6 Tips for Having a Comfortable Walk

Going for a walk daily is a good thing to do. It refreshes your mind, takes the stress off your shoulders, and the best of all, gets your body fit!

But in order to get a good outcome out of it, you need to do it right!

But how to do it right?

Check these 6 tips and tricks for having a comfortable walk!

• Pick Your Shoes Right!

Walking is based solely on the pair of shoes on your feet! What you wear doesn’t matter, but your footwear should be as comfortable as possible since your feet are the ones receiving all the pain!

Don’t just pick any pair of shoes and go, take your time to try and figure out which one suits you best.

The best walking shoes should be flexible from the sole and stiff from the heels. A pair of running shoes would be perfect for taking a walk.

• Don’t Grab a Fizzy Soda After Exercising!

Admit it, you finish your walk and go pick a can of soda from your fridge to quench your thirst. We all do that!

But it’s now time to stop doing this, soda is filled to the brim with sugar which is exactly the kind of fat you want to burn from walking.

So having a can of soda after taking a walk or a hike will get you back to square one.

The best choice for you after having a comfortable exercise like walking is green tea.

Green tea boosts your metabolism so you keep on burning calories for the rest of the day. And it nearly has no calories, unlike cans of soda.

• Wait! Don’t Have Breakfast! Go for a Walk First.

You heard me right! Breakfast IS still the most important meal of the day. But delaying it until after having a walk, will probably be good for you.

Right after waking up, your body is short on calories since you haven’t eaten since long.

So, in order to fuel your body to walk, it starts burning the fats which are the target calories that you want to be burned.

Your body’s ability to burn fat is maximized at that time of the day, so you’ll get the best result possible from walking when you do it in the early morning.

• Don’t Walk Like You’re Shopping!

When you’re shopping, you walk slowly to look at all shops possible, we all do that.

When walking for weight loss though, you need to pull your feet to walk a little faster!

Don’t walk too fast so you’re unable to breathe. People’s breathing abilities differ from one another, you may walk at a pace that will cause you to breathe hard, while your mate is walking at the same pace but breathing normally.

So, don’t try to do any measures. Just walk at a pace that your breath is harder than usual but you’re still able to talk while walking. If you’re sweating a little, that’s a good sign.

• Don’t Walk at a Steady Pace for Too Long!

You are now breathing harder, sweating and feeling as if your body is slowly maintaining its walking pace.

Now it’s time to go a little faster! Walking at the same pace for too long is not a good thing to do, your body eventually gets used to it, so burning calories and fat slow down a little, and of course you don’t want that to happen.

So accelerating a little bit when you begin to get comfortable with your pace will ensure your body burns the most calories out of the walk.

• Grab a Bottle of Water Before Going Out for a Walk or a Hike.

Don’t ever go out of your house’s door without a bottle of water, especially if it’s summer!

While in summer, your body sweats more than usual, which means you lose a big chunk of your body’s water mass.

You need to compensate that with drinking a good number of glasses daily.

Now if you’re having a walk around the neighborhood or taking a hike, water is more important than your shoes.

Water boosts your metabolism, regulates your breath and gives you the energy to keep on.

You know that side pain that suddenly hits you while doing any physical activity? That’s dehydration! Don’t take it easy, always carry a bottle of water with you. It’s essential for your body.

Conclusion

Doing any exercise is easy when you know what you’re doing.

Walking is the easiest exercise for weight loss out there and it burns a quite good number of calories, and now you have some tips that will help you get the best output you desire from that walk. Does it get any easier than this?

You can now go for a walk confident that you have the right equipment and enough information for the exercise!