An often over looked fitness and weight loss method is walking. Walking can be your secret power weight loss and fitness technique. Walking is safe, enjoyable and natural. There are other work out methods that burn more calories quicker than walking however walking can be surprisingly effective and very low key.
Let’s think about how effective walking can be and how you can use walking to get fit and healthy. Walking is safe and low stress on the body and can be accomplished almost anywhere. It is easy to get started and many individuals use walking as a warm up. Walking can get you in the mood to work out once the blood starts to flow it is much easier to transition to a full work out.
If you have physical limitations walking generally provides you with a way to get your body moving and the blood flowing, of course this depends on the level of your physically limitations.
Walking for fitness and weight loss can be a powerful highly effective fitness methods. You are able to adjust your walking intensity level on the fly.
Let’s take a look at how easy it is to increase the intensity level of walking:
- Longer strides
- Carry weights wrist or ankle weight
- Wear a weight vest
- Cover the same distance in less time
- Walk hills
- Walk stairs
- Walk sideways
- Walk backwards
These are just a few ways to increase your intensity level of your walking for fitness and weight loss program.
Here is a method that I have shared with many people to get them started with their personal walking program.
- Pick out a route (about 2 miles or 8 laps around a school track)
- Decide how many times a week you want to walk. 3 times a week is a good starting point.
- Chart your walks, times and distances.
Charting your walks give you a different prospective and allows you to see patterns and make little adjustments. Charting also gives you a method that livens up your walking, use it to create little goals and games that push you on to higher levels of fitness.
Decide what you want to get out of your walking. Write it down!
Is walking going to be your main fitness method?
Will you use walking as a stepping stone to move on to higher levels of fitness?
Create a walking journal (it can be a simple spiral notebook) and use it.
Many of the people I have shared this getting started with walking routine with have moved on to higher levels of fitness using this as a getting started point for a fitness program. Some were just stuck and needed a little push and some needed to gradually get to a fitness level that they could make even greater changes for their fitness and health.
What a great low stress and low impact way to get started exercising and use walking as a weight loss and fitness program has been one of my personal favorite methods to get people started and to the nest level of fitness.
Of course there are plenty of ways to get fit this is just one that has helped many people get active and involved with out putting too much stress on them.
Walking for fitness and weight loss is a great choice when deciding which program or method you will use.
So get started and be slim, fit and healthy!
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