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The Ideal Fitness Activity: Walking
- by Ted Green
© 2006 All Rights Reserved
http://www.21minutewalkingplan.com
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In an ideal world you'd be able to eat all you wanted, do as
little exercise as you felt like and move around just by
flicking a switch.
And if you chose to sit in front of the TV all day stuffing
yourself with cakes and ice creams, it wouldn't make the
slightest difference to the way you looked or how you felt.
In an ideal world, you wouldn't have to worry about your
lifestyle. You'd look and feel great all the time.
Meanwhile, in the real world, huge numbers of adults and
children are obese or overweight. According to the U.S.
Department of Health & Human Sciences, heart disease kills
nearly one million people every year.
There are many reasons for this. The time spent watching TV
is just one. Working for long periods at a computer and an
increasing reliance on the car are others.
And if, like many, you know you're not as active as you
should be, you may come out in a cold sweat every time the
dreaded word 'exercise' is mentioned.
But here's the thing, you don't need to worry. There is an
activity you know only too well that offers the perfect
solution to being unfit. It's called walking!
Just imagine for a moment what the ideal fitness plan would
look like:
1 It would be easy to do and enjoyable for its own sake
2 It would provide a wide range of health benefits like:
- Reducing the risks of heart disease, diabetes and minor
illnesses
- Controlling or reducing your weight
r> - Reducing your blood pressure
- Reducing your risk of injury
- Reducing stress and improving your sleep
- Improving your posture
3 It would be cheap and wouldn't involve the purchase of
lots of equipment
4 It would be flexible enough to adapt to the time you have
available
5 It would put you in control of your body and your life.
Walking is ALL of the above. It's the IDEAL solution to the
problem of inactivity.
It can be your solution.
You can stop your body going into further decline just by
walking a bit more each day. All you have to do is increase
the amount of walking you already do on an average day to 21
minutes (or 30 minutes over 5 days a week).
Then you need to do it regularly, making it part of your
daily routine.
And that's all it takes to achieve a basic level of fitness!
The wonderful thing about walking for fitness is that you
can do it anywhere: at home, in the gym, in your local
neighborhood or, for the more adventurous, in the great
outdoors.
And it's all FREE.
You were made for walking. Make it what you do best and make
your body your best friend!
In the real world, walking can get you fit. It's the ideal
way to survive fitness.
So what are you waiting for? Get walking … !
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Ted Green is author of 'The Simple 21 Minute Walking Plan
for Better Fitness & Health', a NEW book that transforms a
very old activity into an easy and effective fitness plan.
Click Here Now --> http://www.21minutewalkingplan.com
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Posted 2006-04-28 23:26:55 By Ted Green
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