Fitness Walking Helps You Beat Disease

Walking Tips for Weight Loss and Increased Health

In fact, fitness walking can help to speed up our metabolism. And as our metabolism speeds up, our weight tends to go down.

But while we enjoy the dropping of excess pounds, fitness walking can also help us to fight many diseases. For instance, walking can help us to:

• Slash the risk of heart disease
• Avoid diabetes
• Lessen the likelihood of stroke
• Lower the risk of colon cancer
• Protect ourselves from Alzheimer's disease
• Reduce depression and anxiety

For instance, 10,000 steps, depending on your stride length can equal four to five miles.

Recent studies suggest that most of us dust off about 3500 steps as we go about our daily activities. And with a little conscious effort, 10,000 steps a day is doable.

The best way to monitor your progress, experts say, is to use a pedometer--a small pager-sized device that clips to your waist, and keeps track of how far you've walked. A decent one can be found at most sporting goods stores for under $25.

Other Ideas:

• Park farther away from the door at the mall and grocery store.
• Get off of the elevator at work 2 floors early and walk the rest of the way to the office.
• Go for a brisk 20 minute walk during your lunch break. You'll come back energized and burn up to 100 calories.
• Walk to a fax machine or copier that is farther away from your desk.
• Take an after-dinner walk with your spouse, kids or both. Make it a family affair! You'll burn extra calories and have a much more restful sleep.

Adding a few of these tips to your daily routine will help you to quickly reach that goal of 10,000 steps a day. And your body will become more efficient at burning calories and fighting disease.

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