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Walking Manage Weight Successfully

Walking is considered one of the most popular forms of exercise performed across the globe. Over half of Americans living in the United States 117 million adults have one or more preventable chronic diseases including 80 percent of individuals fail to meet key cardio exercise guidelines. Fitness enthusiasts enjoy the low impact sport easy on the joints increasing strength and flexibility. 

People who live a sedentary lifestyle lack regular physical activities that have generated an estimated 117 billion in annual health care costs leading to 10 percent premature deaths.  Studies indicate Physical Activity Guidelines report issued in 2018 found the relationship between physical activity and health over a 10 year period provided evidence of greater health benefits including improved heart health in people who exercise on a regular basis.  

Walking 12,000 steps per day actually performing moderate aerobic activities challenges your body increasing heart rate. Walking gets your heart to beat faster conditioning the cardiovascular system to move more oxygen and blood throughout the body while increasing lung capacity may prevent heart disease. Aerobic cardio exercise also referred to as aerobic physical activity can be performed at low or high intensity levels benefits the entire body conditions the heart.

Walking at a moderate intensity speed of 2-3 mph your target heart rate is around 50-70 percent of your maximum heart rate. Your target heart rate during vigorous exercise about 75-85 percent of your maxim heart rate.  Wearable technology uses advanced tracker built with GPS is loaded with features that can impact your fitness journey helping you live a healthier life tracking your steps along the way. 

Advanced health smartwatch helps tun into your body using tools in stress management, workout intensity app monitors heart rate.  See your heart rate while exercising using a Fitbit wearable technology watch to monitor heart rate zones leveraging your exercise program to see where to put in more effort. Monitoring health data with the Fitbit device has fantastic benefits helping you stay on track with your workout regimen exercising alone or working out with friends.

Fitbit wearable technology was designed to focus on fitness goals not just about time spent in the gym it is all the time helping you track your steps while you spend walking. Aerobic exercise activities will increase the metabolism to burn off fat safely and effectively even when the workout is complete If a person is walking 4 miles or 7 km it takes the average person approximately slightly over 10,000 steps to complete depending on the length of stride walking

It takes 20 to 25 minutes to walk one mile at a moderate speed for most people. Increasing the duration of walking 60-80 minutes per session walking at mild to moderate speed has been shown to significantly improve health while reducing weight.   Regular physical activity walking 12,000 steps per day promotes better sleep patterns allowing the body to regulate hormones while reducing stress. Recommendations exercise guidelines for adults. is to get a minimum of 200 minutes of cardio exercise, walking at a mild to moderate speed each week to improve physical endurance progressing in duration increasing your daily walk. 

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