Walking is now Maryland's state exercise. You have heard of official emblems like flower, bird or animal, but a state in the United States today took a healthy stride to "walk" into history.
Yes, it's official -- walking is now Maryland's state exercise. Adopting walking as the state exercise, a bill read, "Heart disease is the number one cause of death each year in Maryland and thousands of Maryland citizens suffer from disease and other health problems as a result of a lack of physical activity."
Interestingly, the bill, introduced six years ago on a suggestion from an elementary school student, was vetoed by the then Governor Robert Ehrlich, calling it "silly".
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