Improving Your Walking Workout (Part 2)

Improving Your Walking Workout (Part 2)

In our last issue we were discussing some of the benefits of walking and gave a few tips on improving your walking workout.

Let's continue on that topic…

For added fun, try interval training. This type of training requires alternating exercise type or intensity (or both). So, for example, your walking workout could be made more strenuous by alternatively walking fast and walking slow.

For example, you might quicken your pace for up to 3 minutes and then slow down again for one minute, and repeat.

Walk on all sorts of terrain. Flat areas, on grass, on gravel, on dirt, up hill, down hill, at the beach, etc. Just make sure you are up to the task before tackling the more difficult terrain types - especially up hills.
The hills are especially good, because they build stamina, strength and of course burn more calories. Hills are also especially good if you decide to go the interval training route - alternative up hills, with flat terrain and down hills. See if that doesn't get your heart pumping.

Walking hills is different from flat terrain. When walking up hills, make sure that your back is mostly straight (slight lean is ok) - depending on the slope, some experts recommend locking your knees in each step to allow your muscles to rest. See what works best for you. When walking down hill, keep your knees slightly bent and shorten your stride length. Try not to lean too far back or forward to avoid losing balance as well as lower back pain.

There are other ways to walk, more than can be covered here. Just one final note on walking workouts - be sure to have the right shoes and socks to avoid nasty things like blisters and other foot and ankle pain.

Well that about does it for today.

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