How to Effectively Lose Weight Through Walking
Every now and then I see signs which say something like this: "Walking and weight loss for women" or "Walking and Weight Loss for Moms."
And I wonder what the results are for those women who participate in these fitness activities and boot camps exercises.
As a personal trainer for many years I experimented with this type of exercising with my family and me as well.
And especially when we had our first baby and the luxury of time became limited as any Mom and Dad already know. I tried to experiment with this kind of strategy.
In this walking and weight loss article I will clarify a few points about if
-Walking can contribute to weight loss
-How significant it can be and the
-Time expectation you should be aware of so you minimize or prevent disappointments in the long term.
Can Walking Contribute to Weight Loss?
The answer is, it depends on the volume you put in to it and how you execute it.
Depending on your body weight, gender, metabolic rate, and body composition to name few, you can burn between 50 to 100 calories for each mile.
In my opinion that is not a lot, and if you squeeze another three miles on top of that which can be equal to:
4 Miles X 50 -100 = 200 to 400 calories/ 4 miles. Now let me ask you this, have you walked 4 miles before? It is a long walk.
But if you do it differently which I will show you now it can raise your calorie burning machine higher and faster.
-The normal walk is between 2.0 - 2.5 miles/hr so perform your walking exercise between 2.7 to 3.2 miles per hour. If you have ran on a treadmill before, then you will be able to know this type of pace.
-Walk with some type of weighted exercise vest on to increase the resistance and increasing effort; therefore, burning more calories.
Perform as many as possible of your walks uphill with or without wearing a weighted exercise vest.
Of course if you do increase your resistance with the above two simultaneously you can even burn a greater amount of calories.
And I wonder what the results are for those women who participate in these fitness activities and boot camps exercises.
As a personal trainer for many years I experimented with this type of exercising with my family and me as well.
And especially when we had our first baby and the luxury of time became limited as any Mom and Dad already know. I tried to experiment with this kind of strategy.
In this walking and weight loss article I will clarify a few points about if
-Walking can contribute to weight loss
-How significant it can be and the
-Time expectation you should be aware of so you minimize or prevent disappointments in the long term.
Can Walking Contribute to Weight Loss?
The answer is, it depends on the volume you put in to it and how you execute it.
Depending on your body weight, gender, metabolic rate, and body composition to name few, you can burn between 50 to 100 calories for each mile.
In my opinion that is not a lot, and if you squeeze another three miles on top of that which can be equal to:
4 Miles X 50 -100 = 200 to 400 calories/ 4 miles. Now let me ask you this, have you walked 4 miles before? It is a long walk.
But if you do it differently which I will show you now it can raise your calorie burning machine higher and faster.
-The normal walk is between 2.0 - 2.5 miles/hr so perform your walking exercise between 2.7 to 3.2 miles per hour. If you have ran on a treadmill before, then you will be able to know this type of pace.
-Walk with some type of weighted exercise vest on to increase the resistance and increasing effort; therefore, burning more calories.
Perform as many as possible of your walks uphill with or without wearing a weighted exercise vest.
Of course if you do increase your resistance with the above two simultaneously you can even burn a greater amount of calories.
