Discover Walking Blog

A friend was telling me about FitDeck cards the other day so I ran out and bought a deck. I love them! They are the perfect solution if you are bored with your workout.

You can shuffle the FitDeck cards and do the first 10 exercises in the deck or you can go through the deck and put together a different set of cards for different days of the week. If you buy different decks you can mix and match exercises.

Every FitDeck card contains about 1 minute of exercise depending on your level. You still need to warm up before you exercise and stretch at the end of your workout.

Each FitDeck card has the name of the exercise, a graphic demonstrating how the exercise should be done, which part of your body is being exercised, ability level with suggested time or repetitions and step-by-step instructions.

FitDeck actually makes exercise simple – now there is no excuse
With the bodyweight cards you do not need any equipment.  There are a number of different decks available some of which require equipment such as dumbbells, an exercise ball, etc.

Want to lose weight for free? No supplements needed, no drugs required, take a walk. With the economy deteriorating fast we are all looking for things to do that are free. Unemployment is up, prices are up, about the only thing going down are our pensions and 401K’s.

Now is the time to make a decision. We can either watch CNBC all day as the analysts try to explain why we have to shoulder the burden of the bad decisions of Wall Street and pay the multi-million dollar salaries of the already rich CEO’s who have destroyed their companies or we can take this time to get in shape.

I have to confess that I have been obsessed with the economy. After spending the last couple of weeks focused on nothing else and slowly sinking into a very blue mood I have decided to take the time to get back on track with a healthy life style and try to lose a little weight in the process. After all the most expensive life style is the sedentary life style since it is the life style most likely to result in health problems. Since I have to buy my own health insurance it is worth it to me to try to avoid doctors and hospitals. I have very little faith that my health insurance company will cover anything without a fight.

Walking the same route every day can get boring……really boring after the 100th time walking past the same houses on the same roads so you need to shake it up, inject something different into your walking routine, make it new!

Here are some ideas on how to shake up your walking routine:

• If you walk on your treadmill start walking outside. Walk inside everyday? Take a break and walk outside one day a week.
• Walk in a different direction. Even if you walk the same route sometimes if you turn left when you walk out your door instead of right it will feel different

Another study is being published that touts the benefits of walking as a healthy way to lose weight. According to a study by Ramblers’ Association of the UK, a brisk one-hour walk results in approximately 500 calories burned.

A specially commissioned study released by the Ramblers’ Association (RA) finds that a fast 60-minute walk covering 4.4 miles (7km) burns off about 500 calories.Now that pace is no stroll through the park but it is not race walking either.

From walking website :Grough

The results of the study were released to coincide with Get Walking Day, led by the RA’s new president, TV presenter Floella Benjamin. Ms Benjamin, a walker and marathon runner, said: “Walking is a great tonic; it keeps me fit in mind and body and really puts me in a positive mood. The more you do, the better you'll feel, even walking for half an hour five times a week makes a real difference.”