Walking

steps health benefits

Fitness trackers get users to walk an extra mile every day, study shows

Explore all of Wissahickon Valley Park with the All Trails Challenge

Wissahickon Valley Park trails

As seniors' walking speeds slow, their minds usually do too

decline in cognition and gait speed

Here's how many daily steps you need to potentially extend your life

Steps to stay healthy

MLK Jr. Drive closes to cars, makes way for cyclists practicing social distancing

MLK Drive Closure Cars

Take a stroll through these Philly-area parks while social distancing

Social distancing in parks

Use it or lose it: How physical activity strengthens heart health

Heart benefits of aerobic exercise

Hate exercise? Small increases in physical activity can make a big difference

Exercise Tips New Year's Resolutions

Get active this winter with guided walk through Morris Arboretum

Winter Greenery Tour at Morris Arboretum

This is the favored exercise method of U.S. Twitter users, study finds

walking favorite exercise

In the battle of the fitness trackers, the most steps might not win

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Meditate while listening to music through headphones during silent hike

walking outdoors

Philly Free Streets

Philly Free Streets 2019: Times, activities and locations announced

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Here's how Philadelphia ranks in fitness among 100 other U.S. cities

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Meet the 20 worst Philadelphians (you may have made the list)

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Get your daily exercise by joining winter walking tour through Morris Arboretum

Winter Greenery Tour at Morris Arboretum

Expert: Winter temperatures shouldn't scare you away from exercising outdoors

Winter Exercise

Join thousands for the 32nd AIDS Walk in Philly

walking together

Children's Health

My toddler stopped walking and it was terrifying: educating parents on a toxic synovitis diagnosis

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New section of the Schuylkill River Trail now open

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Take a walk through the zoo to support Make-A-Wish

Explore every corner of Wissahickon Valley Park through this fall fitness challenge

Valley Green

Study finds greater risk of heart disease among self-proclaimed slower walkers

Walking

New bicycle and pedestrian ramp on Ben Franklin Bridge nears approval

Stock_Carroll - Benjamin Franklin Bridge

WATCH: This video may persuade you to never text and walk again

Fall

Study: Philly slips to fifth place as nation's 'most walkable'

Carroll - Elfreth's Alley in Old City

Mindful Mondays

Why 15,000 steps is the new 10,000, and 10 ways to add steps to your day

Study: Philly is one of the best cities in the nation to live in without a car

Carroll - Philadelphia Free Streets

How a bit of road courtesy could heal angry Philly souls

Philadelphia recognized again for commitment to walkable areas

Analysis: Philadelphia top area for 'walkable new construction'

The Schuylkill Banks.

Thanks to Pokémon Go, my mom will finally exercise with me

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Study: Philly ranked fourth most walkable city in U.S.

Philadelphia skyline

Meet Bicycle Coalition Executive Director Sarah Clark Stuart

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