WEEK FOUR: Pick Up the Pace!
Goal: It's time to rev up your engines! This is the week we fulfil your need for speed. With three weeks of walking under your belt, it's time to up the ante a little bit. Your goal this week is to do two of your workouts at a faster walking pace. This is going to increase the distance you walk in a given amount of time, so you'll burn more calories without having to increase your workout duration.
Walking faster builds muscle too; that means you'll start to burn more calories even at rest simply because your metabolism is stoked.
All of your other workouts stay the same (including your strength training sessions). Starting with just two high speed workouts to start gives your body time to adjust to the upped effort. You're less likely to get injured when you gradually introduce speed to your workouts rather than kicking everything up a notch all at once.
Remember, you still have the option of splitting up your walk routine into several mini-workouts.
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