Posted on October 25, 2007 in Lastest News
“Walk to lose the extra pounds” is a very common advice people receive from others. It’s only a matter of common sense to realize that walking helps in putting off extra weight. However, very less number of people actually have a clear idea about how to carry on this weight loss program. The pertinent questions are how much and how fast to walk? How to increase the activity and what are the measures to take into consideration?
Here we are with the answer to all your questions. These are some simple tips to get you going:
- Walking moderately for 30-60 minutes a day burns the stored calories and improves the metabolism.
- Before resume speed walk slowly for at least 10 minutes. In this warm up body burns the available sugar and get to the store of reserved fat for energy.
- Walk slowly in the initial days and then gradually increase your speed. Slow walking also helps in burning fat as at each step you stop and start again and the momentum of your body does not carry you along.
- In order to put off weight distance is more important than time. Start with 2-4 mph and gradually increase the distance-to-be-covered.
- Make specific plans for your walk to lose weight program. Set smaller targets and try to reach those.
- Walk a specific distance for one week and increase a little the next week. This way you can increase your ability to walk faster and it won’t get too heavy on your body.
- Set your target in such a way that you gradually decrease the time spend for walking a particular distance. In this way you can continue burning the calories of your body.
Burning calories is the main motive of walking. It means you have to continue burning calories to keep the weight off your body. So, manage your time in such a way that you get enough time to walk for your weight loss. After all a body without extra fat is a body without disease.
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