| ng is en excellent way to keep fit and feel good, | | | | week. If you're in shape and used to exercising, |
| whether it's for loosing weight or other health | | | | set your goals higher from the start. |
| issues. An acquaintance of mine told me that her | | | | Some reminders about your fitness walking: Walk |
| pounds "dissappeared" just by walking every day | | | | straight up and loosen your shoulders. Hold your |
| for 25 minutes. Setting up a fitness walking | | | | head straight up, don't look into the ground. If you |
| program is not hard to do. But it will be easier if | | | | are used to sports and aerobics, keep your arms |
| you consider a couple of things before starting a | | | | bent in 90 degree angle when walking. This puts |
| walking program; set up a goal for your walking | | | | less strength on your back and neck, and it also |
| program, and be realistic about that goal. If you | | | | burns more calories while fitness walking. When |
| do that it, will keep you more motivated to reach | | | | you want to get more progressed in your |
| what you are aiming for. Try to be realistic about | | | | walking, get a pair of MBT sneakers (more about |
| it when starting will also make it easier to keep | | | | it at the end of this article) or Nordic walking |
| your new exercise habits. Change things a little | | | | poles. Remember to breathe correctly, breath out |
| every week. Don't promise yourself that "I will | | | | all the way. |
| fitness walk 365 days a year for 1 hour if you | | | | How to stay motivated in your new training |
| have never done any sports before. You will | | | | endeavors? Well, there are several ways of doing |
| probably stop after a couple of days. Be honest | | | | that. Using a pedometer that will count the steps |
| about what you can manage and fit something in | | | | on your walks can be one. After a doing it for a |
| your daily schedule that you can manage to keep | | | | while, it will bug you if you haven't done any |
| to. Don't get any expensive clothing or sneakers | | | | walking that day. Get a mp3 player, listen to an |
| in the beginning. Just start with what you're | | | | audio book or the radio. |
| having. Later on in your programme, when you | | | | If you are aiming to loose some weight, |
| have reached your first aims, you can treat | | | | remember that you are now building muscles, and |
| yourself with a pair comfortable sneakers or | | | | that muscles weigh more than fat. So don't get |
| some new training gear. | | | | too low if the scale is'nt showing what you want it |
| Take a few minutes and develop on a fitness | | | | to show. The prope way of finding out how much |
| walking programme for yourself. It could look like: | | | | you have lost, is to use a measure tape and |
| walk 15 minutes four times a week for two | | | | measure yourself around the stomach, hips and |
| weeks. Then 20 minutes for three weeks. | | | | thighs. Then you will see your real results. |
| Increase your walking to 25 minutes five times a | | | | |