Who says you must do exercise to lose weight, as long as you use the right method, even if you walk, you can easily lose weight. The following I will teach you seven walking weight loss techniques, so that you lose weight with half the effort.
1. Change a place to walk.
You know what? Different road surfaces can also give the body different stimulation Oh! If you are used to walking on the tarmac or treadmill, you may want to change the beach, grass, or even gravel road. Experts say that this will allow you to burn 60 more calories per hour.
2. Reduce the pace to increase the speed.
Many people are used to increasing the pace when they speed up walking, in fact, this is the wrong way, you should slightly reduce the distance of each step at this time
3. Cross-training is more efficient.
What way can you use the same time walking, can burn more calories, but will not let you tired half to death? The answer? Add running, or even sprinting sprints. For example, for every 5 minutes of walking at your original pace, you can intersperse it with 1 minute of jogging. If you do it for a few weeks, you already feel very easy, you can change to interspersed sprinting 30-60 seconds.
4. Add arm swing.
In order to balance the movement to the whole body, walking with hands and feet, but do not need to vigorously throw high arms, your elbows bent about 90 degrees, arm swing range, should be from 15-20 centimeters behind the hip, forward to the height of the chest can be.
5. Increase your weight.
Carry a backpack (please choose a professional sports or hiking backpack that can fit completely on your chest and back)! In the body to increase the weight although effective, but also can not be no limit to carry a pass, experts recommend that not more than 20% of their body weight, otherwise it will hurt the lower back.
6. The use of race walking hip skills.
You have seen the race walking competition, right? Some studies have pointed out that the calories consumed by walking and running are almost the same. Why not try? When you take each step, move your hips along, with this force to push the body forward, and then take another step. When walking, you do not have to use this way the whole time. You can use the method described in items 1-11 before walking for a few minutes, and then interspersed with a few minutes to strengthen the hip race way, the effect is also very good.
7. Walk at a speed of 7.
If you are slowly swaying like a walk along the way, the effect but you will be greatly disappointed Oh! Experts say that you must control the speed of walking at a certain level. The degree of relaxation or fatigue of the body into 10 levels, if lying on the bed rest is the “1” level, the “10” level is exhaustion. The speed of walking should be maintained at level “7”, the feeling is …. Your breathing is faster and you are already sweating, but you can still talk and not lose your breath.