How To Walk Your Way Thin

The number one reason why people give up on their health and fitness goal is because they don’t like what they are doing.  There are countless ways to get fit… but they ALL require that you do it for sometime in order for you to get results.

I’ve mentioned this in the past… the most important factor for getting results
is consistency… no matter what you do.

If you can’t stick to it you can’t get any results. It’s that simple.

I think one problem is that too many people associate exercising with pain
and suffering. Traditionally people think exercise involves going to the gym,
lifting weights or running on the treadmill, sweating, grunting… huffing and
puffing. And although that can be the case… it certainly isn’t the only way.

In fact, the person that comes to mind is my mom. She’s in her mid-70’s
and she’s in great shape. She’s in great health, has an active lifestyle but
none of it involves traditional exercising. I don’t think she’s ever set foot
in a gym… at least during the time I was growing up. She was an avid
runner for decades but stopped running in her fifties… not because of any
health issues like an injury… but because where they live in Japan, there
really is no safe place to run outside. The streets are very narrow and
there aren’t any side walks and so you’re literally sharing the road with
cars, truck and bikes. Not her idea of enjoyment… especially since
running was her form of escape from the daily stresses of life.

Anyway, even though she couldn’t run anymore, it didn’t stop her from
being active. She switched up here main activity to walking. She tries
to walk everywhere, she walks to the local grocery store which is about
20 minutes away, she walks to the train station which is about 30 minutes
away and regularly takes the train to visit her friends who live another
20 - 30 minutes from the train station. She also takes her art classes
which takes her about an hour and half one way - including about 45
minutes on the train and 45 minutes walking.

Note: If exercising isn’t an issue, but you’re wanting to get more
suggestions on how to lose weight and burn fat more effectively, stick
around because I’m going to show you a powerful tip later on that
will help you bust through any weight loss or fat burning plateau.

She eats very healthy… not because she needs to lose weight, but
because she says eating healthy gives her energy to be able to to all
the activities she likes to do. She enjoys her activities and hence
motivates her to be healthy… not the other way around. She’s not
French (...duh) and she’s never lived in France, but she follows a
very similar health philosophy. And ultimately I think that’s the key.

Eat to enjoy, eat real meals (not snacks), eat for health but most of all
eat in moderation and find something you enjoy and if it’s not physical
in nature… involve walking as much as you can. Walk to do your
errands, walk you dog, walk with friends, walk to meet your friends,
walk to work, walk at lunch, walk while working (if you have a walking
desk treadmill)... if and whenever you can walk!

If you can adapt that type of lifestyle… eating in moderation and making
walking a large part of your day… you may never need to “exercise”.
Some experts claim that you need to walk about 10,000 steps
(5.5 miles ) as day and if you want to keep track of how many steps
you’re taking a day you can get a pedometer to keep track. In fact,
getting a pedometer is probably a great idea so you can find out how
much you’re walking now.

If you live in the US and you are part of the “car culture” you’ll be quite

surprised at how little you may be walking.

If you think the figures are somewhere between 3000 - 5000 steps a day
for the average person living in the US… which is 1/3 - 1/2 of the
recommended 10,000 steps. It all starts to add up when we look at
the obesity and diabetes rate in this country. The sedentary rate of
this country is much too high… people need to get off their seats and
start moving and walking is something you can start today not matter
what shape you’re in.

Here are some of the health benefits walking can provide you:

Walking can improve aerobic fitness
Walking can decrease blood pressure
Walking can increase longevity
Walking can increase immune function
Walking can help with lose weight
Walking can help reduce stress

So if you’re having a difficult time sticking to any fitness program
because you simply don’t enjoy it. Try finding something you enjoy
doing and include walking in the process.

OK, as I promised before… if you who don’t have trouble exercising
but are always on the look out for tips and tricks to improve your
physique… I’ll show you how you can accelerate your fat burning
process simply by including a little walking into your fitness routine.

Here’s how…

Walking is a great way to burn body fat because the level of intensity
is low. I know it seems like it should be the other way around… but
here’s the deal. Your body has a few different energy sources but the
2 main energy sources are glucose and fat. Anytime you exercise
above a moderately low intensity your body uses glucose for energy…
but anything lower than that and your body starts to use fat.

Basically the less intense the exercise the more your body depends on
fat for energy and the higher the intensity the more your body depends
on glucose for energy.

So how come I’m such a huge fan of high intensity exercises? Well,
during the intense exercise session the body uses glucose for energy,
but the high level intensity enables your body to burn more fat AFTER
the exercise (EPOC). This is why working out with high intensity helps
you increase fat burning so effectively.

So how does walking fit into this?

Well, since walking is an effective (low intensity) fat burning exercise you
can combine it with the short high intensity workout to totally maximize
the rate of fat burning in your body.

Here’s what it would look like…

Perform a 5 - 10 minute high intensity workout followed by a 30 minute brisk
walking session. The 5 - 10 minute high intensity workout helps your body
“mobilize” the stored fat into your blood stream and then the brisk walk helps
burn it off more quickly and effectively.

Give this combo workout a try if you’ve been stuck in a rut with your fat loss…
or if you’re simply looking to change things up.

Stay Lean,

by: Shin Ohtake, Fitness & Fat-Loss Expert

Author of MAX Workouts, The Ultimate Lean Body Fitness Program




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