Why not try… Walking for Exercise?
Music goes hand in hand with getting up and active. Try using iPod or other MP3 player to add entertainment to the walk. Books on tape makes the walk goes by faster and you want to walk longer. You should choose cheerful songs that will help you keep your rate up. A mellow song at the beginning and the end of the work-out will help ensure that you get a warm-up and a cool down in. When you are able to get, and stay on your target heart rate you will want to cool down a bit at the end of your walk. Slowing your pace down and doing some more light stretching can accomplish this. Do not stop walking to slow your heart rate in to a cool down. It defeats the purpose of a cool down.
The weather can put a constraint on your daily work-out. If you’ve grown accustomed to doing your walking for exercise outside, consider purchasing a treadmill for the days you need to stay inside. Treadmills can be useful for adding incline if you are in an area without hills, but I’ll bet you can work some stairs into your workout if you look for them to help build the uphill and downhill muscles. Using a treadmill for your regular workouts is a great way to burn out calories and give basic training to your walking muscles and practice your walking form. The manual style of treadmill does work but it requires a great deal more exertion on the part of the walker.
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