I ramble/walk often and am currently completing the London Outer Orbital Pathway (LOOP), over 150 miles of walking (split into 24 sections) encircling London through its green belt. Very informative and I have a plethora of new ideas to really make my daily walk much more interesting and reading about the effect a rainy forest walk can have on my microbiome makes me much more likely to get out the door on those days when the rain just won't let up (like once a week at the moment). Anyhow, this was great, except there were a few chapters that didn’t work for me, like “Walk Backwards,” which feels really impractical and silly.

streets piše strastveno (makar i prizemno banalnim rječnikom) i očito je da je srcem i dušom u hodanju, a benefiti hodanja mnogostruki su i sasvim sigurno poboljšavaju kvalitetu životu pa ako te i mrc potakne da se digneš iz kauča ili od kompa i kreneš za nosom, knjiga je svoju svrhu ispunila. With its thought-provoking and evidence-backed weekly walk routine, 52 Ways to Walk will encourage everyone to improve how they walk, while also encouraging them to seek out new locations (many on their own doorsteps), new walking companions (our brains age better when we mix up our fellow walkers), new times of the day and night, and new skills to acquire while walking. I have worn out many a pair of walking sandals in Brooklyn, New Paltz/upstate NY and all over Essex and London, England. The book is broken down into 52 sections, or weeks, but there is no need for a strick adherence more each section has a new way of walking, a new way of thinking, and some science and biology facts on why walking makes a person feel better, and how to get the most benefit from a brisk constitution.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. I read this through and decided to start the walking year in January of 2023 since the weeks approximately follow the year weather-wise.

Ways to Walk is a revelatory and informative handbook for anyone stuck in a walking rut, curious about the lesser-known benefits of walking or merely in need of some on-foot novelty and adventure. This is one I'm going to want to dip in and out of at will, which is much easier with an actual book. It is a revelatory and informative handbook for anyone stuck in a walking rut, curious about the lesser-known benefits of walking or merely in need of some on-foot novelty and adventure. This book is about how walking is connected both to old wisdom and new scientific frontiers of discovery … If you’re not a habitual walker this book will give you good reasons why you should get started and, if you are experienced, ways to keep it fresh … Fascinating.

But I did spend most of the time listening to this book pacing up and down my hallway/kitchen, and am so very much looking forward to being able to get out walking again very soon!