Walk it off Challenge - Week 5

WEEK FIVE: Head For the Hills!

Goal: The hills are alive - with the sound of walking, that is. When you walk up and down hills you'll see all of the speed work and strength training you've done in the previous weeks start to pay off. You'll need that extra strength and stamina to chug up the inclines. Your goal this week is to replace one regular walking session with one workout with hills.

Walking upward and onward is a great way to burn additional calories and tone the muscles of your butt and thighs. It's also a good way to burn calories without increasing speed. In fact, if you find you like walking hills better than picking up the pace, feel free to substitute at least one of your speed workouts this week for an extra hill walk.

Just another reminder - chopping up your walk into several sessions is still just fine so long as you accumulate a total walking time of 45 minutes each day for six days this week. And of course, don't forget about doing your all-important strength training routine twice this week.

Next week: In our final week of the Community Challenge, we'll pull it all together.

Week 6