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    Walking for Fitness: The Beginner's Handbook
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    Walking for Fitness: The Beginner's Handbook

    By Marnie Caron and SportMedBC

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    Walking is the most popular physical activity in North America, and for good reason: it can be done by people of all ages and all levels of physical ability, the risk of injury is low, and it doesn’t require a carload of expensive equipment. Best of all, brisk walking for just 30 minutes four times a week reduces the risk of heart disease, diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, and other health problems. This comprehensive guide helps readers make the most of their walking. It offers two step-by-step programs developed by fitness professionals; advice on shoes, clothing, nutrition, and routes; tips on staying motivated and avoiding injury; stories from real-life walkers; and ways to include friends and family. Whether the goal is to return to activity, reduce the risk of illness and injury, or to minimize one’s impact on the environment, this encouraging book helps readers put their best foot forward.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGreystone Books
    Release dateJul 1, 2009
    ISBN9781926685557
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      As the title states, this quick 224 page book is a handy resource for anyone who has led a very sedentary lifestyle and has made the decision to start down the path of walking for fitness and health. Co-authored by the Sports Medicine Council of British Columbia the book has some interesting sections around nutrition and sports injuries that can occur even when embarking on walking as a fitness regime. With a forward written by Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Lynn Kanuka, this book is filled with lots of practical/common sense advice, walker profiles and touches on everything from tips on footwear, clothing, terrain walking, an overview of the psychology of exercise and how to involve your family and friends in your fitness regime. An interesting and useful book for beginning fitness walker but a little elementary for anyone already established with an active lifestyle of one kind or another.