FIT 1 BLOG

We all know how good walking is. it’s a low impact activity that most people can do without too much effort. But let’s face it,it’s no work out!! But…. if you add a few key exercises into your walk,you will amp up caloric burn while you strengthen, tone and shape your body. First choose a route with easy hills,grassy areas along the way and a few benches. Start your walk with a moderate pace to warm up. Give yourself 10 minutes to get warm. Now add 1 minute of walking lunges,then resume your walking pace for 2 minutes. Then add another exercise for one minute then walk another 2. Get the picture? Keep this up for 30-40 minutes and you will have a total body workout! This can be as hard as you want it to be,just add more exercises or change the interval times. Here is a list of more exercises you can incorporate into your intervals.

• walking lunges
  
• push ups (use a bench for assisted incline push ups)
  
• tricep dips (you know… for the flab at the back of your arms!!)
  
• ab crunches
• squats (sit down on a bench and stand up)
• step ups (step up onto a bench with one leg then the other)
  
• decline push ups (feet on a bench hands on the ground)

Adding this type of training to one or two of your walks a week will improve your strength and cardiovascular endurance and help you to reach your fitness goals faster!!

FIT TIP

You think your head gets sick of training??Your body gets bored well before then! Once your body gets used to the demands you place on it it will no longer respond the way you want it to. So change up your routine and watch your body change!!