ABSTRACT
Osei-Tutu & Capagna (2005) studied a random subject for effects of short and long walks on mood, maximum oxygen consumption and estimate of body fats in 21 men with minimum amount of physical activities, and 19 women with minimum amount of physical activities. Examinees were walking for 30 minutes during the day on long distances (LB) and three times of 10 minutes each on short distances. Study took eight weeks. In addition, there was a control group which did
1 INTRODUCTION
Man’s necesssity for walking is an immanent biological feature which many psychologists consider a basic motif, along with food, drinks, dream, sexual requirements. Nowadays, however, a man is increasingly faced with the phenomenon of hypokinesis, i.e. insufficient walking. That is why many diseases of insufficient walking occur nowadays. Walking is one of rare bodily activities which suites most people. It is pleasant, it is performed on fresh air, it is good for socializing, it does not load the body as some other activities, injuries are rare, and above all it takes minimum conditions for implementation. We encounter walkers everywhere, in parks, in the street, as individuals or groups. Depending on the type and characteristics of obligations and job, some people unconsciously enjoy benefits of walking, while others perform walking by strict rules, with an aim of advancing the overall physical fitness and quality of life. Recreational walking originated from the USA. Of course, people used to walk many years before that, but it mainly represents an organized and systematic exercises by means of walking.
