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TOPIC:
"Tone Up and Slim Down With Water Walking"
You’ve probably heard some of the shocking statistics about how out of shape, overweight and just plain fat our society has become in the last 20 years
(300 million obese and 750 million
overweight), and you probably are also aware that along with our increasingly unhealthy lifestyles comes an increased risk of diabetes, heart disease and death.
If you’ve been wondering what you can do to start getting yourself back into a healthy lifestyle by embracing an easy, new exercise regimen that won’t kill you but that will get some fast results, why don’t you try
water walking?
Just plain getting out there and walking a couple of miles every day will definitely improve your life, but a 1-mile brisk walk burns only approximately 100 calories, whereas
water walking burns up to 460 calories per
hour, and all without sweating or risk of injury.
Water walking is a very warm and enjoyable way for those who are out of shape and/or overweight or new to exercise to
shape up and slim down at the same time.
Water walking requires no special swimming skills, no special equipment (not even shoes) and you don’t even have to get your hair wet.
All you have to do is walk in thigh to chest deep water for a minimum of
20-minutes at least three times a week and you’ll be quickly on your way to a healthier and happier you.
Walking, running or jogging underwater not only strengthens your leg and hip muscles, quadriceps, hamstrings and gluteals (and other muscle groups when you start to add an water aerobic program to your walking), but also helps to
develop cardiorespiratory fitness, too.
If you’re new to water walking, you can easily start out slowly by walking in the shallow end of the pool. Once you build up your strength and endurance, you can move to thigh deep and then chest deep water while increasing your speed.
Develop a good technique, with an easy heel to toe stride, using the water as resistance. Stand up straight and pump your arms back and forth as you would do if you were walking or jogging on land. Once you’ve developed your technique, aim to
walk or jog underwater for 20-40 minutes three times a week.
Finding places where you can water walk is fairly easy these days with all the public pool facilities around, many of which offer deep water walking classes (which requires wearing a small floatation belt) or water aerobics classes that you might want to join once you build up your stamina.
Perhaps you live in a building that has a very underused pool, or maybe you live in a warm climate and have access to the beach. Whatever it takes to find a way to
add water walking or any form of water aerobics to your weekly routine,
you’ll be glad you did when you start seeing and feeling the many benefits.
Water walking and aerobics has the added benefit of enabling you to burn up calories much more efficiently. For instance, in a 30 minute workout, land walking burns 135 calories whereas deep water walking burns 264. Jogging on land burns 240 calories whereas jogging in deep water burns 340 calories.
So don’t go looking for excuses not to add this very efficient, healthy and enjoyable exercise to your routine, but rather find all the reasons why you need to start water walking right now and start becoming that happier and healthier person.
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