Steps to Walking Fitness

If you are thinking about exercise and getting back into shape, you are on the right tract to better health. 

Walking is a good healthy exercise for everyone young and elderly. Besides giving, you space for to work on your shape it helps to prevent many health problems.

There is no need to buy any equipment for walking exercise except you will need a good pair of walking shoes with the proper fit to meet your needs.

Here are a few plans to help you get started: 
Making a plan including a goal of where you are headed.
Get some good walking shoes with the proper fit.
Plan what days you are going to walk.  Make it a goal to work your way up to 5 days or more a week to include 30minutes walking time.
Add 5 or 10 each to warm up and cool down time.
Are you prepared to walk in the different kinds of weather that may turn up?
What is your goal of how far you want to work up to?
Are you walking for health reasons, to lose weight, or just to get the exercise we all need?
Do you need to consult your doctor for health reasons?
Are you planning to eventually add in some hiking trips or walking in a marathon race?
 Keeping a journal on your progress

When making your plans up with a goal it gives you something to look forward to as you progress. It will help to keep you motivated. Once you start walking you don’t want to stop, just look back and see how far you’ve gone.

Make sure your shoes are the proper fit to prevent injuries. A good walking needs to be a firm shoes to hold its shape to keep from turning and twisting your ankles. They should have a good tread on them so you don’t slip on water or ice. Make sure yours shoes have a good fit to your feet so you don’t get warts or blisters, your don’t want your feet to hurt they need to be happy feet.

What days of the week are you planning to walk are very important so you can work your schedule around you walking time? Setting the times and days will help you from soreness in the muscles and joints so they don’t have time to go back to their old ways before you starting walking. Being prepared for all different kinds of weather needs, because you don’t know what it’s going to be like on these days that you’ve planned to walk.



Deciding on how far you want to be able to walk in the 30 minutes plus you warm up and cooling down time is important. In order to make your scheduled times for your exercise you need to know how long it is going to take by the time you get to your goal.

The pace that you walk depends on what your goal is.  Are you walking for general health problems, training to walk a marathon, or just to walk and maybe lose a few inches here and there to improve your shape. Remember the faster you walk the more calories you will burn. Walking a marathon is timed so if that is your goal you need to be able to walk the distance in a certain amount of time.

Are you in good health or is your doctor recommending that you walk for your health?  Not everyone needs to check with their doctor but some do so if you need to talk to him be sure to ask before starting your new adventure. 

Keeping a journal is fun to day each day on your progress. Once in awhile look back in it to see how you’ve progressed. You’ll be so proud of yourself when you hit the goal your after.