Recent Fitness Blog | Walking Posts

Planning Ahead - Want to Walk a Mile?

by Heather Long

There are all kinds of reasons you may want to walk a mile. According to my grandmother, if you wanted to walk a mile then you should just put your shoes on and start walking. In this case, she's not wrong.

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Snow Shoeing Tips for Beginners

by Heather Long

I've only gone snow shoeing for fun once, though we did use them one winter where we lived because it was the easiest way to get out to the barn during the multiple blizzard type weather we had over one winter.

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Walking in a Winter Wonderland - Snow shoeing

by Heather Long

Show shoeing is a fantastic winter sport that most of us can do and is the equivalent of walking in the snow - without slogging in the snow.

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Walking Injuries - What You Need to Know & More

by Heather Long

We talked a little about some of the walking injuries you may sustain during a walking program and today, I want to talk about a few more that may crop up during your walking routine.

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Walking Injuries - What You Need to Know

by Heather Long

Walking is a low impact, easy to perform sport and it's one of those that we encourage here in the fitness blog because anyone can do it, anywhere and it's far less expensive than most other forms of exercise.

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Holiday Fitness Ideas: Why 10,000 Steps?

by Heather Long

With the holidays fast on us, you or someone you love is likely going to be looking into different fitness plans and if you've heard a lot about 10,000 steps but always wondered why, let's talk about the why here. Activity is positive and good. Any activity is better than none.

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It's Beautiful Outside: Get Out Of The House

by Heather Long

It's a beautiful day here, the sun is shining and the air is cool, but crisp. My daughter was sprawled out on the sofa bed watching some cartoons when she announced that she was bored. I was standing there drinking my coffee and feeling rather bored with just hanging out there myself.

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10,000 Steps May Not Be All That

by Heather Long

Do you know what the 10,000 step program is? We've talked about it here. The 10,000 step program encourages participants to increase their number of daily steps to 10,000 in order to improve their health, reduce weight and increase their fitness.

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Breast Cancer Awareness: Surgery & Fitness

by Heather Long

For women who have undergone a lumpectomy or mastectomy and must follow it up with radiation therapy, a walking program of moderate intensity can help to improve fitness and maintain hemoglobin levels.

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Nordic Walking - Poles & More

by Heather Long

Nordic Walking is a total body workout and burns up to 40% more calories than regular walking. In many ways, Nordic walking resembles the elliptical machine found in most fitness gyms. It involves arm motion as well as leg motion. It increases balance, focus and of course, fat burn.

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