Walking for Exercise
Those who are feeble and indolent should not yield to their inclina-
tion to be inactive, thus depriving themselves of air and sunlight, but
should practice exercising out of doors in walking or working in the
garden. They will become very much fatigued, but this will not injure
them.... It is not good policy to give up the use of certain muscles
because pain is felt when they are exercised. The pain is frequently
caused by the effort of nature to give life and vigor to those parts that
have become partially lifeless through inaction. The motion of these
long-disused muscles will cause pain, because nature is awakening
them to life.
Walking, in all cases where it is possible, is the best remedy for
diseased bodies, because in this exercise all the organs of the body
are brought into use. Many who depend upon the movement cure
could accomplish more for themselves by muscular exercise than the
movements can do for them. In some cases, want of exercise causes
the bowels and muscles to become enfeebled and shrunken, and these
organs that have become enfeebled for want of use will be strengthened
by exercise. There is no exercise that can take the place of walking.
By it the circulation of the blood is greatly improved.—
Testimonies
for the Church 3:78
(1871).
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