Walking is the most popular and widely recommended type of cardio exercise. Cardiovascular exercise, also known as aerobic exercise, gets your heart pumping and helps to strengthen your heart and lungs.
Category: For Beginners
How to get the most benefits of walking for everyday health, weight loss, and energy
While getting more steps is great for your health, there are steps that you can take to maximize the benefits for your specific walking goal – whether it’s everyday health, weight loss or energy and mood.
Sports drinks vs water for walkers? Do you need the carbs, sugar + electrolytes?
Sports drinks are marketed for serious sports and casual exercise as well, but most walkers actually don’t need the sugar and calories that come from sports drinks. The best sports drink you can drink is actually water!
5 minute walks: See your steps, distance, and calories
5 minutes may not seem like much, but you can get more steps, walk further and burn more calories than you might think. Here’s just how much
Beginner strength training: Stronger legs to walk longer
alking is great for your health, and complementing your walks with basic strength training can bring you even more health benefits. Strength training can help you burn more calories, increase your functional strength, and improve your bone density.
100 calories: 14 low cal snacks you can walk off in under 1 hour
Smarter snacking, combined with a daily brisk walking habit, is a great way to stay healthier, lose weight and feel great! How you snack is an important part of of any health and fitness routine.
Why you should walk even if you’re not trying to lose weight
Walking is of the best forms of cardio exercise you can do… Some people walk to lose weight, but what if you don’t need to lose weight? Should you still try to walk more? Yes!
