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Walking - The Great and Easy Exercise

by Heather Long

Walking is one of the best exercises you can do. Why, you may ask? Because you do it every day. You do it when you get out of bed in the morning. You do it to go out and pick up the paper. You do it to get to the car and from the car.

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Race for the Cure - October is Around the Corner

by Heather Long

Not really, but with just 4 months to go it's time to start preparing for the Susan G. Komen Dallas Race for the Cure. Today I received my invitation to sign up for the 2007 Race for the Cure and so now the prepping is on.

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Indoor Workouts

by Heather Long

It's summer out there and let me tell you, it's here hot and sticky. The temperatures are soaring up into the 90s and the air is so thick, you could cut it with a knife.

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Turn Up The Heat: 10 Tips to Maximize the Calorie Burn While Walking

by Heather Long

Burning calories is all about walking the walk. While it's true that jogging will burn more calories than walking, walking is a lot less stressful on joints, shins and feet. The simple facts about weight loss include increasing the number of calories you burn daily.

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My Daughter & I Went for a Walk

by Heather Long

A few weeks ago, I told you about Our Little 1-Mile Walk and I just realized that with all the other excitement, I didn't get a chance to bring you up to speed on how our 1-mile walk went, so I thought I would take a few minutes to talk about it here.

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How Many Calories Do You Burn While Walking

by Heather Long

When it comes to a walking program, I know some people are resistant because they do not believe they will burn enough calories when they are walking.

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Walking Fitness: Your Form

by Heather Long

Earlier, we talked about lifestyle walking and that of the different forms of walking it's the easiest to perform for beginners and advanced enthusiasts alike.

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Lifestyle Walking - Make It Work For You

by Heather Long

I want to talk about lifestyle walking today in preparation for our Spring Forward to Action Challenge, which will begin on March 11th. I intend to use lifestyle walking and the techniques associated with it in both my recovery and for kicking off the challenge.

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The Four Kinds of Walking

by Heather Long

Did you know there were other kinds of walking? For most of us, walking is pretty self-explanatory. You put one foot in front of the other and that's all there is to it.

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My Little Inspiration: Our Local 1-Mile Walk

by Heather Long

I've told you about my daughter's current project at school, the Hoops for Hearts she is still working on raising her money for the American Heart Association and she is very excited.

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