Tips to improve or maintain your walking routine, part 2.
Already started? Fantastic. You’ve built walking into your regular routine.
To maintain or take this healthy habit to the next level, try these tips:
Spice it up: Now comes the fun part of a walking program. Add small challenges to your routes or try some of these ideas:
● Add a workout section with a set of lunges, squats or push-ups.
● Create a walking bingo game or mentally play the alphabet game by finding something along your route that begins with A, B, C.
● Walk like other animals.
● Try a new route to vary your scenery, as well as level of difficulty.
● Walk on grass or a dirt or gravel path instead of concrete.
● Vary your pace by speed-walking for short distances.
● Up the ante with resistance bands or weights.
● Listen to music, a podcast or guided meditation.
● Embrace apps or leave technology at home.
Your smartwatch may have started out as an accountability partner, pushing you to start that next walk. But wearable technology also can provide virtual badges as you reach certain goals, let you walk virtually with friends and even incorporate mindfulness. Or try a walk without technology. Listen to the sounds around you. Feel the cool breeze on your face. Take some time for just you.
source: Mayo Clinic
