walking | The Thrash – Jeff Thrasher

Are you one of many people who would like to shed a few pounds and drop a few inches from your waistline? Or maybe you would like to lower the risk of heart problems or stroke? Increasing the strength of your lungs and heart, or bringing your blood pressure level down might be important to you. Maybe you’d just like to have more energy, avoid depression and feel generally better?

It’s an impressive list of health benefits. However, if you’re expecting a plug for the latest miracle drug or the details of a fitness routine suitable for an Olympic athlete, then you can relax. Believe it or not, all of these benefits – and a few more besides – are available simply by doing something that you do everyday anyway – walking.

Walking is a great way to take exercise. Anyone can do it – there’s no need to visit the gym (and no costly monthly membership fees). There’s no need for any special exercise equipment and you can slot it into your daily schedule whenever it suits you best.

All that you really need to start your walking exercise program is a comfortable pair of shoes and clothing suitable for the ambient conditions. Although not strictly necessary, you might want to think about an mp3 player if you don’t already have one. The miles and the time will pass quickly when you’re walking along listening to your favourite tunes.

Walking for as little as half an hour each day on a regular basis will very quickly make a difference. You will begin to achieve all of the benefits previously discussed – and the pounds will begin to melt away. If you can work up to 10,000 steps a day – equivalent to about 5 miles – you will look good, feel great, have a lot more energy and be a good deal healthier. Again, it’s not strictly necessary, but you can pick up a cheap pedometer for around $10 these days.Even an Omron pedometer – one of the best and most accurate brands on the market – is inexpensive these days. This will help you to monitor exactly how many steps you take. Most modern pedometers will also tell you how many calories you’ve burned or what distance you’ve covered if that’s how you prefer to monitor your progress.

If you haven’t exercised on a regular basis for a while, if you have any a medical conditions, or if you are over 40 years of age then you should talk to your doctor before starting out on any new exercise routine. However, as long as you apply a little common sense and start out gradually, a low impact, low injury risk workout like walking will, in all probability, be very beneficial for you. Walk to the shops and leave the car at home. Walk to the shops, walk to work. Take a fifteen minute walk around the block at lunchtime. Before you know it, you’ll be slimmer, healthier and, more importantly, you’ll feel great and more able to enjoy life to the full.

You could also try using Fit flops exercise shoes. They’re specially designed to increase the amount of time that your muscles are active for during normal walking activities – so they will help to increase the effectiveness of whatever walking activity you manage to fit into your daily schedule.

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