A Pedometer is the Key to Fitness and Weight Loss
By Kelli Calabrese MS, CSCS
2004 Personal Trainer of the Year - Online Training
Pedometers are your best kept secret to making
exercising easier, improving your health and having fun in the process.
They help to streamline your walking routine and move you closer to your
physical goals, one step at a time.
Walking is one of the simplest, most cost-effective, and enjoyable forms
of activity. Clipping on a pedometer helps to take out all of the guess
work and lets you see your accomplishments before your eyes. How long
will it be before you begin to see results? The answer: almost
immediately! You will first notice a difference in your energy followed
by improvements in your fitness level, performance, fat loss and
muscular endurance.
A pedometer gives you specific feedback on your progress and inspires
you to go a little longer or make better time in the same distance.
Glancing down at your pedometer is assurance that you are doing your
body a world of good.
When clipped onto your belt, the pedometer (which is smaller than a
pager) can be just the inspiration you need to get you moving from
sedentary to fabulously fit. Put it on when you get out of bed in the
morning to see how many steps you take all day. Gradually build your way
up to a goal of 10,000 steps a day which is predicted to be the amount
necessary for heart health.
Do periodic step checks throughout the day to make sure you are
achieving your goal. This way you will not be left with a majority of
the steps to do at night. You can set goals to increase your steps by 5
percent increments every day until you reach 10,000. Don’t worry if it
takes you a month or a year or more. Start slowly and incorporate some
of the following tips for using a pedometer to build up to 10,000 steps
a day:
 |
Want to read the rest of this Track Your Plaque Special Report?
Already a member? CLICK HERE to log-in. |
Copyright 2005, Track Your Plaque.