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Call it power walking, fitness walking, or just plain walking. Indoors or out, walking is one of the healthiest and most rewarding forms of exercise available to all sorts of people, young and old. In fact, walking burns about the same number of calories per mile as running (and its a lot easier on your knees). Walking is one of the most adaptable workout activities around you can walk for an hour straight to make your walking program effective and to achieve your goals, or you can accumulate this hour over the course of a day.

Fitness Walking For Dummies is for anyone who wants to start an exercise program but may not have the knowledge or motivation to do it. If youre already a walking fanatic, youll find out how to become a better fitness walker. This easy-to-understand guide is also for those who are on track to

  • Lose weight
  • Decrease blood pressure
  • Control cholesterol
  • Relieve stress
  • Prevent heart disease
  • Deal with depression

Explore what it takes to begin an exercise program by setting goals, choosing shoes, and considering nutrition to optimize your workout. Fitness Walking For Dummies also covers the following topics and more:

  • Warm-up and cool-down routines
  • Strength training
  • The four levels of walking: Lifestyle, Fitness, High-Energy, Walk-Run
  • Weight-training routines and stretches that add variety
  • Buying and using a treadmill
  • Age, pregnancy, and walking with your dog
  • Dealing with pain and injuries

Like 67 million other people in the United States who log over 201 million miles a year, you want to take advantage of all of the great things a regular walking program can do for you. Whether your goal is to improve your health or your appearance, lose weight, get stronger, feel good about yourself, or all of the above, walking can help you get to where you want to go. This book can help you do that by showing you everything you need to know about starting and maintaining a walking program.

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Fitness Walking For Dummies

by Liz Neporent

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Fitness Walking For Dummies

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Wiley Publishing, Inc.
111 River St.
Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774
www.wiley.com

Copyright 2000 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana

Published simultaneously in Canada

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ISBN: 0-7645-5192-2

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About the Author

Liz Neporent is a certified trainer and president of Plus One Health Management, a fitness consulting company in New York City. Her job is to make sure that fitness center members at more than a dozen centers in hotels and corporations throughout New York are happy, motivated, and exercising on a regular basis.

Liz holds a masters degree in exercise physiology and is certified by the American Council on Exercise, the American College of Sports Medicine, the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and the National Academy of Sports Medicine. She is coauthor of the Buns of Steel: Total BodyWorkout and Abs of Steel videos and Weight Training For Dummies. She is also the coauthor of Fitness For Dummies. Additionally, she is the gear editor for Shape and a regular contributor to The New York Times. She appears regularly on TV and radio as an authority on fitness and exercise.

Liz is an avid runner, hiker, and walker. She has competed in more than two dozen marathons and ultra-marathons and once power walked over 40 miles. She is also devoted to sports climbing, Pilates, and weight training. She lives in New York City, where she walks to work and takes daily walks with her husband, Jay Shafran, and her greyhound, Zoomer.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to my husband, Jay Shafran, and in loving memory of Donna Marie McGovern.

Authors Acknowledgments

Many thanks to my Plus One partners, Jay Shafran, Mike Motta, and Bill Horne. Thanks also to the entire Plus One staff with special thanks to Grace De Simone, Holly Byrne, Baze Amiri, Lemont Platt, Bob Welter, Jamie Macdonald, and Tom Maraday. And, as always, thanks to the individual site managers for making my job so easy and giving me the time to do all of my extracurricular projects: John Buzzerio, Shel Bibbey, Kathleen Troy, Jason Ferrara, Terry Certain, Nancy Ngai, Nancy Belli, Mary Franz, Laura Girodano, Tom McCann, and Carrie Wujick.

I am indebted to Mitchel Gray, my photographer, and all the models depicted throughout this book: Nancy Ngai, Shel Bibbey, Terry Certain, Aja Certain, Annemarie Scarammucia, Melody Fadness, Yvonne Mitchell, Chris Stothard, Stacy Collins, Val Towne, James Jankiewicz, Jay Shafran, Doris Shafran, Melissa Saxon, Patty Buttenheim, Sunshine Hopkins, and Jane Scott.

To my parents, sister, brothers, nieces, nephews, and all my in-laws thanks for your encouragement. Ditto to my good friends Patty Buttenheim, Gina Allchin, Norman Zinker, Mary Duffy, and Suzanne Schlosberg. Thanks to Frank Tirelli, Lucy McGovern, Pam DiPietro, and David Wildstein for helping out with organization and proofreading.

Thanks also to Jennifer Kries, my Method instructor and good friend, and my climbing gurus and best buds, Stephen Harris and Ivan Greene. My undying gratitude to Eli Jacobson for teaching me everything he knows about tax law and exercise.

A very special thanks to my husband, Jay Shafran, who is without a doubt the most supportive person on the face of the earth. (Can you please take the dog for a walk while I finish this up?)

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