Steps to Walking Fitness as Healthy Exercise
Walking is a good healthy exercise for everyone young and elderly. Besides giving, you space for to work on your shape it helps to prevent many health problems.
There is no need to buy any equipment for walking exercise except you will need a good pair of walking shoes with the proper fit to meet your needs.
Here are a few plans to help you get started: Making a plan including a goal of where you are headed. Get some good walking shoes with the proper fit. Plan what days you are going to walk. Make it a goal to work your way up to 5 days or more a week to include 30minutes walking time. Add 5 or 10 each to warm up and cool down time. Are you prepared to walk in the different kinds of weather that may turn up? What is your goal of how far you want to work up to? Are you walking for health reasons, to lose weight, or just to get the exercise we all need? Do you need to consult your doctor for health reasons? Are you planning to eventually add in some hiking trips or walking in a marathon race? Keeping a journal on your progress
When making your plans up with a goal it gives you something to look forward to as you progress. It will help to keep you motivated. Once you start walking you don’t want to stop, just look back and see how far you’ve gone.
Make sure your shoes are the proper fit to prevent injuries. A good walking needs to be a firm shoes to hold its shape to keep from turning and twisting your ankles. They should have a good tread on them so you don’t slip on water or ice. Make sure yours shoes have a good fit to your feet so you don’t get warts or blisters, your don’t want your feet to hurt they need to be happy feet.
What days of the week are you planning to walk are very important so you can work your schedule around you walking time? Setting the times and days will help you from soreness in the muscles and joints so they don’t have time to go back to their old ways before you starting walking. Being prepared for all different kinds of weather needs, because you don’t know what it’s going to be like on these days that you’ve planned to walk.
Deciding on how far you want to be able to walk in the 30 minutes plus you warm up and cooling down time is important. In order to make your scheduled times for your exercise you need to know how long it is going to take by the time you get to your goal.
The pace that you walk depends on what your goal is. Are you walking for general health problems, training to walk a marathon, or just to walk and maybe lose a few inches here and there to improve your shape. Remember the faster you walk the more calories you will burn. Walking a marathon is timed so if that is your goal you need to be able to walk the distance in a certain amount of time.
Are you in good health or is your doctor recommending that you walk for your health? Not everyone needs to check with their doctor but some do so if you need to talk to him be sure to ask before starting your new adventure.
Keeping a journal is fun to day each day on your progress. Once in awhile look back in it to see how you’ve progressed. You’ll be so proud of yourself when you hit the goal your after.
November 24th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Walking is my favorite way to loose weight and tone my muscles. It also helps me to de-stress from my busy work day. I set a goal to walk at least 30 minutes per day, longer if time allows. My husband likes a more intense workout at the gym, but will “take me for a walk” and that’s when we find time to spend together in our busy lives.
November 24th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Walking is such a great exercise routine for your help and mind. I try to do a 15 minute walk every night not only to get some physical activity, but also takes off some stress as well.
December 10th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Walking has to be one of the best exercises. Sidewalks are open 24 hours a day with no monthly fee. Walks are a chance to socialize as well. Let’s start walking America.
December 11th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
The right kind of shoes play an important part of your walking excerse.
December 12th, 2009 at 6:57 am
I always start my morning walk (a minimum of 30 minutes) with the intention of processing unresolved issues I’m facing that day. Somehow, before I can even complete a block, I’ve forgotten whatever it was I intended to work through because I’m so busy greeting other walkers, watching the early morning tennis matches, or just being transformed by how unbelievably good the air smells that morning. My walks feed me in ways I never could have imagined. I walk farther and farther each day, and yet I always come back energized. Something so simple and so easy to do gives me back so much for the time I invest.
December 20th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
When the body is stressed by exercise it produces free radicals which destroys cell walls, depletes your immune system and can accelerate the aging process. It’s also been linked to numerous illnesses like cancer, stroke, heart attack and cataracts.
While you can offset some cell damage with antioxidants such as vitamins A, C, and E, and black and green tea, carrots, tomatoes, and grape juice… it’s better to exercise less.
A maximum of 45 minutes walking each day will keep your metabolism tuned – but not exhausted or stressed.
December 26th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
WALK ALOT, EAT HEALTHY FOODS, WATCH YOUR CALORIES AND CARBS, AND READ THE BOOK EAT AND STAY THIN BY JOYCE MEYER.
December 27th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
I always find walking or going for quick jog to be very effective in making me feel more relaxed.
-James
January 14th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
When I was 20, I loved running. But now I’m 50 look like I can’t run anymore. Walking is a good option. Thank you for your opinion.
January 27th, 2010 at 7:17 am
I think walking is one of the best ways to keep in shape. I have such a busy lifestyle that I never have time to really exercise. But I do make sure that I walk to and from work everyday in order to keep healthy and fit.
January 29th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
Walking is a great way to eventually start running. You can find the path you like best by first walking it, and eventually you can begin running it. It’s most fun with a pet or a friend.
January 31st, 2010 at 1:40 am
Walking is definitely undervalued in todays day and age. Walking can really help improve one’s health. We spend way too much time sitting and not moving around.
February 9th, 2010 at 9:28 pm
I\’m surprised that none of the comments mention the environmental benefits of walking. That combined with the health factor makes me wonder why more people don\’t walk more regularly!