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I am well into training again for 2010 walk for breast cancer. Training includes; some of these finer tips below, as well as eating healthy, taking in extra nutritions, stretching and Campaining for your support. Please click on this link http://www.avonwalk.org/goto/Lisa.Evans I hope that you can show your support by a donation on my fundraising page. I need your Help!
| Top 10 walking tips from the Avon foundation! |
- Take the first steps. If you’re new to walking, start with three 10-minute walks a day, one in the morning, one at lunch, and one before or after dinner.
- Buddy up. Enlist a friend or family member to walk with you.
- Turn downtime into uptime. Take a 2-minute walk during TV commercials, while your computer is booting up, or when waiting for the copy machine. Fifteen 2-minute walks per day fulfill the surgeon general’s exercise prescription.
- Crank it up. Take quicker—not longer—steps, letting your stride length come naturally. Remember, you’ll burn more calories as you increase your walking speed and shorten your stride.
- Find a new path. Look for an interesting new place to walk. Get ideas from a local walking club, your city’s department of parks and recreation, or a good athletic shoe store.
- Count on it. A good goal is to take 135 steps per minute, which is a walking pace of about 4 mph—terrific for a cardiorespiratory workout. It takes roughly 2,000 steps to walk a mile.
- Add it up. Sneak in little jaunts whenever possible: Get take-out and walk with your friends to a park for lunch; use the ladies room on another floor in your building at work or school; use commercial breaks during television programs as a chance to get up and fold laundry, do some crunches, or take out the trash. You'll be surprised how quickly these little steps add up to big fitness gains.
- Concentrate on technique and training. You’ll be rewarded with a sense of pride, mastery, and accomplishment, all of which give you the confidence to try something new and succeed.
- Listen to your body. If you are too sore or feel a possible injury coming on, stop. If you think you need medical attention, get it. Walking through an injury can only make it worse.
- Congratulate yourself. “After ___ weeks of walking, I’m getting a professional massage.
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