Who’d ever think that walking on a treadmill can cause stress fractures to the feet, but it actually can. Does this mean that if you’ve never had a stress fracture in your foot, that you [...]
If you’re a middle age woman who sits many hours a day, you’re at risk for becoming frail and weak later on, yet this is just SO preventable. […]
Walking may or may NOT be enough to control type 2 diabetes. It depends on how you do it. […]
If you have heart disease you’d better pick up the pace with your walking if you want to avoid hospitalizations. Slow walkers with heart disease are doomed to more frequent hospitalizations, says a study in [...]
A study links slow walking with dementia, but what exactly does this mean? Does slow walking damage brain cells? The study concludes that slow walking in older adults means a higher risk of dementia, and [...]
You’re mistaken if you believe treadmill workouts don’t work the heart as well as “real” walking or jogging outdoors. The treadmill can even be better than the “real thing.” […]
Elderly people are notorious for walking very slowly, but this doesn’t mean it has to be so. Slow walking does NOT have to be a non-preventable effect of old age. Furthermore, the ability to RUN [...]
Let's suppose you know an elderly man or woman who's weak and frail, but does not use a cane for walking. Should this person start a strength training program or a walking program -- or [...]
Just how often in a single day are you drawn to your treadmill that you actually fear that too many visits on it can somehow damage your body? […]
If you compare the treadmill to track running or walking at the same speeds, then yes, there is some compromise. In other words, 7 mph on a treadmill is a bit easier than 7 mph [...]
Yes, it IS possible to lose a lot of weight, burn a lot of fat, with fast walking. There is a certain way to make this work--something you've probably never tried before. Fast Walking and [...]
No matter how much walking you do as a server & how tired your feet ache at the end of a shift, your body still needs aerobic workout sessions–structured time set aside specifically for this. [...]
Ever wonder what that fine line is when a walking speed on a treadmill should transition to jogging? Just HOW fast should someone walk on a treadmill? Walking, either on a treadmill or outdoors, is [...]
Ever wonder if the tens of thousands of steps that a nurse walks every day should count as an aerobic workout, that she doesn’t need to train on a treadmill, take step classes or jog [...]
Slow walking does your brain bad. Though you may think that a “relaxed” walk is healthy, it can damage your brain in the long run. […]
If you had to choose between walking and napping to re-energize, which should it be? Forget the power nap; do the power WALK. Everything points to the walking. “Walking is generally considered the better choice [...]
If you’re obese you might be wondering if fast walking every day will help with weight loss. If you’re obese, then you need to know that a certain kind of fast walking will be very [...]
Perhaps you’ve seen a lot of articles pushing for 10,000 steps a day to gain health and fitness benefits, but is this the minimum requirement? What if you can’t figure out a way to accumulate [...]
All that walking you do at work does not count as aerobic exercise; stop kidding yourself and learn why you need to do “real” cardio despite aching feet after work. Aching feet at the end [...]
Counting steps with a pedometer can lose its steam after a while. It can become a boring way to lose weight, and not only that, but relying only on pedometer step counting for weight loss [...]
Walking sticks will not do a better job of melting off the fat or upgrading your fitness! A better way to burn calories and get fitter is to ditch the sticks and ambulate the way [...]
Let’s take a pace of 4.5 mph, and then ask yourself if jogging this will yield more fitness benefits than walking this speed (which would be a very fast walk). For most people, walking very [...]
If you believe that walking everywhere (no car) means you don’t need to do structured cardio exercise, you’re very mistaken. To produce a training effect on the heart, exercise must keep the heart elevated for [...]
Walking can be blistering cardio exercise or it can be useless; it all depends on what you make of it. Just because we learn to walk at around the age of 11 months, give or [...]
If you’ve been walking up a storm yet have not lost weight, there’s a few reasons why. Don’t give up yet. Learn how to make walking melt off the fat. […]
The use of walking sticks, including among older women, seems like more of a fad or gimmick than an orthopedic necessity. As a former personal trainer, I’m opposed to the use of walking sticks (hiking [...]
Slow walkers may seem more relaxed, but this habit is hazardous to one’s health. Habitual slow walking, regardless of reason, is bad for your health. This doesn’t mean that if you decide to move slowly [...]
Slow walking in daily life may increase mortality risk in older people. Years ago I worked in a department with many people over age 55. I confess: I had no tolerance for slow walkers, as [...]
Panaerobics is a fun form of cardio exercise that amplifies fat burning. Panaerobics is a unique and effective way to melt off excess fat while also greatly improving heart health--and anybody can do this fun form [...]
At least four hours a day of sitting is dangerous to health, increasing mortality, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, blood clot risks and more. Do YOU have the “sitting disease”? Who would have ever thought that [...]
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