Fitness Walking and Walking Workouts
Enjoy walking workouts, fitness workouts, and stretching routines for walkers to build their strength and endurance. Use calculators, logs, trackers and tools to help fitness walkers with their workouts and walking programs.
How Much Exercise Do You Need? And What Kind?
How much exercise do you need - and what kind? The American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association updated their recommendations in August, 2007.
How much exercise do you need - and what kind? The American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association updated their recommendations in August, 2007.
Over Age 65: How Much Exercise Do You Need? And What Kind?
If you're over age 65, how much exercise do you need? What kind? The American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association updated their recommendations in August 2007.
If you're over age 65, how much exercise do you need? What kind? The American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association updated their recommendations in August 2007.
Weekly Walking Workouts
Walking workouts to achieve your goals. From your About.com Guide.
Walking workouts to achieve your goals. From your About.com Guide.
Fitness Toolbox
Fitness analysis, workouts, heart rate calculator, pace calculators, track your walks and more. From your About.com Guide.
Fitness analysis, workouts, heart rate calculator, pace calculators, track your walks and more. From your About.com Guide.
Walking Logs and Journals
Use our free monthly, weekly, and daily walking and logs to print out, plus an Excel spreadsheet to track your walking.
Use our free monthly, weekly, and daily walking and logs to print out, plus an Excel spreadsheet to track your walking.
Fitness Calculators
Online calculators for body mass index, ideal weight, heart rate zone, and other fitness indicators. From your About.com Guide and FitWise.com.
Online calculators for body mass index, ideal weight, heart rate zone, and other fitness indicators. From your About.com Guide and FitWise.com.
What's the Best Time of Day to Exercise?
What's he best time of day to exercise? There are pros and cons for each time.
What's he best time of day to exercise? There are pros and cons for each time.
What is Vigorous Intensity Exercise?
What is vigorous intensity exercise?
What is vigorous intensity exercise?
Proper Lifting Techniques: Strength Training Principles and Guidelines
Proper lifting techniques for strength training, from personal trainer Chad Tackett.
Proper lifting techniques for strength training, from personal trainer Chad Tackett.
Overtraining: Strength Training Principles and Guidelines
Overtraining: Personal Trainer Chad Tackett on strength training principles and guidelines
Overtraining: Personal Trainer Chad Tackett on strength training principles and guidelines
What is Moderate Intensity Exercise?
What is moderate intensity exercise? What types of exercise are defined as moderate intensity exercise?
What is moderate intensity exercise? What types of exercise are defined as moderate intensity exercise?
What Is Muscle Strengthening Exercise or Strength Training?
What is muscle strengthening exercise? Which physical activities are muscle strengthening exercises? What is strength training?
What is muscle strengthening exercise? Which physical activities are muscle strengthening exercises? What is strength training?
Beyond 10,000 Steps: Adding Moderate Intensity Increases Health Benefits
Moderate intensity exercise was seen in one research study to improve fitness better than walking 10,000 steps per day.
Moderate intensity exercise was seen in one research study to improve fitness better than walking 10,000 steps per day.
Amount of Exercise More Important than Intensity - Keep Walking!
Research shows that walking briskly for 12 miles a week has as much aerobic benefit as exercising at a high heart rate, and longer is better.
Research shows that walking briskly for 12 miles a week has as much aerobic benefit as exercising at a high heart rate, and longer is better.
Should I Wear a Weight Vest for a Better Walking Workout?
Should walkers wear a weight vest to get a better walking workout?
Should walkers wear a weight vest to get a better walking workout?
Did Walking Give Me Big Calves?
Will you get big calf muscles from walking? No, walking does not produce big leg muscles, it tones lean muscle. Bulk generally comes from overlying fat, which walking and diet can reduce.
Will you get big calf muscles from walking? No, walking does not produce big leg muscles, it tones lean muscle. Bulk generally comes from overlying fat, which walking and diet can reduce.
Will you get Bulky Legs from Walking on an Incline or up Hills?
Will your get bulky legs from walking on an incline or up hills? No, Lorra Garrick explains how aerobic exercise such as walking, running, or hiking tones lean muscle and will not give you big leg muscles.
Will your get bulky legs from walking on an incline or up hills? No, Lorra Garrick explains how aerobic exercise such as walking, running, or hiking tones lean muscle and will not give you big leg muscles.
When Walking isn't Working
When your fitness walking isn't working to help you lose weight and gain fitness, you must step up the intensity.
When your fitness walking isn't working to help you lose weight and gain fitness, you must step up the intensity.
From Walking to Running
How walkers can start adding jogging and running to their workouts.
How walkers can start adding jogging and running to their workouts.
How Far is That?
How far and how long will it take to walk 5K, 10K, a half marathon, a marathon? Kilometers to miles and back again, with fast, moderate and easy paces.
How far and how long will it take to walk 5K, 10K, a half marathon, a marathon? Kilometers to miles and back again, with fast, moderate and easy paces.
Top 10 Ways to Improve Your Exercise Workout
Use these top 10 ways to improve your exercise workout, from the American Council on Exercise
Use these top 10 ways to improve your exercise workout, from the American Council on Exercise
Fitness Walking Grows to 40 Million Walkers in USA in 2004
Fitness walking continues to be the most popular fitness activity in America as it grew to over 40 million walkers in 2004.
Fitness walking continues to be the most popular fitness activity in America as it grew to over 40 million walkers in 2004.
More Are Exercising, But Only Half of U.S. Exercise Regularly
The CDC reports that more people are exercising, but still less than half of those surveyed were exercising regularly as of 2005.
The CDC reports that more people are exercising, but still less than half of those surveyed were exercising regularly as of 2005.
How to Breathe: Breathing and Walking
Taking a full, complete breath can help exercise performance, as well a energy and stress relief. How to breathe correctly. Breathing and walking for energy and stress relief.
Taking a full, complete breath can help exercise performance, as well a energy and stress relief. How to breathe correctly. Breathing and walking for energy and stress relief.
My Exercise Ball Chair
My desk chair is an exercise ball. I made this conversion a few months ago when I realized I was not getting enough crosstraining other than my walking. Walking does nothing to strengthen the abs, and posture is also very important for walking. Walkers need to work on those areas.
My desk chair is an exercise ball. I made this conversion a few months ago when I realized I was not getting enough crosstraining other than my walking. Walking does nothing to strengthen the abs, and posture is also very important for walking. Walkers need to work on those areas.
Strength Training Basics
Strength training basics - how to include weight training and strength training in your overall exercise program.
Strength training basics - how to include weight training and strength training in your overall exercise program.
Strength Training Principles: Repetitions and Resistance
Strength training principles and guidelines: Resistance and repetitions and progressive resistance
Strength training principles and guidelines: Resistance and repetitions and progressive resistance
How Did Being Laid Off Affect Your Fitness Program
If you have been laid off or had your work hours reduced, how has that affected your walking and fitness program? Are you exercising and walking more or less due to being laid off? Did the lay-off take away exercise motivation or give you time to concentrate on your fitness program?
If you have been laid off or had your work hours reduced, how has that affected your walking and fitness program? Are you exercising and walking more or less due to being laid off? Did the lay-off take away exercise motivation or give you time to concentrate on your fitness program?