A Typical Power Walking Session
In this video, we will show you a typical power walking session. You can use this template as inspiration for planning your own sessions.A session usually lasts from 1 to 2.5 hours, and is divided into three essential parts: warming up, the walk itself, and stretching.
Let's begin with the warm up.
- Before starting, test every joint in your body, from your head to your toes.
- By waking up your body, you can make sure that everything is alright.
- You can then move on to the proper warm up. Take 15 minutes to do exercises that will warm up your legs, arms, hips, chest, and so on.
- We recommend you watch our warm up videos to learn about the right movements.
- The warm up progressively prepares your body for physical effort and helps you get in the right state of mind
Now let's look at the walk itself.
- Start walking as calmly as possible for approximately 10 minutes.
- This will help bring your body to it's training temperature.
- You can then accelerate to reach your cruising speed.
- To stay properly hydrated, drink a mouthful of water approximately every 15 minutes.
Finally, the stretching
- Once you have reached the end of your route, take off your gear and wait a couple of minutes for your heart rate to go down. After that, you can start stretching.
- The goal here is to relax the muscles that you used during the walk
- The goal here is to relax the muscles that you used during the walk
- If you're having difficulty stretching, do not force yourself. Walk for around 15 minutes at the end of the day and stretch then.
Now that you know what happens during a power walking session , why not go and try it yourself?