Why walking downhill is good for you...

An unexpected health benefit of our terraced garden with all its steps is that  going downhill  is better for you than walking uphill.
 
Yes its counter-intuitive. But Dr Michael Mosley in his podcast “ Just One Thing” sets out to provide the medical evidence .
 
Listen to the  podcast .
 
Basically walking downhill uses more muscles , involves  better balancing  and is weight bearing .
 
While uphill is purely aerobic. Amazing the stuff you discover while listening to podcasts out walking…