52 Ways to Walk: The Surprising Science of Walking for Wellness and Joy, One Week at a Time by Abbs-Streets, Annabel

52 Ways to Walk is a short, user-friendly guide to attaining the full range of benefits that walking has to offer--physical, spiritual, and emotional--backed by the latest scientific research to inspire readers to develop a fulfilling walking lifestyle.

We think we know how to walk. After all, walking is one of the very first skills we learn. But many of us are stuck in our walking routines, forever walking in the same place, in the same way, for the same time, with the same people. With its thought-provoking and evidence-backed weekly walk routine, 52 Ways to Walk will encourage everyone to improve how they walk, while also encouraging them to seek out new locations (many on their own doorsteps), new walking companions (our brains age better when we mix up our fellow walkers), new times of the day and night, and new skills to acquire while walking.

Inspirational, backed by science, illuminated with human anecdote, and bolstered with how-to tips, 52 Ways to Walk will inspire, challenge, support, and encourage everyone to become more ambitious with their walking practice, revealing how walking may be the best-kept secret of the supremely healthy and happy, the creative and well-slept--those with the best posture and sharpest memories. Just about everything, it appears, can be improved and enhanced by clever and judicious walking. It turns out you actually can get more from life, one step at a time.

Author: Annabel Abbs-Streets
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Published: 02/22/2022
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780593419953

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/01/2021
Library Journal 12/01/2021 pg. 99
Booklist 12/01/2021 pg. 10
Shelf Awareness 02/22/2022

About the Author
Annabel Abbs-Streets is the award-winning author of seven books, most recently Windswept: Walking the Paths of Trailblazing Women (voted a Top Ten 2021 Travel book) and 52 Ways to Walk (an Amazon best seller). Her work has been translated into 30 languages. She is a Fellow of the Brown Foundation, writes regularly for a wide variety of media and often appears on radio, TV, and podcasts. She lives in London and Sussex with her family.