Health Benefits of Walking

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Health Benefits of Walking

• The benefits of regular exercise such as
  preventing heart disease and type II diabetes,
  have been well documented in recent years. In
  1965, the American College of Sports Medicine
  recommended that an accumulation of 30 minutes a
  day of moderately intense exercise completed on 5
  or more days a week, was enough to provide
  significant health benefits and best of all these
  benefits can be achieved by virtually everyone,
  regardless of sex, race or physical ability.
• Many health experts also recognise the benefits
  of walking 10,000 steps a day which roughly
  accumulates to 5 miles. Using a pedometer is a
  hassle-free way of counting your steps, and
  reaching your targets. Clip it onto your trousers
  or skirt (close to your mid-line) and count the
  steps at the end of the day!
• How can exercise benefit me?
• Regular exercise can..
• Strengthen your heart and lungs, reducing the
  risk of related diseases.
• Reduce the build up of plaques in the arteries
  helping blood to flow more easily, which can
  leave you feeling refreshed and energetic after
  exercise.
• Lowers blood pressure
• Improves bone strength and prevents bone-
  weakening diseases such as osteoporosis. Walking
  especially improves bone strength.
• Helps you to achieve and maintain a healthy body
  weight by increasing the number of calories burnt
  in a day, helping reduce the risk of obesity.

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• Coupled with a healthy diet can help prevent or
  manage type II diabetes.
• Helps lower the risk of developing certain types
  of cancers.
• Eases depression, reduces stress and helps you
  relax, through the release of endorphins that
  produce feelings of well being and provides a
  natural pain relief.
• Improve psychological well being. Looking better
  can improve confidence and self esteem.
• In addition to the physical benefits, walking
  also offers many social benefits. Walking with a
  friend or group not only relieves boredom but is
  a great way to meet new people and also
  reinforces your commitment to walking.
• Even walking alone increases your chances of
  meeting a new neighbour, almost guarantees a
  returned smile from another child or adult, and
  increases your feelings of being in touch with
  the community.
• Walking with a friend or group increases safety
  in the city and country.
• Unfortunately, exercise cant help you live
  forever but it can increase the years of
  independent living and general quality of life!

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• This walk is based on the history behind the
  buildings of Leeds university. Many of the
  buildings around campus have been names after
  people who have influenced the university greatly
  over the years but many of the figures behind the
  names have long been forgotten. This walk will
  take you round such buildings as Roger Stevens
  and the Parkinson building where you can learn
  about the people behind the names.
• Parkinson Building
• When the Brotherton library was opened in 1939,
  it was discretely mentioned (several times!) that
  unfortunately there were no funds left to build
  an appropriate entrance for the library. A month
  later an offer of a gift of up to 200,000 was
  received by Frank Parkinson. Parkinson was the
  chairman of the local electrical manufacturers,
  Crompton Parkinson Company and attended the
  University when it was the Yorkshire College. His
  conditions for the building were that it should
  include an entrance and entrance hall which will
  leave an indelible impression in the mind of the
  student which he would remember after years with
  affection. The gift was gratefully accepted and
  the building was named in his honour.
• Michael Sadler
• Sir Michael Sadler was born in Barnsley in 1861.
  He was made Vice Chancellor of the University of
  Leeds in 191 and remained here until 1923. Of
  these 12 years when Sadler was Vice Chancellor, 4
  were war years and 3 were years of severe post
  war depression, and 2 were years of economic and
  social unrest but with Sadlers Optimistic and
  positive approach, the University continued to
  grow steadily. Sadler died in October 1943, and a
  building has since been named after him. The
  Michael Sadler building id currently used by the
  languages and politics departments.

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• Charles Morris
• Sir Charles Richard Morris (Baron Morris of
  Grasmere) became the vice Chancellor of Leeds
  University in 1948 and remained so until 1963.
  The triple hall, built in 1966 was then named
  after the Vice Chancellor and became Charles
  Morris Halls of residence and now holds up to 350
  students.
• Bragg Computer Cluster
• Sir William Bragg was born in England in 1862. In
  1885 he was offered the position of professor of
  Mathematics and Physics at the University of
  Adelaide, and moved three weeks later. Here he
  met his wife who in 1890 gave birth to their
  first son, William Laurence. In 1909 Bragg and
  his family left Adelaide and took a position at
  the University of Leeds as Cavendish Professor of
  Physics. His son William Laurence Bragg went to
  study at Cambridge and graduated in 1912. Father
  and son began working together researching x rays
  and crystal structure. William Bragg and his son,
  Laurence were awarded the nobel prize in 1915 for
  their services in the analysis of crystal
  structure by means of x rays. William Bragg was
  knighted in 1920 and Lawrence Bragg was Knighted
  in 1941. Sir Wiliam Bragg died on March 10th
  1942, aged 79.
• Irene Manton Building
• Irene Manton was born in 1904. She was a Botanist
  and specialized in Electron microscopy. She made
  fundamental discoveries about the cell structure
  of plants whilst teaching Biology at the
  University of Leeds. She was also president of
  the Linnean Society and in 1985 received an
  Honorary DSc. Irene Manton died in 1988. In the
  university today the Irene Manton building houses
  the School of Biology, biochemistry, Molecular
  biology, biomedical sciences and the centre for
  animal and plant sciences. There is also a plaque
  on the wall of the Botany house where Manton made
  her discoveries.

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• Roger Stevens
• Roger Stevens was born on the 8th June 1906.
  During his life, he held many positions of
  importance including British ambassador to Sweden
  and Iran and Assistant under-secretary of state
  in the foreign office. In 1963, Sir Roger Stevens
  became Vice Chancellor of the University of Leeds
  and Honorary LLd in 1971. Sir Roger Stevens died
  on the 20th February 1980. The Roger Stevens
  Building was built in 1970 and holds 25 lecture
  theatres, standing out for its design and water
  feature.
• E.C Stoner
• Sir Edmund Clifton Stoner was a world leading
  physicist. He was best known for his work on
  magnetism, astrophysics and electron distribution
  amongst atomic levels. Stoner was professor of
  theoretical physics at the University of Leeds
  from 1939-1951, and became Cavendish professor of
  physics in 1953-1963. The E.C Stoner building is
  renowned for once holding the longest corridor in
  Europe, at over a fifth of a mile.
• Clothworkers Concert hall
• The clothworkers concert hall was name after the
  Clothworkers company of London. The Yorkshire
  college of Science opened in 1869, when the
  company was actively seeking to support technical
  education. They offered financial support to the
  college from the outset. In 1874 the former Lord
  Mayor of Leeds Obediah Nussey addressed a
  conference at the Clothworkers Hall in London and
  announced that it was essential that Britain
  establish schools for practical trade instruction
  like those in France, Germany and Belgium. In
  response to this, the Clothworkers Company
  sponsored the establishment of a department of
  Textile industries at the Yorkshire College of
  Leeds followed by a department of Dyeing and
  Tinctorial Chemistry in 1885. They are now known
  as the School of Design and the Department of
  colour Chemistry. The College became the
  University of Leeds in 1904 and the Clothworkers
  company continues to support the building
  projects and recently made a grant of 1.37
  million to bring the concert hall to modern
  standards.

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• Edward Boyle Library
• Sir Edward Boyle was born in 1923. In 1950, he
  became a member of parliament and represented
  Handsworth, Birmingham. From 1962-1964 Boyle was
  the Minister for Education under then Macmillan
  administration. In 1969 he announced that he
  would not be seeking re-election and accepted the
  invitation to become the Vice Chancellor of Leeds
  University where he took a keen interest in the
  life of the University. Boyle remained Vice
  Chancellor from 1970 until his death in 1981.
• Brotherton Library
• Sir Edward Allen Brotherton was the first and
  last Baron Brotherton, and was born on the 1st
  April 1856. He was a chemical manufacturer and
  made high explosives during the First World War.
  He also held office as the Mayor of Wakefield
  from 1902-1903. Mayor of Leeds from 1913-1914 and
  was a Member of Parliament for Wakefield from
  1902-1910 and again from 1918-1922. In 1926 a
  competition was held for the architects in the
  area to design and build a new section for the
  University building. The brief included such
  buildings for a library, chemistry, maths,
  physics, arts, engineering and administration.
  The designers were told to envisage having
  1,000,000 to spend but the winning team were
  only given 350,000. Sir Edward Brotherton was an
  avid bibliophile and collector of manuscripts and
  offered to defray the cost of the library
  building to a maximum of 100,000 in which he
  intended to donate his collection. The offer was
  gratefully accepted and the library now holds his
  name. Sir Edward Brotherton died on 21st October,
  1930.

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Steps (approx) 3500Distance (approx) 1.5
miles (2.4 km)Calories (approx) 200
(Kcal)Time 45 minsStart- Meet outside the
front of (A) Parkinson Building Steps. Turn Right
and follow the path as it bears to the right and
walk under the archways. Continue ahead until you
reach (9) Michael Sadler Buildingopposite (10)
Baines Wing. Keep walking along this road passing
(16,12,14 15). At the end of this road you will
see the Henry Price halls of residence (H) on
your right.Turn left and then left again and
follow the road down towards the University
Union. Turn Right down Cromer Terrace by the side
of C (University House). At the end of Cromer
Terrace, turn left and walk down the hill passing
Lyddon Hall. Continue on the path that passes
Charles Morris Halls (F) on your right hand side.
After passing this, turn left and walk down the
steps under the Bragg computer cluster and into
the courtyard where you can see the Irene Manton
building and take the path heading towards (29)
Roger Stevens Building.Head down the sloped walk
was and continue along the path until the left
turn that takes you underneath (23) the E.C
Stoner building. Take the immediate left up the
hill and take the first right. This takes you
past the front entrance of (25) Clothworkers
Hall. Then take the next left and follow the path
to (E) Edward Boyle library. Then take the right
path which leads past the English building. At
the end of this road, turn left and head up the
hill past J K (Workshop theatre and the
Emmanuel Centre, and continue back up to the
Parkinson Steps.Finish.

• KEY
• Parkinson Building
• Ellersie Hall
• University house
• Lyddon Hall
• Edward Boyle Library
• Charles Morris Hall
• Careers Centre
• Henry Price Halls
• Workshop Theatre
• Emmanuel Centre
• Houldsworth Building
• Civil Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Old Mining Building
• Environment Building
• Chemistry
• English

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Stewart Ross, Director of Sport Physical
Activity, endorsed this project and says At
Sport Physical Activity we are always trying to
find new ways to get people involved in physical
activity. This fine collaboration of the Sport
Science Department and Sport Physical Activity
for this student run initiative is an asset to
the University which we hope will create a
healthier and more active community.
Have you done 10,000 steps today? The pedometer
is the best way of measuring your number of
steps. It works by measuring the motion of your
hip as you walk, and some pedometers will even
calculate the distance you have walked in
miles/kms and the number of calories burnt.
This was produced in partnership with.
Published 2006 by Sarah Wilshaw, Sam Noble,
Sukhbir Bhullar Alexandra Pass