| Walking is really the best exercise you can do for | | | | those who want to really get into condition. It is |
| your body. Almost every doctor on earth will | | | | amazing just how fast speed walkers walk. Speed |
| testify to that assumption. Walking helps all of | | | | walkers train for hours so unless you are really |
| your insides, and your skin to feel better, look | | | | into this type of walking, stick with every day |
| better and work better. Walking for one hour a | | | | walking. |
| day will pay you benefits that will last a lifetime. | | | | - Heavy hands. This is a term used from a book I |
| And that lifetime will be a lot longer because you | | | | read once. The idea is to carry a couple of |
| walked. | | | | weights, one each hand, and swing your arms up |
| So you have set out to change your diet and get | | | | high over your head while you walk. I did this for |
| into an exercise program and you settled upon | | | | awhile. We lived alongside of a nice creek in the |
| walking. But what kind of walking is good for you. | | | | countryside. I simply used a couple of rocks |
| There are three basic ways to walk. | | | | weighing about two pounds each. I worked my |
| - Everyday walking. This is the basic. You can | | | | way up so that I could lift them over my head |
| start out walking trying to walk three miles an | | | | and then have them click together behind by back |
| hour or a mile in twenty minutes. Take the car | | | | each step as I walked swiftly. It takes a couple of |
| and measure the distance from your starting | | | | weeks to get the muscles in shape to do the full |
| point to the halfway point. Do not kid yourself. If | | | | routine. The problem is that the weight comes off |
| you want to walk a few blocks and return, go | | | | so fast it may scare the people who know you. I |
| halfway with the car. If you walk in a circle go so | | | | walked swiftly up and down the hills for about |
| many blocks ahead, make a right and two more | | | | two miles each day doing this. My wife saw me |
| rights and you are home. It is important to get | | | | lose so much weight she asked me to stop. I did |
| the distance right so that you can then work on | | | | not need to lose weight anyway so I stopped. It |
| your speed. Set a goal for your time. A good | | | | sure strengthened the arms though. I skied cross |
| healthy pace is four miles an hour or a mile in | | | | country faster than ever after that. |
| fifteen minutes. | | | | So there you have it. You can find a Heavy |
| - Speed walking or power walking. This is for | | | | Hands book on line. |