So many people look at walking as a very trivial thing.

And sometimes they'll think it's just kind of a waste of time because

think about how much production or productive things you can do in place of

walking for 45 minutes. Well, after today's video, that might change your mind because

walking is probably one of the most therapeutic things you can do.

And the majority of these benefits I'm going to talk about related to walking are things that

you probably have never heard before. I mean, we know walking helps you, you know,

maybe lose some weight, maybe reduce stress. But how does it reduce stress? That's the question.

The first point I'm going to dive right in is this. When you walk, you significantly lower your

cortisol levels, even after a 20 minute walk. So what does this mean? When you have high levels

of cortisol, your body is in this adapt mode. It's adapting your physiology to your environment

to stress. So walking turns off that mechanism. So you're less in this flat or fight

sympathetic dominance mode and more in the parasympathetic. So that's why you feel calmer,

that's why you feel less stressed because now the body is not at stuck in this stress reaction

mode. And so with lower levels of cortisol and adrenaline, you're going to feel better.

Even on DNA testing, there's a certain gene that causes the person to hold on to adrenaline

longer. Okay. And the remedy for that is to exercise and flesh it out, not necessarily always high

intensity, but some low intensity long walks. All right. Number two, which relates to number one,

you're going to have improved creativity. And what I mean by that is more creative thinking.

Think about this. When you're in stress mode and you have high levels of cortisol,

what is your level of creativity? It's pretty low. It's almost impossible to be creative

when you're under stress, when you have high levels of cortisol. And this definitely relates to

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