Tips and Exercises for Power Diet Shoes
How should I walk in Power Diet Sports?
In the past, health and fitness specialists told us to run to get fit, now they advise that we walk. Both challenge energy reserves and burn carbohydrate and fat reserves (in conjunction with a calorie controlled diet)
It is important that you breathe correctly whatever pace you walk at. Deep inhalations (pull down the diaphragm and fill the stomach without allowing the stomach to bulge) followed by long exhalations (to remove as much waste from the body) will deliver oxygen rich blood to the bodies tissues.
For slow walks, aim to double breathe i.e. breathe in as you complete TWO steps and breathe OUT as you complete another TWO steps.
For much quicker walks, aim to quadruple breathe i.e. breathe in as you complete FOUR steps and breathe OUT as you complete another FOUR steps.
To improve cardiovascular fitness and aid weight loss, you will need to raise your heart rate to75% of maximum exercising heart rate.
Power Diet Tips to walk yourself to a Fitter body :
- When walking, always look straight ahead and pull the jaw up
- Loosely clench the fists
- Try to stretch the waist out with every step you take by slightly exaggerating your normal gait/movement pattern.
- With arms at 90 degrees, really swing the arms through so that they alternate and encourage you forwards
- Maintain a steady pace (even distance between front heel and back foot)
At Normal pace : approx 37% of height (e.g. an individual who is 1.65m tall should set pace to 61cm)
At Moderate Power Walk pace : approx 45% of height (e.g. an individual who is 1.65m tall should set pace to 75cm)
At Fast Power Walk pace : approx 50% of height (e.g. an individual who is 1.65m tall should set pace to 82cm)
- Maintain an upright posture at all times
- To prevent injury, do not increase distance by more than 10% per week.
- Drink plenty of water before and during exercise to remain hydrated.
