Walking for days at trade shows on concrete floors can kill your feet. You know you are in trouble when massage therapists are provided to help weary shoppers go the extra mile. Our nephew has bone spurs so concrete floors are excruciating.

We stopped into a Birkenstock store the first day after a spring gift trade show and he found his dream shoe. Shoes are definitely a personal preference. Birkenstocks are wonderful for our nephew but not the shoe of choice for 3 other family members.

He won't be parted with his Birkenstocks.  There are huge numbers of Birkenstock fans in the world who agree with my nephew’s favorite shoe.

Every step you walk is precious when trying to make your 10,000 step daily goal. Do you ever wonder if your pedometer is counting all your steps?

Many fitness plans include aerobic exercise for overall health benefits.  Often walkers like to spend at least some of their walking time breaking a sweat.

Building up to a speed that will get the old heart pumping is a more difficult affair for obese walkers.  In fact, those overweight often cite the impossibility of walking at any real speed as their reason to put off beginning an exercise program.

Now there is good news for those who are overweight.  A new study, performed by  Ray Browning a doctoral student at the University of Colorado, indicates that obese walkers can actually gain greater benefits from walking at slower speeds!