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Jonathan FitzGordon begins with a few basic principles in his FitzGordon Method walking program:

1. Bones stacked. Your body should fall in a straight line — ears, shoulders, hips and ankles.

2. Buttocks released. Unless you’re going uphill, your derriere should have no active role in standing or walking.

3. Legs back. Set the muscles of your inner thighs back to allow the legs to fall directly underneath the pelvis. This will keep the pelvis level and the spine balanced.

4. Belly strong. The stomach should be strong and the middle back filled out so that you are using your entire core as you walk.

5. Head lifted. Imagine someone is pulling a string from the back of your head, allowing the chin to fall to level (most of us walk with it slightly raised) and the throat to soften.

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As the environmental consequences of driving cars become ever more clear, consumers are increasingly aware of the benefits of alternative modes of transportation. Walkit is a website that promotes the power of walking as a healthier way to get around.

Walkit's goal is to help consumers make more informed decisions about whether they choose to walk for all, or part, of any given journey. The UK-based site currently offers walking routes for London, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Newcastle/Gateshead, and plans to cover all the UK's major cities by the end of this year. Thanks to a feature just added earlier this month, users going through inner London can request "fresh air" routes with the lowest pollution as well.

Walkit then supplies the user with a detailed map and written directions, including distance, walking time, the number of calories burned and the carbon dioxide avoided by walking rather than riding in a car, taxi or bus.

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