Now is a great time to start a walking program. If you want to get the most benefits from your walking routine consider speed-walking, which is done at a rate of 3.5-5.5 mph. Speed walking involves swinging your arms in pace with the stride, and keeping one foot on the ground at all times. While calorie burn varies between people, you can expect to burn 440 calories (if you weigh about 150 pounds) during a one hour speed-walk, while going 4.5 mph. This is equivalent to a slow run.
Why walk? Beside the obvious notion of burning calories, there are other great benefits from walking. Women who walked three hours weekly were 35 percent less likely to have heart problems. Walking five or more hours a week reduced the risk of heart problems by more than 40 percent among women.
Speed walking for 20 to 60 minutes three or more times a week provides stress-relief and other psychological benefits.
Race-walking provides a lower-and upper-body workout because of the accentuated use of the back, shoulders and arms.
Walking can be done just about anywhere and doesn’t cost a lot of money. All you need is a pair of comfortable walking shoes and a place to walk
For more information on walking, check out this link. http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/common/standard/transform.jsp?requestURI=/healthatoz/Atoz/hl/fit/card/speedwalking.jsp
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