How to Choose a Walking Shoe

Walking shoes don’t need to just look pretty they need to be functional.

Most people, when they see you walking, aren’t looking at your feet and your walking shoes anyways! Match your clothes and socks and pick a walking shoe that works best for you.

Walking for a Cause – Toning Shoes

Walking for a cause can often provide the motivation needed to keep walking. Look into local walks for a cause that you want to support. There are cancer walks for breast cancer, children’s cancer, diabetes, and more. You can walk for many causes. Even the “runs” allow for walkers.

Walking and Nutrition – Toning Shoes

Well you are ready to walk, you’ve got your Stepgym shoes on (or traditional walking shoes), the sun is shining, and you are stepping out the door. You think you have thought of everything as you grab your water bottle. You may be missing something, though, have you thought about what you have been eating?

Avoiding Injury While Walking

Runners and joggers are more at risk for injury than walkers, but injuries can still occur when walking.

Some conditions and health factors put some walkers more at risk than other walkers without the same health issues. Some of the health issues that put walkers at risk and what can be done to avoid injury:

Warm Up Exercises

Before almost any physical exercise it is suggested to do warm up exercises. Some believe “No pain…no gain” but the pain should not be from pulled or strained muscles. Even when going walking, it is important to do a few warm up exercises. It can be kept simple; it is not like you are preparing to run a marathon!

Walking for the Obese

It doesn’t matter if you came to the conclusion on your own that you are obese or you doctor pointed it out when he or she showed you where you are on a weight scale; you know you are not healthy.

Understanding Metabolism

Though people have a different base level metabolism, it doesn’t mean the overweight person is sentenced to always being overweight because of a slow metabolism or the underweight person must always be underweight because of a high metabolism. Exercise, like walking, can help increase metabolism. Walking in a shoe like the Stepgym will increase the amount of exercise with every step.

Stretching Exercises for Walking

Walking is something that is done everyday several times a day without warm up exercises. When walking for fitness and weight loss, a few warm up exercises may prevent injury and soreness.

Once the warm up exercises are done, stretching exercises should be done.

Manipulating Metabolism

Metabolism can be manipulated to aid in weight loss. Metabolism is a balancing act that involves two kinds of activities that are occurring at the same time.

1. Anabolism-the building up of body tissues and energy stores

2. Catabolism-the breaking down of body tissues and energy stores to generate more fuel for body functions.

Examples of Motivation

Everyone begins walking for different reason, but no matter why you began walking, there will come a time that you will need motivation to continue your walking program.

Here are some examples of how walkers maintain motivation…