Walking is one of the simplest and least expensive options to increase your physical activity level and improve your overall health.
If walking seems too simple to be an effective fitness method, think again. Taking a stroll is an easy way to lower blood pressure and increase aerobic fitness in people who are overweight or obese.
Walking is a convenient way for the average person, regardless of fitness level, to obtain ACSM’s recommended 30 minutes of exercise per day, at least five days per week.
These 30 minutes can be broken up into short bouts of 10 minutes of exercise, making walking a simple choice for a busy schedule.
Michele Stanten joins host Melanie Cole, MS, to discuss how walking daily can help your overall health in many ways.
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Is Walking Really an Effective Workout?
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Michele Stanten, a walking coach and ACE-certified fitness instructor, has been motivating people to be more active for over 20 years.
Michele launched mywalkingcoach.com to help people lead healthier, happier lives. She believes that walking can be the first step (pun intended) to making exercise a habit, which can have positive effects on all areas of your life. Michele also wants to dispel beliefs that walking is only for the very unfit or very overweight.
Walking can be a vigorous–yet joint-friendly–workout. She's on a mission to show the world the many different ways to walk and the powerful benefits it can have.
Michele Stanten, ACE-Certified Fitness Instructor
Michele Stanten, a walking coach and ACE-certified fitness instructor, has been motivating people to be more active for over 20 years.Michele launched mywalkingcoach.com to help people lead healthier, happier lives. She believes that walking can be the first step (pun intended) to making exercise a habit, which can have positive effects on all areas of your life. Michele also wants to dispel beliefs that walking is only for the very unfit or very overweight.
Walking can be a vigorous–yet joint-friendly–workout. She's on a mission to show the world the many different ways to walk and the powerful benefits it can have.