How to walk

Walk this way When it comes to walking, your body and brain know what to do. Makes sense — you've been doing it since you took those first wobbly baby steps. But with these three form fixes, you'll maximize your burn, big time.

• Chin up. Your gaze shouldn't be aimed at your feet, no matter how snazzy your sneakers are. Instead, focus on a point about 10 feet ahead of you. This will keep your stride longer and your neck comfortably in line with your spine.
• Activate your abs. When you engage your core — pulling your belly button toward your spine— you automatically trigger good posture.
• Squeeze your glutes. Your backside literally propels you through your walk. To get the most oomph — so you can go longer and faster — keep your glutes tight. Bad visual, good strategy: Imagine squeezing a winning lottery ticket between your cheeks.

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How to walk

Welcome to the National 1000 Mile Challenge!!

What better way to get fit than a challenge  I have one year to walk 1,000 miles. I am going to try and only log those steps and miles that I am actually outdoors in nature :)

About This Event
Welcome to the National 1000 Mile Challenge!! Let's start the first day of Spring 2015 with an awesome challenge! Hike, walk, or run 1000 miles from the first day of Spring 2015 (3/20) to the first day of Winter (12/21) 2015. Report your mileage monthly. You can run it solo and do all 1,000 miles yourself (3.62 miles a day average) or do it with a friend to divide up the miles (1.81 miles per day each). Make a team of 3 or 4 and split up the 1000 miles anyway you like. (Each participant must register individually even if participating with a partner or on a team.) We will help keep you motivated and on track all year long until you cross the finish line just in time for Christmas. What an awesome gift for yourself!!

The 30-Day Walking Challenge

           

What is it about fitness walking that makes it more “successful” than other exercise? Part of it is the simplicity. By putting one foot in front of the other, you can not only walk off weight, but also dramatically reduce your risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, depression, osteoporosis, diabetes, high cholesterol, and help clear artery-clogging plaque … Are you walking yet? You don’t need trendy classes, expensive gyms and crazy fitness gadgets. What you need is a simple routine that you can build on, week by week, to make you stronger and fitter at a pace that you can manage.
I’ve got the plan for you—no matter what fitness level you are at right now, you can zap calories, up your energy, and start to view fitness walking as a joyful habit! Join me on a 30-day walk challenge to reach 10,000 steps by the end of the month. Day by day during the first week, you’ll start to feel stronger. Over the next couple of weeks, the walks will begin to seem easier. By the end of a month, you’ll not only notice shifts in the way your body feels, but also a difference in your mindset.
Along with the triumph of meeting the challenge, you’ll have established a daily habit of fitness, which is no doubt the most important result. And exercise will become something that you don’t want to go without. It’s life-changing!
If you like to let the music move you, try the first five minutes of my “Just Walk: Walk to the Hits: Party Songs” DVD and just keep adding minutes as you progress!

If you decide to break up your steps into several 10-minute walks throughout the day, my “Just Walk: Mix & Match Walk Blasters” DVDs gives you 10 different mini-walk options.

A 5-mile fitness walk is 10,000 steps. You can do it all at once or break it up throughout the day … how about two 30-minute walks? Or four 15-minute walks? These can easily fit into your schedule. My newest DVD, “Just Walk: Walk Off Fat Fast” lets you choose the 20-, 30- and even 40-minute walk to fit into your day.