FITNESS WITHIN EVERYONE’S REACH: POWER WALKING TO LOSE WEIGHT

Fitness refers to the physical activity of repeated movements; planned and followed daily to improve or keep the body in optimal condition.
It may sound hard to come by, but there is life beyond gyms and run classes. Walking at a good pace or in English, power walking is a sport available to everyone. You only need to put the car aside and use your legs more.

Characteristics of power walking

• A power walking session lasts between 45 to 60 minutes, up to 350 calories, can be burned in those sessions of 5 to 9 kilometers per hour.
• Perseverance is necessary to reap the benefits of walking, so ideally, active walking is about three times a week. If you include it in your routine to go to work or replace some trips in transport with walking at a good pace, you would not even notice.
• Postural correction is essential to avoid injury. The head should be erect, the back straight, and both the glutes and the abdomen contracted. The arms should be in step with the movement of the legs and should form a 90-degree angle.
• As in other sports, it is good to warm up before going for a walk and stretch the muscles once the session is over.
• For a good stride, you must first support the heel with the tip of the foot in the air, then back the front part and finish by taking off the heel.
• Power-walking should be done on the flats as well as on descents. However, it is best if a few kilometers are already covered. These obstacles in the race are challenges for the heart, lungs, and muscles, so you should not force them from zero to one hundred.
• If you are a runner who has just come out of an injury, walking fast is a perfect option to start your return to running and readjust to the demands of this sport.
• Like all physical activity, walking will take away stress and relax you.
• It can be practiced outdoors or on the fitness treadmill at the gym.
• Doing it outdoors is always more pleasant and, on a health level, the sun provides us with vitamin D, and you can take your pet for a walk or call a friend. Of course, put on sunscreen.