Fitness Walking
The benefits include:
- Heart: Improves strength and efficiency. Walking is an aerobic activity that helps condition your heart.
- Muscles and Bones: Tones and strengthens.
- Metabolism: Speeds up body's ability to burn calories for energy.
- Weight: Preserves lean muscle while losing fat, giving you a trim look.
- Mental: Improves self-image, releases stress.
- Relaxing and Energy Boosting: Sounds conflicting, but walking clears your mind while the aerobic activity gives you energy.
- Injury Free: Low impact, so there is little pounding of joints (Impact of 1-1/2 times your body weight verus 3 times body weight from running).
- Inexpensive: No equipment or gym facilities required. All you need is comfortable, supportive shoes.
- Convenient: Can be done anywhere in any weather (just dress accordingly and carry a sunscreen).
- Easy: Walking comes naturally.