Calories Burned Walking
Walking is something most of us do every day and yet a few small adjustments made to our existing routine can increase substantially the calories burned walking. All it takes for a person who weighs 160 pounds to burn 100 calories is to walk for half an hour at around 3 miles per hour.
Walking is usually an injury free activity, costs nothing and is available to all. So you have no excuses, here are some practical tips to help you burn lots more calories without going in for marathon training:
1. Unless there are a large number of floors involved - take the stairs, not only going up but down as well.
2. At the mall don’t join those other motorists trying to get as close as possible to the stores, instead park more easily further away and walk more.
3. Help the environment and burn a few more calories by using your local bus, railroad or subway service.
4. When you use public transport, why not get off the stop before yours and walk a little further ?
5. Every time you go out locally ask yourself, ‘Do I have to take the car or could I just as easily walk there and back ?’
6. If you are already walking your dog a couple of times a day you’re getting some excellent exercise, if not, why not walk a friends dog ?
7. To digest your food and shed some calories take a 10 minute stroll after your meals.
8. If you are accompanied by kids or a friend, on your walk, it will help to make it more interesting.
9. Walk in areas that you would not see from a car, public gardens, riverside paths or woods, you’ll be surprised at the things close to home that you are not familiar with.
10. If you will be walking alone you might want to listen to some music, the radio or perhaps some form of inspirational CD.
11. You don’t have to join a walking club however ‘peer pressure’ can be a good thing and they will know where all the interesting local walks are.
12. Kids still going to school ? - could you not walk with them there and back and forget driving.
13. Calories burned walking means losing weight so by increasing the amount you walk each week and putting yourself on a sensible diet you will see and feel the benefits surprisingly quickly.
14. Walking will help cut the risk of serious conditions such as heart attacks and strokes, reduce back pain, improve posture and benefit just about every organ in your body.
15. Walking does not require spending your hard earned on fancy exercise machines, at worst you may have to get some new walking shoes.
Now you know how easy calories burned walking is to achieve and how powerful this is combined with the right diet so why not start today and just walk !
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