FITNESS WALKING - A Walking Workout
Fitness walking is serious exercise, yet it is the safest and most natural activity for health and fitness. It is brisk, vigorous walking - usually from 3-1/2 to 5 miles per hour. It is walking with determination, moving forward with purpose and control as if you had someplace to go.
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: Walking clears your mind while the aerobic activity gives you energy.
This “skinny” allows you to choose your own "speed" of walking, whether it be a 20-minute per mile pace, or a 12-minute per mile pace. All class members meet together at the beginning and end of each class session to stretch, and to share in the camaraderie that exists in activity groups like this. During the time allotted for the cardiovascular portion of the class, each individual will be expected to participate to the fullest at their own fitness level.
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