Podcast
The Mel Robbins Podcast
Mel Robbins highlighted the book as a bestseller that explained how walking improves physical health, mental well‑being, and even cognitive function. She and Dr. Shane O’Mara both recommended it, noting the author’s research background and his call for people to incorporate daily walks and design environments that encourage movement. The discussion conveyed strong enthusiasm for the title’s practical, science‑based advice.
Episode: Pull Yourself Together: The Best Expert Advice to...
It was mentioned as a bestselling book by Shane O'Mara, discussing the benefits of walking for physical and mental health, including personality and cognitive function.
He's also the author of the bestselling book, In Praise of Walking.
Episode: The Shocking Science and Benefits of Taking a Simp...
It explores the numerous studies conducted on the act of walking and its various benefits, advocating for the incorporation of daily walks into one's life.
He's the professor of experimental brain research at Trinity College in Dublin. That's not all. He's the director of the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience and a member of the academic staff of the School of Psychology. And he wrote the bestselling book In Praise of Walking, where he digs into the extraordinary number of studies that have been done on the act of walking, the benefits it has in your life, and why you need to get up off the couch, get your butt out the door, and start taking more walks.
One of the points that I make repeatedly in the book is that we've designed movement out of our environment. But if we want to get people moving again, what we really need to do is design the environment so that it's easy for people to walk.
I would write down bullet points on a page and take a dictaphone with me, not a telephone, because that thing is just too distracting.