Walking: Get Fit, Burn Fat
Fitness and Fat-Burning Combined
Walking is a reasonable way to workout and boost fitness and burn stored fat. Walking increases the number of calories burned, and - if combined with a calorie-controlled eating plan - will cause the body to burn it's stored fat - including stomach fat. In addition, walking helps to develop the thigh muscles, so you improve fitness and get into shape.
Walking Improves Fat Percentage
About 45 minutes of walking burns about 302 calories. In one year, this daily exercise routine burns a total of 110,230 calories per year - about 31 pounds of stored body fat. This fat-burning improves the body's fat-percentage - the muscle-to-fat
ratio.
Walking: Fat-Burning Health Benefits
Because it helps to burn body-fat, a regular fitness workout (like walking) contributes to improved health in several ways. It helps reduce stomach fat, associated with serious illness; it assists weight control, thus maintaining normal cholesterol levels and blood pressure. Finally, it releases endorphins the happiness chemicals that improve mood. These health benefits are further increased by a balanced eating-plan.
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