Blog: Tag / walk

Once you use the word cool to describe something, it's no longer cool. I googled "coolest exercise programs" and a few things stood out to me. First, a list of the coolest exercise equipment. Here's what Forbes.com had to say: "Looking to make your workouts more interesting? Maybe what you need is exercise equipment that makes it more fun, if not more rewarding." Then LL Cool J's workout program. Judge for yourself. Buzzle.com's review LL's workout. How could I talk about cool and not mention the gadgets? What's your favorite workout gadget? My favorite is Nike+ Sportswatch and iPod,...


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See the short term results and the long term results. Where are the "Biggest Losers" now? Also check out the "Life  after 'Loser': Everyday is a struggle". Just like the rest of us. Inspiring stories for sure. MikeZ - "walking step by step"


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Do they work? Have they worked for you? Do they work short term and long term? Let me know? Please, I would love to hear your stories. I have a diet plan. It's called throw away your scale and walk five or six days a week for two years. Start small and increase your walking distance gradually but walk quickly. Don't weigh yourself at the end of the first year. In the second year, cut out 500 calories per day and keep walking for one more year. Try to get to the point where you're walking 45-60 minutes per walk. Now at the end of the second year, weigh yourself. I bet you have lost weight....


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Walking is great brain food. Well, it's really all about the deep breathing. Oh, I see where you're going. Get your mind out of the gutter, not that kind of deep breathing. It's the increased oxygen to the blood stream be exact. So do your brain a favor and take your head out for a walk. How about four or five times a week. I know how important walking each day is to me. The stress released, clearing my mind from a day at work and allowing my mind to rest for a moment. MikeZ - "major head case" PS - Rest days are as important as the walking days - don't skip your day off.


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This workout is great. Try it, to burn more calories and put a little extra push in a walk. This probably is a more advanced workout so if your just starting out - go slow. Create your work program for the long haul not for weight loss next month. Take a look at another post about seeing your doctor before starting any workout program.  I know, I know all those disclaimers but this one more important than any disclaimer, it's your doctor and they care and can help you start your journey of fitness safely and productively. MikeZ - "walking, exercise for the rest of us; exercise for the rest...


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Usually you can't use cool and calculator in the same sentence. Walking calculator. Check it out. MikeZ - step by step = Emc@


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Are you lost? I had to ask this couple last night on my walk. They looked lost, looking at signs and possessing a general look of lost on their faces. The couple answered, "No were fine." As I walked away, I heard the woman say to her partner, "why am I not losing any weight with all this walking" and I realized that they were... out having an evening of strolling, ambling, making ones way, moseying, promenading, rambling, sauntering, stretch one's legs, taking a turn, toddling and wandering. Check it out at CityMommy, there's a good post about walking as exercise. Don't get me wrong, I'm...


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  What is walking? MikeZ - step wiki step


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"Walking" by Henry David Thoreau. "... in the distant woods or fields, in unpretending sprout-lands or pastures tracked by rabbits, even in a bleak and, to most, cheerless day, like this, when a villager would be thinking of his inn, I come to myself, I once more feel myself grandly related, and that cold and solitude are friends of mine. I suppose that this value, in my case, is equivalent to what others get by churchgoing and prayer. I come home to my solitary woodland walk as the homesick go home. I thus dispose of the superfluous and see things as they are, grand and beautiful. I have told...


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We've become a "nation of walking zombies." I don't always get enough sleep. Who does? The article link above talks about napping and the benefit of napping. Everyone loves a good nap but does it really solve the problem? I have a crazy idea. How about taking a fast walk everyday then sleep will come more easily and will provide the rest needed. Sleep well. Do you want me to sing you a lullaby?  MikeZZZZZZZZ "step by step"


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