How well do you sleep every day? Sleep is important, you know that. But in addition to sleep, you have a lot of important things every day, exercise, meals, hydration, work, childcare, mental wellbeing, gaming, and presentations. Our first sacrifice is often sleep. But in the doctor's opinion, the most important of these things, the most can not be sacrificed, is sleep. You may have heard that "life is in motion", and also know that "water is life's essence", why are these not as important as sleep?

Walking acts as a "health key" — every 1,000 daily steps taken lowers the risk of abnormal blood glucose by 13%. Over time, this is reflected in approximately ~0.05 kg of weight loss every week (~5 kg per year) and also decreased blood pressure, increased bone strength, better cognition function. The trick is achieving three parameters: step count, pace and posture — things read out from fitness dashboards that modulate your metabolic rhythms to counter diabetes, osteoporosis, anxiety and depression.

Walking serves as a "movement code calibrator" for your body. Keeping up the pace at 100 steps/minute engages the body's "engine RPM"; An older adult aligning their pace with effective heart rate zones. Keep your back straight like a flagpole, and leverage the body's natural shock absorbers with a heel-to-toe walking pattern. Slightly tightening the core muscles provides natural damping, morphing into dynamic joint armour. This means taking wrong steps will become 'bone wear interest' over the course of —700 million lifetime steps. Stretching regularly lubricates muscle chains.