“By adapting your form slightly, walking can really help to work your abs,” she explains. “One way to do this is by pulling your belly button towards your spine, which will engage your core. It will be difficult to stay in this position for the whole walk, but over time your core will strength and you will be able to hold this position for longer.”

You don’t want to do this all the time: engaging your core in this way too regularly, or for too long, can lead to a condition called ‘hourglass syndrome’. But doing it every so often alongside other core-centric exercise can help to improve your overall core strength.

5. Practise breathwork

On a recent episode of The Mindbodygreen Podcast, mobility experts Kelly and Juliet Starrett spoke about a variety of ways you can “dress up” your daily walk – one of which is breathwork. On the podcast, Kelly talks about doing “breath holds” in a bid to increase his CO2 tolerance – an ability some people believe can help us to deal better with stress. However, research in this area is limited, and holding your breath for extended periods of time isn’t advisable for obvious reasons.

However, using your daily walk to try other, less extreme forms of breathwork is still a good idea. Box breathing, which works to calm the nervous system, is a prime example.

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