A couple of readers have written me lately in exercise distress. They have heard that they should give up walking and just strength-train two or three times a week for fitness and weight loss. So, is that true? Can you just lift weights and skip other forms of exercise?

April is Autism Awareness month so Walk Now for Autism is sponsoring walks across the country to raise money and awareness for these disorders.

How you can easily use visualization and affirmation to get more active, fit and healthy.

Wondering just how far you walk on your daily walk? How about if you add a block or two? Gmaps pedomoter is a great, free tool you can use to find out.

You increased your distance or played weekend warrior and now you are sore and achy. Read and bookmark this article for what to do to treat those painful muscles!

How can you get rid of the awful pain of plantar fasciitis? This condition can be debilitating and terribly hard to heal. Try these tips to make the pain go away and stay away.

With just a few weeks of following one of these training plans, you can walk a 5K and know for sure you will make it to the finish line!

I cannot promise walking will give you Tina Turner legs. It certainly will help, though. And, walking with Tina's songs will keep you motivated to get out there & work those gams.

Are you sitting there, reading this, thinking you would like to exercise someday if you only had the time, the energy, the money to join a gym, someone to watch the kids, cuter clothes, better legs, not so many aches & pains, etc.?

Just ten minutes a day of walking briskly will make such a difference in your quality of life. If you can do that three times a day, you will be getting a decent amount of exercise and gaining real health benefits from it.