What is Fitness Walking?
Fitness walking is easy, safe and inexpensive. It’s aerobic, it burns calories, and it’s an ideal fat-burning activity. It conditions the heart, improves muscle tone and strength, relieves stress, and can help with back pain, osteoporosis, respiratory problems, diabetes, arthritis, cardiac rehabilitation and a variety of other health problems.
"For every hour of regular, vigorous exercise you do, you could live two hours longer." -- American Heart Association
Whether it is a ten minute walk at the Mall, or a 5K walk in the park, every step you take is one step closer to better health. There are many opportunities for joining in fitness walks. At Malls, at parks, at organized events that sponsor charities and causes. If you join our email mailing list, we will keep you informed of fitness walks and walking opportunities in the greater Kalamazoo area.
Fitness Toolbox - Walking.About.com
Types of walking - Which type interests you? Fitness walker, race walker, Nordic walker, hiker, etc. http://walking.about.com/od/beginners/a/walkingdefined.htm