WALKING FOR EXERCISE
Walking is a great form of daily exercise that can help you achieve and maintain a healthy weight.
The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons offers these suggestions to help you establish a walking-for-exercise program:
- Walk at your usual pace for about 5 minutes, then speed it up to where your heart is beating faster and you feel like you're inhaling more air. Keep up this pace for about 15 minutes. Repeat your warm-up pace for another 5 minutes.
- Always wear a sturdy pair of shoes that offer good arch and heel support.
- While you walk, remember to let your arms swing.
- Walk with your toes pointing straight ahead.
- Flatten your abdomen, straighten your back, and walk with your head up.
- Walk briskly and with long strides, but make sure your stride is comfortable.
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