Walking and Health
You do not need a gym, a schedule, or 10,000 perfect steps to make movement count. A short walk after dinner, between towers, or on the way back to your room can support your health in small but meaningful ways. The Museum Walkway makes that choice easier by turning ordinary walking time into a scenic route filled with art, stories, and discovery.
Take the Scenic Route to Better Health
A short walk through the Museum Walkway can turn the trip back to your room into gentle exercise, cultural discovery, and a few minutes of calm after dinner.
The Tram Gets You There. The Walkway Gives You Something Back.
After dinner, skip the wait and take a ten-minute walk on the Museum Walkway. You will add steps, help your body process the meal, and pass sculptures, paintings, and cultural stories along the way. It is not just the route back to your room. It's part of the experience.
Overall Mortality
Mortality From All Causes
Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
Lower Blood Pressure and Reduced Cholesterol
Control Blood Sugar and Glucose Levels
Walking is the best medicine.
- Hippocrates
The sum of the whole is this: walk and be happy; walk and be healthy. The best way to lengthen out our days is to walk steadily and with a purpose.
- Charles Dickens
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.
- Thomas Jefferson
Thoughts come clearly while one walks.
- Thomas Mann
To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
- The Buddha
Improve Mood, Reduce Depression Risk
Walking: the most ancient exercise and still the best modern exercise.
- Carrie Latet
Boost Your Creativity
If you seek creative ideas, go walking. Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk.
- Raymond I. Myers
Walk Right After Eating - Moderate Glucose Spikes
I have two doctors, my left leg and my right.
- G.M. Trevelyan
But the beauty is in the walking – we are betrayed by destinations.
- Gwyn Thomas
Walking May Delay Cognitive Decline
Walking May Protect the Brain
The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises, walking is the best
- Thomas Jefferson
science shows that walking has health benefits
walking essentials
measure your stride
Shorter Stride (< 5'4"): 2,400 - 2,700+ steps per mile
Average Stride (5'4" to 5'9"): 2,000 - 2,300 steps/mile
Longer Stride (> 5’10”): (1,700 - 1,900 steps per mile
set your pace
Easy / Stroll: A casual, leisurely pace (under 2.5 mph). You can easily sing or hold a continuous conversation without any extra breaths.
Moderate / Brisk: A moderately challenging workout (2.5 to 4.5 mph). You can talk in short sentences, but you cannot sing. The CDC defines this as hitting around 100 steps per minute.
Vigorous / Power Walk: A high-intensity pace (over 4.5 mph). Breathing is heavy and rapid, allowing for only a few words at a time.
calorie burn
Easy / Stroll (<2.5 mph / 24+ min per mile):
- Women: ~50 to 75 calories
- Men: ~70 to 100 calories
Moderate / Brisk (3.0 to 3.5 mph / 17-20 min per mile):
- Women: ~75 to 105 calories
- Men: ~100 to 140 calories
Vigorous / Power Walk (4.0 to 4.5 mph / 13-15 min per mile):
- Women: ~95 to 135 calories
- Men: ~125 to 180 calories
Start walking toward health today. And ask yourself: Is there ever going to be a better moment or a more beautiful setting?