| If you are thinking about joining a group to Walk | | | | sweating the cool down, time to slow down your |
| for fitness or doing it on your own? Walking is a | | | | body to let it know that the hard work is done. |
| great way to get in exercise and to make | | | | Cooling down will help to keep cramps and |
| yourself happier and healthier. Plan a goal and stick | | | | soreness from setting in afterwards. After your |
| to it looking back once in awhile to see how | | | | walking at a steady pace your should gradually |
| you're progressing. We all need to walk and it is a | | | | slow your pace down for about 10 minutes. Once |
| cheap exercise program to improve our health | | | | you have walked at a slow pace than you should |
| and make a better person out of us all. Walking is | | | | do a few stretches to help prevent injury the |
| good for strengthening, toning, lower back pain, | | | | next time you walk. Your cool down stretches |
| and helps in preventing heart disease, colon cancer | | | | should include all major muscle groups while they |
| and strokes too. There is no special equipment | | | | are still warm. Stretch the muscle when they are |
| needed just putting one foot in front of the other. | | | | warm because they are more flexible. Stretch |
| You might have to buy a pair of walking shoes | | | | until you feel a gently tension and hold for 30 |
| making sure you have the proper fit and consider | | | | seconds. If you start to feel any pain at all let up |
| what is needed for the weather, rain, snow, or | | | | on the stretch until it goes away; you should not |
| shine. Get started today making a plan and goal | | | | feel any pain at all. Don't bounce when you do |
| to keep you looking forward. Start out slow and | | | | these stretches because it could cause you to |
| each day pushes yourself to go a little further | | | | tear a muscle. Remember to breathe while doing |
| down the street. Soon you'll look back at yourself | | | | your stretches to get the oxygen flowing to the |
| and you'll be amazed at the progress you made. | | | | muscle so they can breath themselves. Your cool |
| You will feel inspired to carry on. Walking 20-30 | | | | down time should be longer than the warm up |
| minutes, a day 5 or more times a week should | | | | time. Once in awhile after your cool down time |
| be one of the goals in your plan. Be sure to add in | | | | has a massage done and it will give your muscles |
| warm up time; 30 seconds will do before start on | | | | even more flexibility for the next workout. Be |
| your journey. Doing warm ups are stretches for | | | | sure to give yourself plenty of rest and recovery |
| the muscles and joints after you have walked at | | | | time between each workout. When working out it |
| a very slow pace for 5 minutes. Your want your | | | | will give you more energy and motivation as you |
| muscle to be warmed up before doing the muscle | | | | see what changes are happening to your new |
| stretches. After walking, you need to have a time | | | | you. Don't overdo your new exercise program to |
| set to include a cool down. | | | | the point your sore and stiff. You want to feel |
| Cooling down is just important and the warm ups | | | | good after you've worked out. Walking to fitness |
| because you need to bring your heart rate back | | | | in a correct manner will inspire you to continue |
| to normal slowly. You want to cool down so your | | | | your program. |
| blood pressure doesn't drop to quickly. If you're | | | | |