| Now walking to lose weight is a great way of shifting | | | | useful for knocking a couple of extra lbs off the hips. |
| unwanted fat, burning calories and improving your | | | | Head for the hills |
| health. It comes with many health benefits from helping | | | | Walking up an incline burns even more calories again. |
| prevent cancer to decreasing stress levels. But | | | | So whilst we know walking up hills is more tiring it is |
| sometimes people can reach a plateau or are looking | | | | also doing you more good than walking on the flat. |
| for a quicker boost for their health and weight loss | | | | Even better it helps target the stomach and thigh |
| regime than a 30 minute pleasant stroll around the park | | | | areas... two of the major weight gain areas on the |
| can give. | | | | body. |
| So that's where we come in, follow the tips below and | | | | Pump your arms |
| your walking to weight loss regime will be working that | | | | Well maybe not pump them, because frankly you |
| much quicker. | | | | would look daft. But if you swing your arms whilst you |
| Walk faster | | | | are walking you burn calories at a rate of 10 - 15% |
| Let's start with the obvious... walk faster. You burn | | | | extra. A pretty useful amount and well worth a funny |
| roughly the same amount of calories per mile whether | | | | look or two I think! |
| you walk it or run it. So the faster you walk for your | | | | Take a deep breath |
| 30minutes a day the more calories you will burn, as | | | | In fact take lots of them. Research has shown that |
| you will have traveled more distance in the same | | | | the more oxygen you have in your system the more |
| amount of time. So don't walk around like you are | | | | fat you burn, as your body needs fat to burn oxygen. |
| trying to avoid getting to the principles office and | | | | By breathing deeply you bring more oxygen into your |
| actually stride, the lbs will start flying off you. | | | | body and allow it to burn more fat. So take deep |
| Walk before breakfast | | | | breaths from the diaphragm and allow your body to |
| A quick fun fact for you to know and tell... if you | | | | burn the fat naturally and more efficiently. |
| exercise before breakfast you actually burn as much | | | | So there you go, follow those 5 easy and quick tips |
| as 30% more calories than you do after eating. | | | | and you can dramatically increase the rate at which |
| Obviously that doesn't mean you can eat 30% more | | | | your walking helps you lose weight, and burn fat more |
| food if you want to lose the weight, but it is definitely | | | | efficiently. You'll be in shape in no time. |