, can transform our daily stroll. Here, Annabel Streets shares the thrill of 52 different ways to walk, explaining the latest science behind each one, and providing practical tips for making the most of your daily steps. Fascinating ... C onnected both to old wisdom and new scientific frontiers of discovery ' Lauren LaverneFull Book Name: 52 Ways to Walk: The Surprising Science of Walking for Wellness and Joy, One Week at a Time There is a TON of information in this book about the benefits of walking, and walking in various ways. While most of us have spent our whole lives walking, how much consideration have we really given to the full benefits? While I was writing the book, I found myself thinking of my granny quite often,” she says. “All the things she would say – ‘Go for a walk and take a few deep breaths and then you’ll feel calmer’ – that sort of thing. I thought it was just my granny being whimsical. But it turns out that she was right all along.” A delightful balance of ideas, inspiration and science. The short punchy chapters fit well between walks and make them even more enjoyable.”—Tristan Gooley, author of The Walker’s Guide to Outdoor Clues & Signs

I really loved this book, it is a true love letter to walking and walkers everywhere. It has numerous tips on how to walk in every kind of weather and the value of walking in the cold, wind, rain, snow, with poles, without them, nature walks, solitary walks, group walks, map walks, etc.Streets recommends using your peripheral vision and scanning your landscape before you walk, because research has found lifting your gaze can help you relax. The 52 Ways to Walk project was actually the product of over-enthusiastic research. Streets, who also writes as Annabel Abbs, has written several historical novels, all based on real women, like Lucia Joyce, a professional dancer and the daughter of James Joyce; or Frieda Weekley who eloped with DH Lawrence and is considered to be the inspiration for Lady Chatterley. Streets had been working on a nonfiction book, Windswept, where she walked the routes taken by famous women, such as the artist Georgia O’Keeffe or the nature writer Nan Shepherd. “There was memoir and biography and I had also included a lot of scientific research about walking,” she says. “My editor, quite rightly, insisted I remove it.” Rather than let it go to waste, that research was the start of 52 Ways. “Other people, who were much more expert than me on various topics, were very generous with their knowledge and their time,” she says. “There are shelves and shelves of research on walking, but I think people have largely found it unsexy.” Annabel grew up in a carless family. Her father never learned to drive and her mother failed her driving test seven times. The family lived in remote places without access to public transportation, so if they needed something, they walked to obtain it. Under the name Annabel Streets, which she uses for her practical nonfiction, she is co-author of The Age Well Project. She is also the author of the novels The Joyce Girl and Miss Eliza’s English Kitchen. između svih tih (ne)izvedivih prijedloga, spontano sam si izabrala nekolicinu na koje ću više obratiti pažnju jer hodati ne namjeravam prestati, a kad je već tako, ajde da izvučem maksimum iz priče.