Calories Burned Walking - 15 Ways To Do It !
Walking is something most of us do every day and yet a few minor adjustments made to our existing routine can increase substantially the calories burned walking. All it takes for a person who weighs 160 pounds to burn 100 calories is to walk for half an hour at around 3 miles per hour.
You don’t have to join a gym, spend lots of money or be too concerned about seriously injuring yourself. Oops ! - that means that there is no reason what’s so ever why you can’t act on our 15 tips for upping your calorie burn:
1. Don’t you dare get on the elevator or moving staircase -take the stairs - both ways !
2. At the mall don’t join those other motorists trying to get as close as possible to the stores, instead park more easily further away and walk more.
3. Help the environment and burn a few more calories by using your local bus, railroad or subway service.
4. Once you get more used to using public transport, try getting off one stop early to give yourself a slightly longer walk.
5. Before getting the car out of your garage to go on a short local trip is there any reason why you couldn’t walk instead ?
6. If you own a dog you have a huge advantage - not a dog owner ? - then find someone who is and volunteer to walk their dog once or twice a day.
7. To digest your food and shed some calories take a 10 minute stroll after your meals.
8. To add interest to your walk invite a friend or take some kids along.
9. Walk in areas that you would not see from a car, public gardens, riverside paths or woods, you’ll be surprised at the things right on your doorstep that you are not familiar with.
10. To stop yourself from becoming bored, if you are on your own, you could listen to your mp3 player, while walking.
11. You don’t have to join a walking club however ‘peer pressure’ can be a good thing and they will know where all the interesting local walks are.
12. If you do the school run why not ditch the car and walk there with the kids ?
13. Calories burned walking means losing weight so by increasing the amount you walk each week and putting yourself on a sensible diet you will see and feel the benefits surprisingly quickly.
14. Walking will help cut the risk of serious conditions such as heart attacks and strokes, reduce back pain, improve posture and benefit just about every organ in your body.
15. Walking does not require spending your hard earned on fancy exercise machines, at worst you may have to get some new walking shoes.
Now you know how simple calories burned walking is to achieve and how powerful this is combined with the right diet so why not start today and just walk !