Show less real exercise in cycling than walking walk for heal health 1 Is the slogan today and it was recently augg suggested that in spite of the amazing development of hiking there were still too ninny many young people who walk enough it has been calculated that in walking a mile tile the average person takes 2203 steps in cycling a mile the exercise taken Is equivalent to steps which means that the cyclist lias has to cover about three and a half miles to get tile the same amount of ever exercise else that hat the walker gets in n one this Is an interesting comp comparison arlson which sets a new standard for walkers many people who would think nothing of cycling seventy miles in a day would be appalled if they were asked to walk twenty in the same period but the exercise obtained in each C case Is equivalent there aie are hikers of course who do twenty five or thirty miles mil les 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 ing is good exercise but it Is necessary it we are to rely on it for that purpose to make sure we get enough of lt it london answers |