Weight Loss By
Walking
TURBULENCE
TRAINING
by Craig
Ballantyne
Is walking
good for
weight loss?
Absolutely
--
if you do this ONE
thing!
By: Craig Ballantyne, CSCS,
MS
www.TurbulenceTraining.com
One change to your walking
exercises, such as ALSO doing a Sunday "stroll-around-the-park"
may be all you need to enjoy the benefits of fitness walking,
which includes losing weight or at least stopping weight
gains.
The scientists in the United
Kingdowm discovered
while researching the usual walking patterns of normal and
over-weight people and would you believe that there was only
ONE major difference?
These researchers found that
the average distance walked by the overweight group on a
typical Sunday was dramatically LESS than any other day of the
week. The other group which was had the individuals with normal
weight reported treating Sunday the SAME for fitness walking
than any other days of the week!
In so many words, instead of
spending Sunday watching TV on the couch or playing computer
games at the desk, go
on a brisk and fun walk for a hour around the neighborhood or
local park just to increase your exercise level for the
day.
You can make this walk a
little more challenging to increase your fat loss results from
walking. I call this interval walking. It is really simple and
easy. Alternate between walking fast for 60 seconds and then
walk slow for the next 60 seconds. What this does is makes your
heart work harder and increases your metabolism to burn the
fat. I truly believe interval walking burns fat faster than the
regular walking does.
And what you CAN do is after
you feel comfortable with doing interval walking on Sundays,
try working up to four days of interval walking and add 2-3
bodyweight strength exercises to round off a balanced body
sculpting program that is going to work wonders on
you.
To make your workout even
more efficient especially if you are pressed for time, you can
do some of the bodyweight exercises during your walk. Just stop
along the way around the park and do some arm and leg
exercises. You could even try doing some chin-ups on the monkey
bars. And if you can't do even one, that is OK, just make it an
isometric exercise. That alone is going to make your arms
stronger for next time.
Then when you get home, you
can perform some basic abdominal exercises like the plank or
side plank or if you feel like it, do some of the more advanced
abdominal exercises like the mountain climber. You can get a
cheap stability ball for doing lying leg curls which is a good
workout for the hamstrings, especially for those who have sore
knees.
Find out more about my fat
loss program at my website here:
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Turbulence Training
Craig Ballantyne
Author, Turbulence Training
About the
Author:
Craig Ballantyne is
a Certified Strength & Conditioning
Specialist and writes for Men's Health,
Men's Fitness, Maximum Fitness, Muscle
and Fitness Hers, and Oxygen magazines.
His trademarked Turbulence Training fat
loss workouts have been featured
multiple times in Men’s Fitness and
Maximum Fitness magazines, and have
helped thousands of men and women around
the world lose fat, gain muscle, and get
lean in less than 45 minutes three times
per week. For more information on the
Turbulence Training workouts that will
help you burn fat without long, slow
cardio sessions or fancy equipment,
visit www.TurbulenceTraining.com
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