Walking is considered the most common sports which you can practice every day to work or the market or for fun. Therefore, you must know some information for a healthy walking, yes, there is bad walking and healthy walking too.
In walking, the muscles of the body harmoniously move together but the pressure on some muscle is more than others; and these muscles are the muscles of the legs, feet and arms, which moves in stability of with the trunk of the body, and we'll discuss the types of walking and the correct position for each muscle in order to have healthy walking that doesn't hurt our muscles, and to make sure you are walking right.
What are the types of walking?
There are two known walking type : the first one is called Power Walking (or Speed Walking) and the other type is Race-walking, both of them is the same but the second is an Olympic sport which has some rules that must be adhered to. In addition to these two types there is the Free walking, which doesn't require any rules: just go out there and walk! It doesn't matter if you are walking for the sport or just hiking, in all cases, walking is good for your health.
If you want to make you walk faster and more useful here are some tips for you:
Legs: One of the common mistakes that some people extend their legs more extensive than necessary to make them walk faster. This will not burn you more calories because you'll get tired before you walking the required distance. Instead, focus on making a forward body push with your foot on the ground and this will make you walk faster.
feet: Try to focus on the heel and fingers more than your foot soles to walk faster, and it must be for your heels to be touching the ground. Let your thighs and pelvis barrier move freely forward and back with your steps, you may find the walking racer's walk funny but restricting the movement of the pelvis actually reduces your walk speed. Keep the trunk of your body straight, because bending forward or backward increases stress and reduces your speed.
Arms: Keep the elbows 90 degrees and your hands free, leave your arms move back and forward and keep it close to the trunk of your body, and don't let your hands cross the middle of the body to insure you're walking smoothly. You'll notice whenever you accelerate your arms your legs will follow them automatically . insure that your shoulders and your neck are relaxed and keep your head straight and your eyes forward.
How many calories body burns while walking? Adult who weighs 75 kg can burn 100 calories in every mile, and people who weighs 100 kg can burn 133 calories. And the speed, which you should be walking by usually is between three and four miles per hour, you'll need to start at a slow speed if you don't practice any sports at all, but your speed will gradually improve by regular practice.
How much walking do doctors recommend? Doctors recommend an average of 30 minutes a day/over five or more days each week. This not mean that you must walk the whole thirty minutes in one walk, but you can spread them through the day, and this is considered enough to improve your health and your fitness and make you live a better life.