If you are as old as myself I am sure you remember the old song, "Little Things Mean A Lot"! That song was certainly not talking about exercise or the walking man or woman. However the meaning would apply in a very large way to the subject of exercising. Why? Because it would benefit all of us to walk just a little bit every day to maintain or increase our fitness level. That does not mean you have to power walk. Not at all...it simply means the power of people walking every day will benefit them greatly

Why aren't we walking around for an hour every day? Well here's three solid reasons:

* We think about the idea too long

* We think we have to do that long walk all at once

* We know it is easier not to walk at all

Yes, walking around for an hour every day would increase everyone's fitness efficiency considerably. However with the average person's busy combination of work and life style in the modern workaday, very few people have a spare "whole hour" to spend walking around the block every day.

Here are four easy walking directions tips to ensure you will walk at least 30 minutes every day

Tip One - Use your eating times as walking goals!

Walking around for 10 minutes after each meal will be beneficial. Surely that's not difficult. If at work enjoy your 10 minute walk in the fresh air after eating your lunch. Clear some of that building smog from your lungs.

Have a baby or tiny tots? Pack them into your pusher or pram. Around the block you go. The kids will love the change of scenery.

Tip Two - Walk to and from school with your children!

Live only ten minutes from the children's school? Then walk. Set a fitness example for your children. You will enjoy a twenty minute round trip. Twice a day....wow that's 40 minutes...easy and not hard work. Save some car fuel and do your body and the environment a favour! And you dont have to power walk and wear yourself out. Take a brisk pace...and just keep up with the kids!

Tip Three - Park your car at the far end of the shopping mall carpark


Why wreck your nerves driving endlessly around the mall car park fighting for a parking spot close to the entrance. There are always plenty of parking spaces in the distance. And your body will benefit from the extra walking exercise.

Tip Four - Walk to the bus stop

Only a ten minute walk to where you catch your commuter bus? Dont drive and park. Walk!

Now many people will say. What's the point of going to all that trouble. What use is a ten minute walk? Well in this case that ten minute walk multiplies into "40 minutes" by day's end! It's too easy really!

Each ten minute walk quickly adds up to an hour per day. And that's preferable to not doing any exercise each day.

Get the idea! How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time! In our modern, never stop world, exercising at a painless pace of "one bite" at a time is highly preferable to doing nothing. Gradually you will come to enjoy this new "habit"! The habit will lead to greater fitness. Greater fitness will lead to you wanting to undertake more ambitious efforts to increase your physical fitness. Move on to a power walk perhaps?People walking power is the key to beginning to enjoy a healthier life style plus assist to lose some kilos!