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Supervised Exercise Therapy

Why Walk?

Staying fit and maintaining a healthy lifestyle can understandably seem insurmountable in today’s overwhelming environment. However, you don’t need to commit to an intimidating and demanding gym routine to live a hearty life. Sometimes all a person needs is a low impact activity to get the blood pumping and work out their body. Walking is known as weight-bearing exercise, because you carry your own body weight, and nothing else. A 2007 study of women found that a low level of exercise (around 75 minutes per week) improved their fitness levels significantly, when compared to a non-exercising group. Walking is a fantastic method of exercise, to reap similar results.

Importance of Walking

Staying fit and maintaining a healthy lifestyle can understandably seem insurmountable in today’s overwhelming environment. However, you don’t need to commit to an intimidating and demanding gym routine to live a hearty life. Sometimes all a person needs is a low impact activity to get the blood pumping and work out their body. Walking is known as weight-bearing exercise, because you carry your own body weight, and nothing else. A 2007 study of women found that a low level of exercise (around 75 minutes per week) improved their fitness levels significantly, when compared to a non-exercising group. Walking is a fantastic method of exercise, to reap similar results.

How to Start Your Walking Program

Motivation can be exceptionally hard to conjure up when starting to exercise. Especially for novices, creating and commiting to a routine can be tedious and challenging. It’s important to remember why you wanted to start exercising in the first place, and where you want to see yourself in the future. However, for people looking to start walking for medical reasons, supervised walking programs may be more attractive. If you’re concerned about getting injured or require help to start walking, perhaps starting on a treadmill would be safer. Many PAD patients go through supervised treadmill therapy, to receive a comforting and slower pace of exercise. This would be a flipped section with picture on the left and text on the right, which under Importance of Walking

How to Start Your Walking Program

Motivation can be exceptionally hard to conjure up when starting to exercise. Especially for novices, creating and commiting to a routine can be tedious and challenging. It’s important to remember why you wanted to start exercising in the first place, and where you want to see yourself in the future. However, for people looking to start walking for medical reasons, supervised walking programs may be more attractive. If you’re concerned about getting injured or require help to start walking, perhaps starting on a treadmill would be safer. Many PAD patients go through supervised treadmill therapy, to receive a comforting and slower pace of exercise.
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