Do you want a real challenge? Are you tired of the average, ordinary walk and want to step it up a notch, or would you like a bit more variety in your daily stroll? If you say yes, this article will guide you with a few tips and tricks to power up your next walk from your Pinery Residences condo.
Count Your Steps
You can count how many steps you take the next time you go out. Set a goal to add about 500 steps or more to each walk for the previous week. Using a fitness watch may also help you keep track of your steps. This can help make sure you’re improving while also burning those extra calories.
Move Your Arms
It isn’t required to carry weights while strolling (although it is optional). As you’re walking, swing or move your arms as a runner would. Doing this can help increase your heart rate and get those muscles working.
Add Some Weight
If you want an extra challenge, you can add some weight. An example of this is packing your backpack with some moderate or heavy items like books. Putting more body weight on yourself can help you work out more and burn some of the fat.
Boost Your Pacing
You can step up your pace to your typical walking speed by going faster for every minute or so, or you can go faster for a specific distance (Example: going from one tree to the next). Adding intervals to your walking speed can increase your heart rate and help with slimming down.
Change Your Path
If possible, stroll in different environments and terrain. It’s way more challenging to walk on a dirt path than to walk on a flat road or sidewalk. You might be restricted to where you can stroll right now, but you can also get a different kind of workout on the same route you usually walk. You can get different results just from walking up that hill instead of walking down.
