Walking to Lose Belly Fat

walkingWalking can be a great way to get your daily exercise in and a great way to help lose belly fat at the same time. For best results begin your walking program by walking 30 minutes per day.

If 30 minutes at one time is too much for you to do in the beginning it is acceptable to break down the 30 minutes into 3 segments of 10 minutes each. It doesn’t matter if you can’t go outside due to the weather or don’t have access to an indoor track, anyone can do this even if it means you walk in place while watching TV or do your walking with the aid of one of many walking for exercise DVDs. As your endurance improves so can the length of your daily walks, and a great way to boost weight loss is to add in at least one longer walk per week.

Also there are other options for boosting the calorie burn and belly fat loss such as adding in hills, plyometrics, or intervals.

  • Hills - By simply changing your walking route to include hills you can burn up to three times the calories as walking on a level surface. Or if you walk on a treadmill use the incline feature to mimic walking up hills.
  • Plyometrics – By simply adding in moves such as skipping, bounding, and hopping to your walking helps build in pockets of intensity which aid in burning about twice the number of calories as walking alone. Try to add in one minute bursts of plyometrics every few minutes of your walk for maximum benefit.
  • Intervals – By adding in faster paced walking interspersed with your typical walking helps build in pockets of intensity which aid in burning about twice the calories as just walking at one moderate pace. For the best result add in 10 one minute bursts of speed to the average 30 minute walk.

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