Walking Workout: A Firmer Butt in 30 Minutes
By Elena Rover, FITNESS Magazine
Use these lower-body toning moves during your regular walking workout to sculpt and lift your butt and thighs and burn more calories on your walk.
Tone Your Rear While You Walk
Surprise: Your average walk is not a workout for your derriere. "Walking on level terrain does not require you to fully contract the gluteal muscles, so it doesn't do much for toning them," says Wayne Westcott, PhD, fitness research director at the South Shore YMCA in Quincy, Massachusetts. That's because the work is mostly in your quads and hamstrings.
The Routine "For the best butt toning on two feet," says walking pro Tina Vindum, walk for 5 minutes, do one of the supereffective shapers shown here, then repeat until you've done all four exercises. (If your route has hills, tackle these moves every time the path hits an incline -- or a set of stairs -- for maximum butt-blasting benefits.)
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Do you rely on walking for a workout? What is your favorite toning-while-you-walk move?
Use these lower-body toning moves during your regular walking workout to sculpt and lift your butt and thighs and burn more calories on your walk.
Tone Your Rear While You Walk
Surprise: Your average walk is not a workout for your derriere. "Walking on level terrain does not require you to fully contract the gluteal muscles, so it doesn't do much for toning them," says Wayne Westcott, PhD, fitness research director at the South Shore YMCA in Quincy, Massachusetts. That's because the work is mostly in your quads and hamstrings.
The Routine "For the best butt toning on two feet," says walking pro Tina Vindum, walk for 5 minutes, do one of the supereffective shapers shown here, then repeat until you've done all four exercises. (If your route has hills, tackle these moves every time the path hits an incline -- or a set of stairs -- for maximum butt-blasting benefits.)
Get the rest of the workout here. Stories You Might Like:
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Do you rely on walking for a workout? What is your favorite toning-while-you-walk move?
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I suppose that these magazine guest bloggers see it as a way to get more "hits" on their sites. But it really would be helpful if they would put their entire featured article with pic's on SP (I've seen other dailyspark articles take up a much longer length of space). They can still feel free to put links to other articles if they'd like, just like our own regular bloggers put links to other SP locations. - 5/21/2011 10:43:36 PM
Interesting article but I have severe arthritis, and although I am increasing my brisk walking, I sure can't do these moves!
- 5/20/2011 4:11:35 PM
I'd like to note - I don't care for the blogs that take me to other sites, especially with ad pop-ups and where I have to click from screen to screen. Very distracting. - 5/20/2011 1:37:18 PM
Carrie - 5/19/2011 2:41:28 PM
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