Walk Your Way to Fitness: Scientifically Proven Ways to Your Fitness Goals by Just Walking (Fitness Series)

This book is for people who want to improve their level of fitness and will commit to that cause. It scientifically employs the core exercise of walking to help them lead a fitter and happier life. If one could devote thirty minutes to one's physical fitness any time of the day every day of the week, every week of the year, the most economical utilization of that time will be in walking. Although running, cycling and swimming are physical activities with proven benefits for health and fitness but they are not for everyone as there are many limitations in a common person's life that stand as barriers against the selection of the other exercises mentioned above. Walking, on the other hand, is something that comes naturally to all human beings and can be incorporated in everybody's daily routine easily. It does have a range of speeds and distances covered, yet, fundamentally, it remains a non-track, non-pool kind of activity. A brisk walk is as good or taxing an exercise as a jog or moderate speed cycling. It can also be done indoors when it's raining or when snow falls, although the outdoor walk, like the other three activities done outdoors, is always preferable over the indoor walk. This book asks for an investment of only thirty valuable minutes of your day for eight consecutive weeks. Planned breaks in the regime are not allowed, although emergency ones, by their very definition, can't be avoided. The idea is, to remain committed to the fundamental principle of the favorable impact of physical activities, especially of a daily walk, on fitness. The journey of the chapters through various personal milestones is actually a weekly ascent that will have cumulative physical and psychological benefits.