Walking

“If I could recommend one thing for you to do ahead of all others to improve your health it would be to walk more. It will do more good than anything else I could prescribe to you today.” Dr Bob Sallis

There are lots of opportunities for Warrnambool residents to walk – for fun, to get where you need to go, to meet people and socialise.

Here are some tips to help you get walking:

1. Think of walking as an opportunity not an inconvenience.  Thinking positively helps.
2. Walking to get where you need to go suits many people and helps build walking into daily life.
3. Join a walking group - they’re a fun and free way to meet people and enjoy regular walking.
4. Swap sitting for walking – think of ways to add more walking into your day!

Some ideas:

• Swap from sitting for coffee, cake and a chat to walking and chatting & having a cuppa at the end;
• Swap driving to the shops to walking with a shopping trolley – there are great new designs available.
• Swap from finding a car park exactly where you want to go to parking a few blocks away and walking some of the way.
• Swap driving to visit friends or family to walking and meeting them at a park
• Swap watching TV to playing bowls – it could be lawn, carpet or tenpin!
• Walk to school with your children, or if you need to drive, drop them a few minutes’ walk from the gate.