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10 Walking Mistakes to Avoid
Get off on the right foot, avoid problems stemming from your shoes to your stride.

Absolute Beginners
Step by step on how to start walking for health and fitness.

Build the Walking Habit
How to set your goals, record your progress and celebrate your successes.

How to Find Walking Friends
Don't want to walk alone?  Where and how to find walking companionship.

How to Walk Faster
Step by step tutorial on building your speed.

How to Walk for Weight Control
How to maximize your walking for burning fat and calories and use it as part of your weight control program.

Walking Fitness Toolbox
Fitness analysis, workouts, stretching, tracking your progress.

Weekly Walking Workouts
Start a program of walking workouts to keep off weight, improve health, build speed and endurance.

Stretching and Flexibility Drills for Walkers
Warm-up, stretch out and get ready to MOVE.

Walking Calendars and Logs
Track your walks by printing out these monthly, weekly, or daily logs and calendars.

JustWalk/MyFitnessPage Tracker
Our online fitness tracking club charts your walks and other activities, shows you calories burned, miles, and more.

Cardiovascular Exercise Principles and Guidelines
Basics of exercise.

Heart Zone Training
What target heart rate zones mean and how to use them.

How to Start Walking
Where to find advice if you just decided to get off the couch or if you are a walker who wants to improve.

Walking Magazine's Mark Fenton Gives Walking Tips
From the AVA Convention, Mark Fenton advises on technique, shoes, weights.

Coaching and Workshops
Improve your walking with live or "virtual" coaching.

Walking Clubs
Find a live club or a virtual club to keep you going.

Walking and Weight Control
Walking is great exercise for weight control, but you must understand the weight equation to achieve your goals.

Walking Fit, Fat, or Fast
You're probably fatter than you think with the new BMI guidelines. Luckily, studies show that walking is great exercise, whether fast or slow.

ShapeWalking: Book Review
ShapeWalking combines fitness walking with strength training and flexibility exercises for total fitness.

Men, Women, and Weather

Walking the Manly Walk
Why the guys need to get on the trail and hot to get them motivated.

Walking through Pregnancy
Walking is the best-recommended exercise during pregnancy.

Keep Walking in the Cold
Where to walk and what to wear.

Cold Weather Walking
Keep on walking when the weather outside is frightful.

Staying Cool on Summer Walks
Tips and tricks on hot weather walking.

Heat Stress Risks and Exercise Guidelines
Don't stop walking, but take precautions to prevent heat illness.

Personal Trainer Chad Tackett

How to Choose a Health Club
What to look for and how to bargain for the best deal.

How to Choose a Personal Trainer
Check the credentials and find a good coach.

Strength Training Principles
How to build your power for increased fitness and metabolism.

Basic Gym Safety
Be careful in there!

Goals + determination + persistence - doubts = your reality
Chad Tackett on how to stay the course with exercise.

Pay Attention to Pain and Soreness
Chad Tackett on knowing when you've done too much.

Avoid Negative Thinking
Stay positive to achieve your goals.

Dangers of Excess Body Fat
Chad Tackett on body fat.

There's No Such Thing as Cheating
Getting it right with diet and exercise.

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