Give Yourself a Makeover!

Original Content | January 01, 2006

Walking is a great choice of exercise, especially if you'd like to lose weight. You can perform it outside when the weather is nice, making for a very pleasant workout, or on a treadmill during inclement weather and have the advantage of being able to control the grade to gradually make your workout more challenging. You can use a pedometer to monitor your progress as they have become very sophisticated in recent years.

Guidelines for Starting a Walking Program:

Walk a minimum of five times a week.
Select the duration of your walking sessions based on the number of minutes that you can continuously walk (between 10 and 30 minutes).
Walk at an intensity whereby you can speak but your breathing is noticeably elevated.
Try to increase your walking time by at least two minutes each week.