Benefits of hiking

1. It increases oxygen flow and your brain will benefit and you may think more clearly

2. You breathe in, touch nature, or hear things which builds your microbiome 

3. You will likely lose weight which impacts all areas of health

4. Your microbes will generate more positive brain chemicals like dopamine

5. Can reduce depression

6. Can reduce anxiety

7. Can reduce stress

8. Boosts your mood

9. Allows you to consume Vitamin N, (Nature) 

10. Allows you to develop more Vitamin D as a result of more sun exposure

11. Gets you potentially in social situations for laughter

12. Lowers your risk of heart disease

13. Reduces by hundreds of billions spent each year on heart disease

14. Reduce chance of heart attack

15. Reduce chance of stroke

16. Reduce the severity of diabetes

17. Tests your adrenaline when you see a nearby snake, spider, or howling coyote

18. Lowers blood pressure

19. Lowers blood sugars

20. Builds strength in your glutes

21. Builds Strength in your quadriceps

22. Builds STrength in your hamstrings

23. Builds STRength in other muscles in your hips (especially walking in water in sand)

24. Builds STREngth in your calf and lower legs

25. Builds STRENgth in your core

26. Builds STRENGth in your hands if you use hiking/trekking poles

27. Builds STRENGTh in your arms if you use hiking/trekking poles

28. Builds STRENGTH in your back especially when using a backpack

29. BUilds STRENGTH in your shoulders (deltoids) using a backpack

30. BUIlds STRENGTH in upper back muscles (traps = trapezius muscles) which radiate to the neck using a backpack

31. BUILDs STRENGTH in abdominal muscles (“abs”) using a backpack or hiking/trekking poles

32. Builds BONE DENSITY

33. Helps reverse the negative effects of osteoporosis

34. Helps bone joints

35. Helps reduce pain from arthritis

36. Improves balance

37. Lengthens one life if that is good

38. Improves overall quality of life

39. Improves your math computational skills as you plan and scheme to buy hiking stuff

40. Saves you $money$ from joining a gym

41. Saves you $money$ by NOT buying an expensive bicycle

42. Saves you $money$ by not having expensive gym equipment at home

43. Gets you out of your drywall box away from toxic cleansers

44. Gets you out of your drywall box away from large toxic rectangular devices

45. Gets you out of your drywall box away from toxic "Stainmaster" stain resistant carpets 

46. Gets you out of your drywall box away from toxic "Stainmaster" stain resistant couches and comfy chairs 

47. Gets you out of your drywall box off the couch, the new smoking

48. Gets you out of your drywall box away from air-conditioning so that you can sweat through your third kidney, the skin

49. Gets you out of your drywall box away from cookie jars and candy dishes

50. Gets you out of your drywall box away from lead paints

51. Gets you out of your drywall box away from mold and mildew

52. Gets you out of your drywall box away from fireplaces using toxic fake logs

53. Gets you out of your drywall box away from particle board and the formaldehyde used in it

54. Gets you out of your neighborhood away from grass fertilizer sprayers

55. Gets you out of your neighborhood away from glyphosate used by neighbors (Roundup) or farmers (1,820,577,361 pounds in 2014!!!)

56. Gets you out of your neighborhood away from diesel/gas mail trucks like USPS, UPS, Amazon, DHL, Federal Express, and school buses

57. Gets you out of your neighborhood away from door to door salespersons 

58. Gets you out of your neighborhood away from door to door politicians (poly=many, tic=bloodsucker OR many bloodsuckers) 

59. Gets you out of your neighborhood away from LOUD obnoxious noxious poisonous two-stroke weed whackers

60. Gets you out of your neighborhood away from LOUD obnoxious noxious poisonous lawn mowers and trackers

61. Gets you out of your neighborhood away from LOUD repetitively annoying car alarms

62. Gets you out of your neighborhood away from LOUD repetitively annoying hammer blows for a roof

63. Gets you out of your neighborhood away from that toxic wood-treated deck you stand on barefoot

64. AND A LOT MORE TO ADD ON TO THIS!!!

10.30.22

Some interesting articles:

I Will be populating this and here is just one article to study: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/can-you-lose-weight-by-walking-an-hour-a-day?slot_pos=article_1&utm_source=Sailthru%20Email&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=authoritynutrition&utm_content=2021-10-08&apid=28195639&rvid=b9fd9c0c71475effbfd1a40af5abea89447935fb726a09b0a2b06c2060eb0d5b#bottom-line

10.08.21