Show less real exercise in cycling than walking walk for beal health thill 1 la Is the slogan today and it was recently suggested that in spite 0 of the amazing development ot of hiking there were still allu too many young people who walk enough I 1 it has been calculated that in walking a mile the average person takes 2263 steps in cycling a mile the exercise taken la Is equivalent to steps which means that the tha cyclist has to cover about three and a halt half miles to get the same amount ot of exercise that the walker gets in one this la Is an interesting comparison which sets a new standard for walkers many people who would think nothing of 0 cycling seventy miles in a day would be appalled if they were wera asked to walk twenty in the same period but the exercise obtained in each case Is equivalent there are hikers of course who do twenty five or thirty miles a day but there are quite a number who think that if they walk ten or even less it Is time to catch a bus or train home walking Is good exercise but it la in necessary if we are to rely on it for that purpose to maa mal siv le L we s get enough of it 1 londe siss rs |