CTV Winnipeg: ‘I’ve never stopped’: Winnipeg man hits the pavement nearly 1,800 days in a row

Health Canada recommends adults get at least 150 minutes of physical activity each week to help prevent heart disease, and to reap plenty of other benefits.

“It’s good for bones, it’s good for muscles,” Michelle Porter, a kinesiology professor at the University of Manitoba, told CTV News. “And there’s lot beyond the physical benefits… in terms of your brain, cognition, memory. It helps you sleep.”

Porter said walking is a great physical activity for people looking to get moving and suggests starting at a comfortable pace and distance.

To read the entire conversation and to watch the video, please follow the link to CTV Winnipeg.