It’s not always easy to start an aerobic walking program. With a million other things to do every day, it takes motivation to get in the habit of exercising on a regular basis. Set yourself a goal of working out regularly, ideally six days a week, for six weeks. In six weeks’ time, you’ll notice so many positive changes in your health and your physique that you’re bound to be hooked on working out for life!
If you walk for just twenty minutes, six days a week, within six weeks you will begin to notice differences in your appearance, as well as many changes brought about by your improved aerobic fitness:
• The abdominal muscles will be firm and support the internal organs better, giving you a flatter stomach.
• Leg strengthening and loss of fat in the thigh muscles will make your thighs more slender.
• Your gluteus maximus will be toned and shaped, giving you a firmer posterior.
• The improved tone of the triceps and biceps muscles of the upper arm and the fat loss from the upper arm will combine to form a leaner, shapelier arm.
• The pectoral muscles of the chest will lift the breasts and enhance your figure.
• With increased aerobic training, the efficiency of your lungs, heart, and circulation will be improved, adding more energy to your day.
• A regular walking program will improve your sleep without the use of sedatives or tranquilizers.
• Your heart muscle will pump blood more efficiently, which will help to lower your blood pressure and improve your overall cardiovascular fitness.
• As you continue on your walking program your physical fitness and stamina will increase.
• Walking burns calories and increases your metabolic rate, and a consistent walking program will ensure weight loss that stays lost forever.




