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It’s well known that walking offers a laundry list of health benefits. If you need a refresher, getting your daily steps in (even just 4,000 steps a day) can boost everything from mood to heart health while lowering inflammation, blood pressure, and the risk of all-cause mortality (death for any reason).

“One of the easiest, most effective things you can do to limit or slow your risk of heart disease is daily walking,” said Blen Tesfu, MD, a general practitioner and medical advisor at Welzo based in the United Kingdom.

Tesfu noted that walking offers many of the same benefits as more intense forms of exercise without straining the body or wearing down joints. What’s more, he

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