Tag: Walking

  • Health

    Faster, fitter?

    Not really, says Spaulding Rehab expert. When you go for a walk, focus on this instead.

    2 minutes
    Collage of people walking and heart health.
  • Science & Tech

    Leave those calluses alone

    A running-studies pioneer takes a look at walking, with and without shoes, and gives calluses a thumbs-up.

    4 minutes
    Nick Holowka, Postdoctoral Researcher, performs an ultra sound on callouses
  • Science & Tech

    Robotic suit promotes normal walking in stroke patients

    Wyss Institute’s soft, wearable, robotic suit promotes normal walking in stroke patients.

    5 minutes
  • Health

    Understanding the IT band

    Research led by Carolyn Eng delivers insights into how the IT band stores and releases elastic energy to make walking and running more efficient.

    5 minutes
  • Health

    Hip correction

    A new study finds no connection between hip width and efficient locomotion, and suggests that scientists have long approached the problem in the wrong way.

    8 minutes
  • Health

    How much exercise is enough?

    “We found that adding low amounts of physical activity to one’s daily routine, such as 75 minutes of brisk walking per week, was associated with increased longevity: a gain of 1.8 years of life expectancy after age 40, compared with doing no such activity,” explained Harvard Medical School Professor of Medicine I-Min Lee.

    3 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Harvard wins big at ECO Awards

    The CommuterChoice Program and Harvard Medical School were recently recognized among recipients of the first annual Excellence in Commuter Options (ECO) awards.

    1 minute
  • Campus & Community

    Run (or walk)

    Running and walking can do wonders for our physical, mental, and emotional health. At the launch of Harvard on the Move, President Drew Faust and a panel of University experts made the case that it should also be fun — even in winter. The first community walk is noon Feb. 1.

    4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Join Harvard on the Move

    Harvard plans a running and walking program designed to build community and fitness among students, faculty, staff, alumni, and neighbors.

    3 minutes
  • Health

    Wandering mind not a happy mind

    People spend 46.9 percent of their waking hours thinking about something other than what they’re doing, and this mind wandering typically makes them unhappy, according to research by Harvard psychologists Matthew A. Killingsworth and Daniel T. Gilbert.

    3 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Study: Walking Seems to Lower Women’s Stroke Risk

    Women can lower their stroke risk by lacing up their sneakers and walking, a new study suggests…

    1 minute
  • Campus & Community

    Coming and going at Harvard

    Kris Locke: The woman who works to keep Harvard’s commuters out of traffic jams and in the green zone.

    3 minutes