| The
Live Long, Live Well Walking Program, a New Jersey Department
of Health and Senior Services' wellness initiative, helps state residents
age fifty and older to walk their way to better health and improved
physical fitness.
Live Long, Live Well participants receive a free walker's logbook
with helpful hints to make walking a safe, fun and beneficial experience.
Participants can walk alone, with a friend or with a group, and
each walker gradually works up to walking 30 minutes, or the equivalent
of two miles per day, four or five days a week. Participants track
their progress in the logbook and those who walk regularly for 12
consecutive weeks receive a Live Long, Live Well Walking Program
Certificate of Achievement.
Walking is
one of the best ways for people of any age to become and stay fit.
Participants in the Live Long, Live Well Walking Program
can make major strides toward preventing diseases such as obesity,
heart disease, diabetes, stroke, osteoporosis and osteoarthritis.
Start taking
steps today to become more active, healthy and physically fit!
As of December 2007, 1,525 NJ older adults have logged in nearly 356,000 miles in 19 counties! The average walker walked 236 miles.
Visit Miles
logged by County to
see how your county measures up.
- The average age of the Live Long, Live Well walker is 72
- 85% walked with a friend or a group
- 75% of the walkers are female
- 88% of Live Long, Live Well walkers said they increased their level of physical activity by utilizing the New Jersey Walking Program
- Thirty-five walking clubs/events are listed in 13 counties
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Comments from Live Long Live Well walkers |
The New Jersey statewide walking program received
the 2005 national award for the “most innovative physical
activity,” sponsored by the International Council on Active Aging,
as part of the YouCan! Campaign. |
Walking lifts my spirits. |
I should have done this a long time ago! Everybody is saying I look great. |
| Having a pedometer gave me more incentive to walk and seeing the steps our group took each week helped inspire me.
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I lost all the pain in my legs and I feel great! |
This was a very simple and easy way to get into walking for my health and to document my performance. |
| I joined the Cumberland County 'Adopt a Road' Program and walk to pick up trash. |
| An Atlantic Health Systems Senior Contact man, age 70, indicated his lifetime total miles are 29,874 (more than around the world). |
One romantic gentleman noted he walked with ‘his love’ and he recorded the weather conditions each day and where the walk took place, including day-long walks in France. |
| This program happened when I had a great deal of stress – it really helped! |
Walking is good for the soul as well as the body. |
Having survived lung cancer four years ago and being the only woman in the state to survive West Nile Disease 2 years ago, I am now in good physical shape thanks to senior services and the older adult health group - thank you. |
I feel better - walking relieves stiffness, improves breathing and tones muscles. |
| I walk 5 days/week, 7 miles a day - my LDL dropped 15 points so I don't need medication. |
| Walking helped me through a stressful time after the loss of my husband. |
| I went from under 2,000 steps a day to more than 8,000! |
Your program was the KEY - I needed an incentive to lose weight and walking and
watching what I ate did it for me
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