Add another weekday walk
Track your pace with Mio’s new MOTIVA Petite watch and two-finger heart-rate monitor (at left; $99.99; www.miowatch.com) designed for women’s smaller wrists.
Hit the hills
Adding hills to any workout can boost calorie-burn from 16 percent on a slight incline to 70 percent on a steep hill.
Watch your form
Stand tall, take quick steps, bend elbows to right angles, and push off your toes to burn up to 30 percent more calories per minute than with sloppy form.
By Tracy Teare
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I have Multiple Sclerosis so I walk a lot. I’ve found a great way to increase my stability (balance suffers with MS) is to (1) always use a backpack and (2)add weights to the pack (but make sure it’s evenly distributed). I add anywhere from 2 to 10 pounds and walk between 1 & 4 miles at least every other day. When not walking, I use free weights.
Always — always — have a goal. It can be a place or a distance, number of reps on weights, whatever. But a goal is important.
And even if you don’t feel like it, take the walk — you’ll feel intensely awake and ever so much better about 20 minutes after you get back. Honest.