Story by Laura Williams Bustos, M.S. If you just started regularly adding walks or jogs to your exercise routine, you might wonder about things like how long it takes to walk a mile, the average ...

We’ve all heard about the health benefits of walking, but how fast should you be walking? What’s the average walking speed by age and what factors affect average walking speed anyway? We’re going to ...

The average time it takes a person to walk one mile typically ranges from 15 to 22 minutes. This estimate is assuming that someone is walking at a moderate pace and on a relatively flat surface. For ...

Think your daily stroll is just good for your heart and waistline? Your brain might be the biggest winner of your walking habit—especially if you pick up the pace. That modest increase in speed could ...

Here’s something to consider while you’re out on your next walk: Picking up the pace may help you live longer and age more comfortably. Even better, you don’t need morph into a speed walker to see the ...

Walking is one of the easiest forms of exercise, but there are many myths surrounding its impact on heart health ...

Fast walking, even just 15 minutes a day, can dramatically reduce the risk of death, especially from heart disease, according to a large study involving nearly 80,000 low-income and predominantly ...

You don’t need to run marathons or do intense HIIT workouts to maximize fat burning. The secret to doubling your fat-burning potential might be as simple as adjusting your walking speed to hit the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s something to consider while you’re out on your next walk: Picking up the pace may help you live ...