Your body won't experience the jarring impact associated with other forms of exercise. Metabolically it can help to control weight, blood sugar, and cholesterol levels. A brisk walk can burn up to 100 calories per mile. Walking is an aerobic exercise and gets the heart beating faster to transport blood from the lungs to the muscles. The heart and lungs grow more efficient with regular walking reducing blood pressure and the resting heart rate.
Aerobic exercises burn a lot more calories than other forms of exercise.
Recovery from many ailments is aided by regular walking. But that's not all. Walking is good psychologically, too. It can give an general sense of well-being, it can be relaxing, relieve depression, anxiety, and stress by producing endorphins. But just by walking at a moderate pace, people can burn fat at a faster clip than those who jog the same distance.