Walking for your health and your figure

Most people do not walk much, but walking is considered the most complete exercise and one of the safest.

Here are some reasons that encourages you to walk more:
Walking is the earliest period, easier, practiced anywhere, under any circumstances, not have to spend, it is safe, effective, need no skills or training. Like any physical exercise helps both physical and emotional, physical exercise relaxes and clears the mind, helps reshape your body and make it strong, promotes better digestion, increases circulation and strengthens the heart and others. Read more about: Because exercise

You need to walk
A good pair of shoes and wear comfortable clothes.

As is
You already know how to walk. You must identify your purpose which can be: increasing physical activity, walking to relax, lose weight or otherwise.

If you want to walk to maintain your health and control your weight is to walk the 10,000 a day. For this it is recommended to buy a gadget to measure your steps, a pedometer (cheap). Put it in the morning and at bedtime you take it off to see how much you walk.

Pedometer

Then try to raise 500 steps each week. To measure this is to wear pants and use the pedometer or just calculate it. For example if you walk 5000 steps a day normally, put the first goal of 5500, the following week and up to 6,000 and 10,000 steps.

It is easy to increase the number of daily steps. Away from the building to pull over you head, take the stairs instead of the lift, do not use the intercom at the office the other person walks etc. Step by step the goal is reached.

Walking to lose weight
If you want to lose weight faster results follow these tips:
1 - The hikes require energy diet.

2 - You need to hike a long way fast.

3 - While walking should reach the level of aerobic or always having the ability to go talking (without losing speech) but feeling that the walk takes effort.

4 - If you are walking at a normal pace and is healthy but will not help you as much as if you follow the above recommendation.

5 - Try to walk 3 to 5 times a week for at least three miles (about 5 km) briskly but not kill you.


Posture when walking

Keep straight. Feel your body takes an athlete proudly.
Keep your head aligned with the trunk and pelvis
Keep your shoulders back and neck and arms relaxed
Adjust the speed of breathing.

Remember walking so the heel is the first to touch the ground before the rest of the foot, swing your weight forward, walk with toes pointing forward, and do not forget to swing your arms.

Facts:
Walk a mile (1.6 km) at a normal pace burns about 100 calories (62.5 calories per km). On sloping ground will burn more. Depending on the size of your legs and steps taken between 1760-2640 steps walk a mile or between 1100-1650 steps walk a mile.