The Advantages of Walking

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Ask any doctor for easiest and fastest route into exercise for the beginner and they’ll more than likely recommend walking. There are a great deal of advantages associated with this form of exercise and if your just starting out or even too overweight for other more strenuous fitness activities then walking is the obvious answer.

It’s not enough however to simply go out walking in a relaxed fashion. You need to really stride and move your arms to create a fast paced walk, as though you were in hurry to get somewhere. This is important as to gain the maximum amount of benefit you need to increase your heart rate up to a point where you will begin to burn fat. This heart rate zone is a calculation arrived at by taking into consideration your sex, height and weight.

Walking is obviously free however there a two very important investments you should consider to really gain the most benefit from your new fitness regime. We have already spoken about heart rate and you should seriously consider buying a heart rate monitor watch. This will be an invaluable training aid and will provide you with your heart rate plus other useful information such as distance traveled, calories burned and time. You can keep a fitness diary with the information each day and track your progress.

Secondly you’ll need good quality walking or running shoes and yes there is a difference! You certainly don’t have to buy the most expensive pair in the store, it’s much more important that the shoes you buy are well fitted to your feet and will provide the necessary support.

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