Take the Shoe Leather Express

She bikes to work—Sharon Merkel commutes on two wheels, not four, from her home in Barto, Pa., to her job at PPL in Allentown.

With gasoline prices seemingly always on the rise, run some of your errands the old-fashioned way: walking. “It’s the easiest form of exercise and doesn’t take more than a decent pair of sneakers and some time,” says family medicine physician Aaron Katz, M.D. Like any form of exercise, it improves cholesterol, lowers blood pressure, reduces stress, boosts metabolism, burns calories and makes you feel better. Looking for more fitness alternatives, call 610-402-CARE.

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