Race For Life - walk and talk plan
Walking is a great form of exercise. You can do it alone or with friends and it is simple, so simple in fact that this rule applies - the more you do it the healthier you will become and it doesn't have to feel hard. In fact the reason we call it the WALK and TALK programme is because if you can comfortably talk when you are walking you know that you are not working too hard.
For 6 weeks before the Race for Life you want to go walking to start with for 60 mins per week and then by the 6th week 100 mins. You can do a little every day or spread it out over 3 days of the week. You can of course build your walking into your daily schedule. You could perhaps walk with the children to school instead of taking the car or get off your bus 2/3 stops early. The most important thing to remember is that to improve your fitness you want to be walking faster than you normally do.
Here is an example of how a week might look:
MONDAY Got off bus early 10 minutes
TUESDAY Walked around park at lunchtime 15 minutes
WEDNESDAY Raining
THURSDAY Walked around park at lunchtime 15 minutes
FRIDAY Busy all day
SATURDAY Walked into town 20 minutes
SUNDAY Lazy day
TOTAL TRAINING 60 minutes
If you find you are doing more minutes than the weeks target that's fine. It just means you will be more prepared for the race. Just make sure you spread your training throughout the week rather than doing catch-up at the weekend.
By Anna Penniceard
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annominus(cant spell i know), 10 months
i think that yuu need to have a bit more understanding and straight forward for beginners and then people getting better and then fitter people.
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