For the elderly, walking is the simplest way to keep fit, and it is also a good way to help the elderly keep their hands and feet flexible. The American Journal of Arthritis and Rheumatism reported that walking is less harmful to joints than running, and proper walking can delay the decline of joint function, strengthen muscles and maintain good mobility of lower limbs.

Prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases

For middle-aged and elderly people, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are most likely to occur, and the habit of walking at ordinary times can prevent this disease. Because people will promote blood circulation when walking and exercising, which is very beneficial to prevent atherosclerosis and a series of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

How many steps is the most suitable for the elderly? Although walking has many benefits, it must be moderate.

In addition, the average healthy person walks at least 4000 steps every day, which is a very basic amount of exercise. If people want to promote health and prevent various chronic diseases, they need to increase the number of walking steps to 7000.

It is worth noting that for the elderly, the most suitable number of steps per day is 3000-5000.

If the elderly usually want to exercise by walking, they need to pay attention to the speed, time and intensity of walking. Only by controlling these three points can we achieve the effect of walking and exercising. For example, walking, it is best to walk about 120- 140 steps per minute, and the intensity of walking is best to feel breathing and heartbeat faster than usual.

The key point is to control the walking time, preferably within 30-50 minutes, and the cumulative walking time per week is 150 minutes.

How does walking speed predict life expectancy? Many people can't believe that walking can predict life expectancy. Stoden, a professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh in the United States, analyzed nine studies, which mainly investigated the walking speed, gender, age, body mass index, diseases and other factors of 34,500 people, and predicted their survival rate in the future 10 year.

The results show that people who can live to an average life span can walk at a speed of about 2.8 kilometers per hour, while those who walk at a speed of 3.6 kilometers per hour live longer. Therefore, Dr. Stoden believes that walking speed helps to predict the life span of the elderly.