When you decide to take steps toward improving your health, walking may just be the easiest place to start. And when you do — even for just a few minutes a day — you’re likely to improve your mood, ...

No need to head for the hills to try Nordic walking, which uses more muscles and calories than regular walking. These pro tips will have you trekking in no time.

How many steps have you taken today? For many people, walking is one of the easiest, low-impact forms of exercise. Every step can help increase one’s metabolism and, for some of us, help decrease our ...

Michael Schneider founded the Great Los Angeles Walk in 2006 and it’s still going strong. The event is free to attend and has up to 500 people walking the length of an iconic L.A. street every year.

I’ve spent my whole life happily walking in one direction: forward. It was, I believed, the only way to go, so I dutifully logged dozens of miles a month looking like every other person out for a ...

Happy Adult Man Walking Sunny City Street Sidewalk - stock photo - Getty Images Maybe you’ve seen people walking backwards on the treadmill at the gym. Backward walking, sometimes called retro-walking ...

People who have recurring bouts of lower back pain seem to avoid the discomfort for longer if they go for regular walks. Wanting to find an affordable and relatively accessible way for people to avoid ...

Walking is a great way to exercise, and can also be an opportunity to connect with your community. Here are 10 walking groups based in Greater Los Angeles that can help you explore the city on foot in ...

Young people are more likely to fall while they're texting and walking at the same time as opposed to walking without texting, a new study has found. Neuroscientist and engineer Dr. Matthew Brodie and ...