Walking and Weight Loss Tips for Power Diet Shoes
Here are some great walking and weight loss tips while walking in weighted fitness shoes
How should I be walking in Power Diet Shoes?
In the past, many health and fitness experts have recommended that in order to experience weight loss and get a proper cardio workout we should run. In recent year however, walking has become a favorite exercise pastime and many experts now agree that walking delivers all the great fitness benefits that running does, but without the high impact and joint stress that can be associated with running. Both challenge energy reserves and burn carbohydrate and fat reserves (in conjunction with a calorie controlled diet). Walking however is low impact and safe on the body!
Here are some tips for walking in Power Diet Shoes....
For first time Power Diet Shoe users we recommend that you build up to using the weight for extended periods of time. Start off with slower paced, shorter walks when first using the weighted insole. Once you feel comfortable, increase your pace and distance as you see fit! Remember to always match the intensity of your workout with your personal fitness level!
It is important that you breath correctly whatever pace you are walking at. Deep inhalations (pull down the diaphragm and fill the stomach without allowing the stomach to bulge) followed by long exhalations (to remove as much waste from the body) will deliver oxygen rich blood to the bodies tissues. Walking using the heavy interchangeable weight will assist you in burning more calories and increasing weight loss which can lead to the health benefits associated with this type of exercise.
For slow walking, aim to double breathe i.e. breathe in as you complete TWO steps and breathe OUT as you complete another TWO steps.
For much quicker walking, aim to quadruple breathe i.e. breathe in as you complete FOUR steps and breathe OUT as you complete another FOUR steps.
Use the following formula to work out your exercising heart rate:
200-age(e.g.28)=172
Calculate 75% of 172 (172/100x75)=129
(129 is the target heart rate you need to aim to reach when walking)
To improve cardiovascular fitness and aid weight loss, you will need to raise your heart rate to75% of maximum exercising heart rate.
Power Diet Shoe - Tips for walking yourself to a more fit body:
- When walking, always look straight ahead and pull the jaw up
- Loosely clench the fists
- Try to stretch the waist out with every step you take by slightly exaggerating your normal gait/movement pattern.
- With arms at 90 degrees, really swing the arms through so that they alternate
- Maintain a steady pace (even distance between front heel and back foot
- Maintain an upright posture at all times
- To prevent injury, do not increase distance by more than 10% per week.
- Drink plenty of water before and during exercise to remain hydrated.
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