Long outings, interval training, technique and muscle strengthening: with race walking, nothing can be left to chance. So, what about your state of mind? Is it properly trained?
10 advices
Race walking is part of the athletics category of sports. Race walking is walking as fast as possible over a set distance, keeping one foot in contact with the ground at all times. It doesn't require much material and is accessible to all.
Race walking is an endurance sport which requires carefully controlled technique. It's essential to have lessons and be advised by an expert if you want to start race walking.
Have you decided to speed up in order to experience the new sensation of fitness walking? Check out some techniques for improving your fitness walking and stepping up the pace in the company of the athlete Emmanuel Lassalle. Add some zip to your outings!
Race walking is a technically demanding sport. It's more complex than running. Race walking has specific techniques...which judges watch for at competitions! Newfeel explains the posture and technique you need if you plan to start race walking.
Maximum heart rate is the maximum number of beats made by your heart in 1 minute of effort. When walking quickly, you will be in an endurance zone, with a heart rate of between 60% and 75% of your maximum heart rate (MHR). Knowing your rate means listening to your body. This is the procedure.
When you start fitness walking, many of you experience pain in the front of your legs. When this pain is in your shins, it's an inflammation of a muscle on which great demands are placed during walking sessions: the anterior hamstring. Have no fear!
Whether as a warm-up or as a warm-down after your session, these stretching exercise will do a world of good to the muscles of your shoulders, back and neck. You can even do them on a daily basis, to eliminate tension due to stress!
Breathing, walking: these two movements seem so natural that we do them almost unconsciously. However, remember that you had to learn the right fitness and Nordic walking techniques, and the same goes for breathing.
Our feet allow us to stand up and move around. So let's take a closer look at these two extremities that let us walk and keep our balance! Without going into mathematical detail, we can still take a look at some figures! The number of tiny parts that make up our feet is just incredible; you'll be amazed!
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