Step Up: Join The Walking Craze - Book Review

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08 Mar 2006 07:00 PM

Here's an interesting book to read: Pedometer Walking: Stepping Your Way to Health, Weight Loss and Fitness. The book is an inclusive guide written by Mark Fenton and David R. Bassett, Jr. designed to get people up and moving.

The book uses trivia, experts and science to educate their readers on not only how to increase their steps, but also to suggest ways to incorporate walking into their daily routines. They also provide data on how to taking walking to the next level can keep a walker interested and motivated.

It's not the ambitions that make people become more active, Fenton says in the book. It's about incorporating walking into day-to-day life. Small changes matter.

Pedometer Walking: Stepping Your Way to Health, Weight Loss and Fitness includes warm up exercises, charts for speed and calories burned as well as a weekly log to track your own progress. There are mini-biographies designed to inspire by sharing real stories of people who lost weight and got in shape through walking.

The book is a great read and offers a lot of insights. Some are familiar tales that many fitness experts offer and there are unique suggestions. Fenton says it all begins with the notion of getting off the couch. The end of the story is not the weight loss or the fitness, but becoming a driving force in your own local community. You can create and push issues that include making your neighborhood more 'walkable.'

It's worth the investment for those of you who enjoy walking or believe you would.

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Heather Long is 35 years old and currently lives in Wylie, Texas. She has been a freelance writer for six years. Her husband and she met while working together at America Online over ten years ago.

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vkirkman (58) 24 Apr 2006 01:16 PM

I haven't read the book, but I could write one. I have lost 76 pounds in less than a year, with the use of a pedometer, and a change in my dietary habits. I have formed good habits and improved my health 100 percent! And you do indeed get excited about finding ways to move around more, and increase your steps, because results are motivating!

Heather Long (16954) 24 Apr 2006 04:41 PM

That's awesome! Thank you for sharing your story!

Jody Moreen (3274) 31 Aug 2006 08:36 PM

Thanks for this post- I was just debating whether I should drop my fitness club membership. I have not gone much on and off this summer. And once you miss for a day or two it is easy to forget to go exercise and get further and further behind on any fitness goals. I had just thought about getting into a routine of walking for exercise. My college age son was home for a few weeks this summer and motivated me to get off the couch after supper and just do some serious walking. I truly enjoyed it, felt good and it cost nothing! I think I will cancel my club membership, invest in a good pedometer and start moving tomorrow! Jody

Heather Long (16954) 07 Sep 2006 02:35 PM

Thank you for your comments Jody, I hope you let us know how you are doing with your walking program!