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Researchers found that regular brisk walking can
improve and maintain cardiovascular efficiency, help elevate HDL (good cholesterol), lower
triglycerides, and help prevent adult-onset diabetes.
An hour of brisk walking will burn about 360 extra calories. At this rate, you could be almost 40 pounds
lighter by this time next year without dieting.
If you do not need to lose weight, walking one hour each day will enable you to eat an extra dessert or
sec- ond helping.
Studies show regular exercise can affect our ability to think clearly and creatively.
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Psychologists and psychiatrist prescribe walking to help relieve anxiety, stress, and simple depression. Dr. Hans Selye, noted authority on stress, sums it up neatly: Action absorbs anxiety.
Seeing the world from two feet is a totally dif-ferent experience than seeing it from four wheels. You will be amazed at the things you have missed.
Source: Hope Health Letter, Hope Heart Institute
IT’S FITTING.
IT’S WORTH THE WEIGHT.
ONE FREE DESSERT.
IT CAN MAKE YOU SMARTER.
PROVEN STRESS REDUCER.
NEW PERSPECTIVE.
Walking One of the best things
about being a kid!
As kids, we spent a lot of time roaming about on foot, getting to where we had to go, poking in places we didn’t belong, and exploring the world around us.
Then we grew up and got our first car.
Often, the next time walking becomes our primary motive of transportation is sixty to seventy years later.
Why is it that between the ages of 16 and 86, we forget how much fun walking is?
9 Reasons why Walking is a
Winner
Studies show that while jogging can help you burn a few more calories per minute of exercise, people
often get bored with jogging or suffer an injury that causes them to stop exercising all together.
Got a pair of comfortable shoes with cushioned soles and an umbrella?
You’ve been doing it since you were two.
YOU’LL STICK WITH IT.
IT’S CHEAP.
IT’S EASY.
For more information, please contact:: Linda Ollech, RN
McMilers Program Coordinator 715.743.8452
Join the Club!
Walking is one of the easiest, most convenient, effective, and enjoyable ways to lose weight and become physically fit. Not only does it burn fat and calories, but it also improves your health,
helps you think more clearly, tones your muscles, and boosts your energy.
As a walking club, our goal is to encourage one another as we hike our way to physical fitness.
**Note: If you prefer to bike, run, swim, do aerobics, etc. to achieve your fitness goals,
we will work with you to “convert” your exercising to walking steps and count to-
ward your miles walked.
McMilers Club members can walk alone or with others.
As individuals: We all work toward an
individual goal of walking 100 miles per session. Each person reaching this goal will receive a
“100-miler” t-shirt the first time this goal is met. For every 100-mile goal met after that (per
session), there are additional incentive prizes.
As teams: Teams can be formed by anyone interested, but are not required. We ask that team membership be limited to 15 people.
Team members are asked to report miles walked to their team captain by Friday of each week.
We will keep a running record of the miles each team reports on a weekly basis. Team totals will be included in McMilers’ bi-weekly newsletter, “Sneakers”. (This newsletter is included in
your membership fee.)
Do I need to walk with my team?
No. If you signed up with a team, they are more like your booster club. You can walk individually, with team members, or with any one else you choose.
Even if you walk in another group socially, the miles you walk can be included with your
McMilers’ Team total.
Cost There is a $5.00 fee per session for each person who
signs up for the Club. There are three 12-week sessions of McMilers each year.
Questions? If you have any questions, or would like to register
yourself or a team for McMilers, please contact Linda Ollech, RN
Memorial Medical Center 216 Sunset Place
Neillsville, WI 54456 715.743.8452
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