Walking As Exercise Will Make A Differense By Beatrice Stephenson At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

Walking is en excellent way to keep fit and feel good, whether it's for loosing weight or other health issues. An acquaintance of mine told me that her pounds "dissappeared" just by walking every day for 25 minutes. Setting up a fitness walking program is not hard to do. But it will be easier if you consider a couple of things before starting a walking program; set up a goal for your walking program, and be realistic about that goal. If you do that it, will keep you more motivated to reach what you are aiming for. Try to be realistic about it when starting will also make it easier to keep your new exercise habits. Change things a little every week. Don't promise yourself that "I will fitness walk 365 days a year for 1 hour if you have never done any sports before. You will probably stop after a couple of days. Be honest about what you can manage and fit something in your daily schedule that you can manage to keep to. Don't get any expensive clothing or sneakers in the beginning. Just start with what you're having. Later on in your programme, when you have reached your first aims, you can treat yourself with a pair comfortable sneakers or some new training gear.

Take a few minutes and develop on a fitness walking programme for yourself. It could look like: walk 15 minutes four times a week for two weeks. Then 20 minutes for three weeks. Increase your walking to 25 minutes five times a week. If you're in shape and used to exercising, set your goals higher from the start.

Some reminders about your fitness walking: Walk straight up and loosen your shoulders. Hold your head straight up, don't look into the ground. If you are used to sports and aerobics, keep your arms bent in 90 degree angle when walking. This puts less strength on your back and neck, and it also burns more calories while fitness walking. When you want to get more progressed in your walking, get a pair of MBT sneakers (more about it at the end of this article) or Nordic walking poles. Remember to breathe correctly, breath out all the way.

How to stay motivated in your new training endeavors? Well, there are several ways of doing that. Using a pedometer that will count the steps on your walks can be one. After a doing it for a while, it will bug you if you haven't done any walking that day. Get a mp3 player, listen to an audio book or the radio.

If you are aiming to loose some weight, remember that you are now building muscles, and that muscles weigh more than fat. So don't get too low if the scale is'nt showing what you want it to show. The prope way of finding out how much you have lost, is to use a measure tape and measure yourself around the stomach, hips and thighs. Then you will see your real results.

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