Walking for Health – 5 Ways to increase your distance
1 – walk out, bus back
Plan a walk that is as much as you can manage and end it at the bus stop where you can catch a bus home. You’ll feel like you’ve gone twice as far as you would on a circular walk and you get a lovely rest on the way back!
2 – Join a group.
It’s amazing, but when we have company, we don’t notice distance. You will be surprised at how fast a walk goes when you’re talking to others. You don’t have to share all your walks with a group – one a week is plenty, but it will encourage you to do more and better.
3 – Music
Instead of timing your walk, or planning a distance, choose some favourite upbeat music and walk to it – often you’ll find that you’ve covered more distance than you expect. Only wear one earpiece though to ensure you can hear sounds around you – especially on town roads.
4 – Count your steps
Buy and wear a pedometer to measure your steps. A 20-minute walk is about 120 steps per minute or 2,400 steps. You can break that up into 3 walks of 800 steps each or combine them all into one – it gives you a sense of how you’re progressing. Keep a log of your steps per day and take pride in your accomplishments.
5 – Set a Goal
Walk in a 5K or 10K event such as a fun run/walk or volunteer as a dog walker for a local animal shelter – when you know every step is helping somebody else, you feel much more motivated to do a bit more than you thought you could.
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