Racewalking for Fun and Fitness

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FOR FUN AND FITNESS
By John Gray
Racewalking is a safe, easy, and inexpensive way to get in shape and stay in shape. For anyone, at any fitness level, this guide clearly details walking regimens and techniques to increase cardiovascular strength and flexibility, improve blood pressure, lose weight, and more—all the health benefits of running without the risk of injury.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Why Walk? •
• How to Start Walking? •
• What Should You Wear?
• How Do You Protect Yourself from • Injury?
• What Are You Going to Gain? •
• What Can You Lose?
• How Often Should You Train?
• Three Schedules
• Improvement Chart
• Where Should You Do Your Walking?
• Do You Have to Give Up Other Sports?
When Should You Race? What Do You Do When You Can't Find a Race?
Does Walking Really Give You a Sound Mind? Should Little Kids Take Up Walking?
What About the Older Walker? What Will Your Doctor Think? How Good Can You Get? Racewalking Glossary
"The book's goal is to tell you how to enjoy... Tovább

Fülszöveg

FOR FUN AND FITNESS
By John Gray
Racewalking is a safe, easy, and inexpensive way to get in shape and stay in shape. For anyone, at any fitness level, this guide clearly details walking regimens and techniques to increase cardiovascular strength and flexibility, improve blood pressure, lose weight, and more—all the health benefits of running without the risk of injury.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Why Walk? •
• How to Start Walking? •
• What Should You Wear?
• How Do You Protect Yourself from • Injury?
• What Are You Going to Gain? •
• What Can You Lose?
• How Often Should You Train?
• Three Schedules
• Improvement Chart
• Where Should You Do Your Walking?
• Do You Have to Give Up Other Sports?
When Should You Race? What Do You Do When You Can't Find a Race?
Does Walking Really Give You a Sound Mind? Should Little Kids Take Up Walking?
What About the Older Walker? What Will Your Doctor Think? How Good Can You Get? Racewalking Glossary
"The book's goal is to tell you how to enjoy your exercise and how to benefit from walking for both fun andfitness as the title promises. I'm convinced that youll enjoy John's easygoing ways and that your life will never be quite the same again after reading these pages. Youll be glad about the change."
Dr. George Lattarulo
from the Foreword to Racewalking for Fun and Fitness

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FOR FUN AND FITNESS
By John Gray
Call it what you like—racewalking, powerwalking, exercisewalking, aero-bicwalking, or healthwalking—some 50 million Americans are now utilizing various walking regimens as healthy alternatives to more strenuous exercise routines.
Whether you are young or old, in shape or out, an ex-runner or a novice exerciser, this guide can be your personal racewalking coach—preparing you for the fun and fitness that come from racewalking.
It's easy to make racewalking part of your life. By following one of the basic walking schedules contained in this book, you'll be able to get in shape and lose weight by walking just 30 minutes a day, 3 days a week.
Racewalking is great for people who often find that they're too busy to exercise, because it can be done anytime, anywhere, with no special equipment. You don't have to be a trained athlete to get started, and, unlike running and many other sports, racewalking is virtually injuiy-free.
The author, John Gray, has more than 30 years of racewalking experience, and he explains why injuries
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common to runners do not occur in racewalking. He also shows you how racewalking outpaces running as a means of burning calories and firming the body.
For example, John Gray shows you a walking regimen that burns 535 calories an hour—compared to jogging a 12-minute mile, which burns only 480 calories. And if you really want to lose weight fast, John Gray tells you of another walking regimen that can burn as many as 900 calories per hour.
Though you don't have to be competitive to enjoy racewalking, it's a sport in which anyone can compete and have fun. John Gray tells you the secrets of training for racewalking competition and how to find and enter races. He even instructs you on the rules of competition and important racewalking terminology.
John Gray says that once you start racewalking your mind will become clearer, friends will tell you that you look great, and you can even firm up your legs, whittle your waist, flatten your stomach, and improve your cardiovascular system.
Medical, nutrition, and fitness experts have long recommended walking programs as treatment for obesity and diabetes—and as prevention of heart problems.
With the help of this guide you can set up a walking program to fit your personal fitness goals—and all you need is a comfortable pair of shoes get started. Vissza