With good shoes on your feet, you’re nearly ready to hit the road. Although great shoes are the key ingredient, carefully considered clothes will make your workouts more comfortable. Next to shoes, socks are your best friend. Avoid cotton; synthetic fibers are better at drawing moisture away from your skin and they don’t end up
Weather variations make any outdoor activity, including walking, more complicated and layers more important. Of course, it’s also the weather that makes being outdoors a lot more enjoyable too, as long as you correctly layer the right protective gear and apparel. In cold weather, try to pick a warmer part of the day for your
Although many of you may be taking up a walking program to lose weight (and it is indeed effective with consistency), don’t starve your body for energy or forget to hydrate properly. Food is energy. It fuels your exercise, and that keeps you putting one foot in front of the other. That said, you won’t
Before you start a new activity program, even one as seemingly simple as walking, it’s important to determine not only how healthy and fit you are in general but also how fit you are in the specific activity you want to begin. For example, if you are a very fit cyclist, you might not have
If you’re going to walk, then you need an evaluation that will take activity and walking into consideration too. It provides an assessment more specific to walking. It takes a look at your health history and your fitness background and level. In each of the 10 areas, choose the number that best describes you, then