Class 12 English Unit 11: Writing: Essay

 

Writing: Essay

Highlighting the advantages of walking, Henry David Thoreau says, “An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” Write an essay on the advantages of morning walks.

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Advantages of Morning Walks

The morning breeze has its refreshment. It is pollution-free. Morning walks not only improves your health but also gives you a better start to the day. As a result, we feel active as well as fit. It gives us energy to the body for the day’s work. Fresh air goes into the body and refreshes our lungs. It makes our respiratory system work properly.  One can breathe more comfortably in the morning. It is a lighter exercise with a lot of benefits. It keeps your body fit and healthy. Walking is the best form of exercise. It exercises many parts of the body like legs, arms and chest. Morning is the best part of the day. It is a time when nature is at its best. Dewdrops on flowers shine like pearls. It is soothing to walk on wet grass. There is greenery all around. It refreshes our mind and we can think over different matters more efficiently.  Morning walk provides us with the best chance to enjoy the beauty of nature to our full every day.

Moreover, studies show that adults who walked for 20 minutes outdoors experienced more vitality and energy than those who walked for 20 minutes indoors. A small study found that 10 minutes of stair walking was more energizing than a cup of coffee for 18 women who felt sleep-deprived. A walk may help to improve self-esteem, reduce stress, anxiety and fatigue. It also makes an ease depression symptom or reduce your risk for depression. One benefit of walking in the morning is that you’ll complete your physical activity for the day before any other family, work, or school obligations upset you. We should try to complete a 30-minute walk 5 mornings a week to meet these requirements. Walking in the morning may help us meet our weight loss goals. Walking at a moderate pace for 30 minutes can burn up to 150 calories.  Due to a healthy diet and strength training, we may find we lose weight. Studies show that walking for 30 minutes per day can reduce the risk for heart disease by 19 percent. If we live with diabetes, walking may also help lower our blood sugar levels. Walking may help strengthen the muscles in our legs. For best results, we should walk at a moderate to a brisk pace and try to change up our routine and climb stairs, walk up and down hills, or walk at an incline on the treadmill.

Therefore, a morning walk may help improve your mental clarity and ability to focus throughout the day. A recent study found that amongst older adults, those who started their days with a morning walk improved their cognitive function, compared to those who remained inactive. Morning walk makes people sleep better at night. 

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