1. Finish your walking workout faster at a set distance.
2. Get your heart rate up to your target level.
3. Increase calorie burn by being able to walk a longer distance in the same time, or by increasing speed to the point you are burning more calories due to using more muscles (12 minute miles and under).
4. Finish walking races in better time.
The following techniques are not legal racewalking technique, and so it cannot be used in judged racewalk events. It borrows good posture, stride, arm movement and other elements from racewalking to have you walking faster and more efficiently, turning more of your exertion into forward speed.
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