Saturday, January 14, 2012

Walking Is One Of The Best Ways To Lose Weight

By Lance Dinkle


If you're wanting to slim down, you'll also want to begin working out on a regular basis. Perhaps you're a beginner to exercising or you haven't worked out in a while? If you don't feel you know how to exercise very well, you can get started by walking. You must unquestionably add walking to any exercise program you do.

There are many ways to add walking into your daily schedule. You and your dog can both exercise by taking a short walk around your neighborhood. Just imagine, 10 minutes per day is the same as walking 70 minutes every week. If you and your dog walk two times each day then that number doubles. See if you can walk to your office if you live pretty close to it. However, if your work is a couple of hours away, you may not want to walk that far--unless you're getting ready for a marathon! A thirty-minute walk to your job is possible and if you walk to work and from work, you'll be walking for at least 60 minutes per day. If you commute to work, just walk to the next bus stop so that you do a little more walking in the day. Its not hard to add in walking.

Your body and general-whole health will be wonderfully improved by walking. You can anticipate to better the health of your heart and also slim down since walking is a form of cardio activity. Walking is so much less problematic on your joints than running. To illustrate, I've always marveled how my brother could stay so thin when he eats too much junk food. He declares to me he doesn't have a clue, but he did tell me that he does a lot of walking daily. It made good sense when he told me that. Walking is an excellent physical activity so you should find no reason to not bother.

Set up a day-to-day walking routine, combine it with proper diet, and you should experience weight loss without any huge effort. By walking, you'll also feel more fit and you won't be discouraged by it since it's not tiring at all, which will make you feel more inspired. You can increase the intensity level of your walking as you become used to walking regularly. If you feel like you're ready to move on to something more challenging, don't be afraid to make an attempt. Walk a little faster than you usually do and maybe jog for a few steps along the way if you feel like it. The next step will be to add even heavier activities.

There's no reason that you can't walk a little bit daily. Even people with busy schedules can find 10 minutes each day to walk around the neighborhood or visit the local gym for a stint on the treadmill.




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