"SHOULD I" "Yes. Yes you should."

Exercising Regularly, as in walking distances, will bring positive change to your health and decrease the risk of premature heart attack.

Like the story of Jim Fixx suggests (a running enthusiast and author of a few running books who died from a heart attack after one of his daily runs), most health complications seem to be traceable back to family genetics and, to some, pure fate. Despite his stressing regular exercise in the form of running, Fixx suffered a heart attack due to blockages in his arteries. These blockages were attributed to his family's history of heart issues, as his father too died of a heart attack at 42 and suffered one even at 35. So, how much of an effect will walking have in the end, especially since people die from sudden health complications regularly anyways?

The above question is valid to an extent, as regular exercise can only reduce the risk of health problems, the positive effects of which show themselves over time, not as an instant solution. But it is this gradual benefit as well as the immediate positive change brought into your life just by being outside around nature and people for the walk that will truly enrich your everyday livelihood. Death and health complications are events common to all people, so the goal with a more walkable society is to enrich the body (health), mind (psychological self) and the spirit (social and natural interconnectedness and unity). And because it isn't a strenuous, intense form of exercise (like Fixx's running routine or the life of a power lifter or gym-nut) that happens at any time throughout the day, the body is able to adapt and thrive more comfortably.