Walking Workout Routines
Walking workout routines will help you vary your walking to build endurance, speed, and aerobic capacity, and to burn fat.
Does Walking Backward Have Exercise Benefits?
Does walking backward have more exercise benefits than forward walking? Studies have shown that walking backwards increases heart rate.
Does walking backward have more exercise benefits than forward walking? Studies have shown that walking backwards increases heart rate.
Should I Vary My Walking Workout?
Should I vary my walking workout? Yes, for the best training effect you should alternate easy days and harder days, either by distance, speed, or incline.
Should I vary my walking workout? Yes, for the best training effect you should alternate easy days and harder days, either by distance, speed, or incline.
Heart Health Walk - Recovery Walk
This easy walk builds long-term health and well-being and may be used daily or alternated with more strenuous walking workouts.
This easy walk builds long-term health and well-being and may be used daily or alternated with more strenuous walking workouts.
Fat Burning Walk
How to walk in the optimum fat-burning zone. Those wanting to lose body fat should do this walk most days of the week. May be done daily, or used as a recovery day for those alternating with other walking workouts.
How to walk in the optimum fat-burning zone. Those wanting to lose body fat should do this walk most days of the week. May be done daily, or used as a recovery day for those alternating with other walking workouts.
Distance Walk
Builds endurance and burns off calories (approximately 100 per mile for 150-pound person.) Those training for longer distance events should build up their mileage steadily. Those training for a 5K or 10K competitive walk should exceed the event distance by a mile or two in their distance workout.
Builds endurance and burns off calories (approximately 100 per mile for 150-pound person.) Those training for longer distance events should build up their mileage steadily. Those training for a 5K or 10K competitive walk should exceed the event distance by a mile or two in their distance workout.
Aerobic Walk
Improve your aerobic fitness with this walking workout, increasing the number and size of blood vessels in the muscles and increasing your lung power.
Improve your aerobic fitness with this walking workout, increasing the number and size of blood vessels in the muscles and increasing your lung power.
Anaerobic Threshold Walk
Use this walking workout to increase your athletic performance by bringing your body up to the anaerobic threshold. It is used by racewalkers to improve their VO2 maximum(the highest amount of oxygen one can consume during exercise). Improves endurance at speed.
Use this walking workout to increase your athletic performance by bringing your body up to the anaerobic threshold. It is used by racewalkers to improve their VO2 maximum(the highest amount of oxygen one can consume during exercise). Improves endurance at speed.
Economy Speed Walk
This walking workout builds your walking speed.
This walking workout builds your walking speed.
Ideal Weekly Walking Workout Schedule
This weekly suggested schedule, developed by Dave McGovern for his racewalk clinics, is for every kind of walker, including fitness walkers and racewalkers. You can mix and match the workouts.
This weekly suggested schedule, developed by Dave McGovern for his racewalk clinics, is for every kind of walker, including fitness walkers and racewalkers. You can mix and match the workouts.
High Intensity Intervals Treadmill Workout
Treadmill workouts using high intensity interval training will overcome treadmill workout plateaus for walkers and runners.
Treadmill workouts using high intensity interval training will overcome treadmill workout plateaus for walkers and runners.
The Treadmill - Dumbbell Workout
Working out on the treadmill with dumbbells can enhance your treadmill workout.
Working out on the treadmill with dumbbells can enhance your treadmill workout.
Jumping Intervals on the Treadmill
Jumping intervals on the treadmill exercises alternate muscles for a unique treadmill workout.
Jumping intervals on the treadmill exercises alternate muscles for a unique treadmill workout.
Do Stops and Starts Affect my Walking Workout?
Do starts and stops affect my walking workout?
Do starts and stops affect my walking workout?
Step Up Your Walking Workout
One of the best ways to take a walking routine up a notch is to add some interval training. This means you'll speed up your pace for a minute or two every several minutes. If you're walking more than one mile, you could also alternate a run-walk, adding arm movements, while leaving one mile to take a little more slowly.
One of the best ways to take a walking routine up a notch is to add some interval training. This means you'll speed up your pace for a minute or two every several minutes. If you're walking more than one mile, you could also alternate a run-walk, adding arm movements, while leaving one mile to take a little more slowly.