313 Best Of: The Many Surprising Ways Going for a Walk Makes Perfect Outdoor Time (Annabel Streets, author)
07/06/23 • 39 min
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Simple. Boring. Tired. You might think of just going for a regular walk as being something only people with nothing better to do make a part of their daily lives.
But what if going for a walk isn’t only an easy way to spend time outside, but also one that’s so varied and beneficial that understanding the practice is a matter of scientific research? Author Annabel Streets was so startled by how much better she felt when she started going for walks that she researched the science behind what was happening and wrote a book about it. The result, 52 Ways to Walk, details out -- you guessed it -- 52 different ways to go for a walk and all of the research behind the benefits of each one.
In this Best Of episode of Humans Outside, Annabel shares her least and most favorite ways to walk, her walking journey, and why any of it should matter to you.
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Read 52 Ways to Walk: The Surprising Science of Walking for Wellness and Joy, One Week at a Time (affiliate link)
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Join the Humans Outside Challenge
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Some of the good stuff: [2:59] Annabel Street’s favorite outdoor space
[3:36] How Annabel became someone who likes to go outside and also go for walks
[7:07] Why she started researching walking
[8:14] Was it hard to find 52 ways?
[8:52] Why people avoid walking
[9:23] Her favorite new way to walk
[12:19] Amy’s night experience
[16:44] What people always think about walking
[18:43] Her least favorite way to walk
[19:39] Another perfect and underappreciated walking favorite
[24:18] Ways to walk that didn’t make it into the book
[30:38] Want to start walking? Here’s how.
[35:06] Annabel’s favorite outdoor gear
[36:49] Annabel’s favorite outdoor memory
Simple. Boring. Tired. You might think of just going for a regular walk as being something only people with nothing better to do make a part of their daily lives.
But what if going for a walk isn’t only an easy way to spend time outside, but also one that’s so varied and beneficial that understanding the practice is a matter of scientific research? Author Annabel Streets was so startled by how much better she felt when she started going for walks that she researched the science behind what was happening and wrote a book about it. The result, 52 Ways to Walk, details out -- you guessed it -- 52 different ways to go for a walk and all of the research behind the benefits of each one.
In this Best Of episode of Humans Outside, Annabel shares her least and most favorite ways to walk, her walking journey, and why any of it should matter to you.
Connect with this episode:
Read 52 Ways to Walk: The Surprising Science of Walking for Wellness and Joy, One Week at a Time (affiliate link)
Follow Annabel Streets on Instagram
Follow Annabel Streets on Twitter
Join the Humans Outside Challenge
Follow Humans Outside on Instagram
Follow Humans Outside on Facebook
Some of the good stuff: [2:59] Annabel Street’s favorite outdoor space
[3:36] How Annabel became someone who likes to go outside and also go for walks
[7:07] Why she started researching walking
[8:14] Was it hard to find 52 ways?
[8:52] Why people avoid walking
[9:23] Her favorite new way to walk
[12:19] Amy’s night experience
[16:44] What people always think about walking
[18:43] Her least favorite way to walk
[19:39] Another perfect and underappreciated walking favorite
[24:18] Ways to walk that didn’t make it into the book
[30:38] Want to start walking? Here’s how.
[35:06] Annabel’s favorite outdoor gear
[36:49] Annabel’s favorite outdoor memory
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New-to-me things have been all the rage for me recently thanks to a work assignment. And now I’m hoping you’ll join me. Here’s one new thing I’ve tried, and why you should try something new, too -- and share it with me.
Listen now.
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[:40] Hello from the road! [1:15] What I’ve been doing out here
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[1:45] A new thing challenge for you
[2:05] My top new thing (or one of them)
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[3:05] What I’ve learned before
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