Weight Loss By Walking
TURBULENCE TRAINING
by Craig Ballantyne
Is walking good for
weight loss?
Absolutely --
if you do this ONE thing!
By: Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
www.TurbulenceTraining.com
One change to your walking exercises, such as ALSO doing a Sunday "stroll-around-the-park" may be all you need to enjoy the benefits of
fitness walking, which includes losing weight or at least stopping weight gains.
The scientists in the United Kingdowm discovered while researching the usual walking patterns of normal and over-weight people and
would you believe that there was only ONE major difference?
These researchers found that the average distance walked by the overweight group on a typical Sunday was dramatically LESS than any other day
of the week. The other group which was had the individuals with normal weight reported treating Sunday the SAME for fitness walking than any
other days of the week!
In so many words, instead of spending Sunday watching TV on the couch or playing computer games at the desk, go on a brisk and fun walk for a hour around the neighborhood or local park just to increase your exercise
level for the day.
You can make this walk a little more challenging to increase your fat loss results from walking. I call this interval walking. It is really
simple and easy. Alternate between walking fast for 60 seconds and then walk slow for the next 60 seconds. What this does is makes your heart
work harder and increases your metabolism to burn the fat. I truly believe interval walking burns fat faster than the regular walking does.
And what you CAN do is after you feel comfortable with doing interval walking on Sundays, try working up to four days of interval walking and
add 2-3 bodyweight strength exercises to round off a balanced body sculpting program that is going to work wonders on you.
To make your workout even more efficient especially if you are pressed for time, you can do some of the bodyweight exercises during your walk.
Just stop along the way around the park and do some arm and leg exercises. You could even try doing some chin-ups on the monkey bars. And if you
can't do even one, that is OK, just make it an isometric exercise. That alone is going to make your arms stronger for next time.
Then when you get home, you can perform some basic abdominal exercises like the plank or side plank or if you feel like it, do some of the
more advanced abdominal exercises like the mountain climber. You can get a cheap stability ball for doing lying leg curls which is a good workout
for the hamstrings, especially for those who have sore knees.
Find out more about my fat loss program at my website here:
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Craig Ballantyne
Author, TURBULENCE TRAINING
About the Author:
Craig Ballantyne is a Certified Strength & Conditioning
Specialist and writes for Men's Health, Men's Fitness, Maximum Fitness, Muscle and Fitness Hers, and Oxygen magazines. His
trademarked TURBULENCE TRAINING fat loss workouts have been featured multiple times in Men’s Fitness and Maximum Fitness
magazines, and have helped thousands of men and women around the world lose fat, gain muscle, and get lean in less than 45
minutes three times per week. For more information on the TURBULENCE TRAINING workouts that will help you burn fat without
long, slow cardio sessions or fancy equipment, visit www.TurbulenceTraining.com
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