Walking To Lose Weight

                                                     

Most obese people experience weight gain in the belly, thighs and hips. The most efficient weight loss exercises for midsection fat are cardio exercises. Walking is a form of light cardio exercise that can help you to achieve, sustain and maintain weight loss.
There are certain practices and techniques that can increase the effectiveness of your walk to lose weight. The following tips will enhance your walking weight loss program.

Good Posture

Cardio exercises naturally raise the heart rate and walking is a cardio. When this happens, your heart pumps blood faster and when the heart pumps blood faster, the lungs need to supply oxygen to your blood quicker. For you to walk for effective weight loss, you have to keep a good posture. This requires that you keep your back straight in alignment with your hips and neck. Good posture gives your lungs room to expand more for increased blood oxidation. This in turn increases the effectiveness of your walking cardio and keeps you from getting tired easily thereby helping you achieve your aim to lose weight walking.

Walking With Weight

Walking with weight can help for a more vigorous walking program. Hand weight and weight vest can be used. However, ankle weights are not advisable to avoid joint damage. If you are not physically fit enough to weight-walk then don’t, to avoid you getting tired more easily. You can slow down if your breathing is becoming too shallow.

Water

You need water to successfully carry out your walking program. You need proper hydration to keep you energized for a longer walking route and to keep that exercise-induced hunger away. Taking a little water every 20-30 minutes is not a bad idea.

Duration And Intensity

30 minutes of daily walking is recommended for a healthy body according to the US surgeon general. Therefore you have to walk more than the recommended healthy body walking time if you want to lose weight walking. If you eat healthy foods in moderate portions, any additional walking beyond 30 minutes will trigger weight loss. Walking does not burn calories fast because it is a low-intensity exercise. However, it is very effective if sustained for a long period of time. Interchanging between high and low intensity walk will enhance the rate of calories burned thereby enhancing your chance of losing weight walking.