June 2, 2007

Walking: The Best form of Fitness Exercise!!!


To Trim your waistline and want a healthy life, the best form of fitness is Walking. We all know how to walk and run but do we have ever made an effort to know how walking can be beneficial for our healthy lives? No!!! Or may be some them do know about it.


Walking is a gentle, high-impact exercise that can ease you into a higher level of fitness and health. It is one of your body's most natural forms of exercise. It is safe, simple, does not require practice, and the health benefits are many. Here is more about why walking is good for you, and how to get started with a walking program.

Benefits of Walking:
  • Manage to reduce weight.
  • Manage Stress and boost up confidence.
  • Keeps Strong and active.
  • Pump up the heart beat which reduces the risk of any heart problems.
  • Controls the Blood pressure.
  • Manages the Diabetes.

Getting Started:

If you are a seasoned walker, keep doing what you are doing. If you have been inactive and exhaust easily, it is better to start slow and easy. Try short daily sessions of 3 to 5 minutes and slowly build up to 15 minutes twice a week. Then, over several week's time, you can gradually speed up your way to 30 minutes of walking five days each week.

Walking is a great exercise because it is so simple to do. But if your posture is poor or your movements exaggerated, you will increase your risk of injury. Using proper technique can avoid injuries and setbacks.

Shown below is the proper technique that should be followed while walking:


Walk with smooth movements. As you walk forward, roll your foot from heel to toe. Avoid coming down hard with your heel on the ground.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I agree with the above. Walking is such a natural form of exercise, our ancestors didn't run everywhere, they walked. Our ancestors only used to run for short bursts.

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