Walking is Exercise

Believe it or not walking is good for you and your family. Walking is easier than any other exercise. Walking gets you out of the house, and you can enjoy the surrounds of your environment.

The Walk

To Start your walking you need to take it slow a little distance at a time especial if you've never walked before.

Where are you going to walk, pick a place that's nice and peaceful for you. The walk needs to be an enjoyable one so that you don't give up on the first day. So look at places like a school track, a close park, or your neighborhood.

Make your walk easy when starting out, don't walk to far that you can't walk back to the starting point.

The first time you walk don't worry about the distance you walk. Once you start to walk you will build up your leg strength and you breathing will get better along with your speed.

How long will you walk for?
Set a time that you fill comfortable with walking don't over do it the first couple of weeks.

The third week is here you should be increasing your walk time by 5 minutes each week. By this time you should be walking at less 10 minutes every other day.

The walking needs to get more difficult once you've mastered the10 minute walk move on to a longer time.

Tips you need for walking

You need a pedometer to count your steps

Swing your arms when walking

Walk with good posture

Walk no less than 3 times per week

Take notes about the experience you've had on your walk, and write about your maximum heart rate, target heart rate, and the time you walked.

Having something to listen to will help the walk go by faster, and you may find that you've walked longer.

If you can't get in your regular walk, then you should take the stairs, or just find other ways to get moving, because you don't want to mess up on the progress you've made with your walking.

Bring a water bottle

Wear comfortable clothing, and supportive athletic shoes

Another walking tip is walking can also be a great stress reliever

So get off that couch start walking, and building your strong and healthy body an a longer life, because you only have one life to live today.

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