Why not just walk faster?
Many walking gurus suggest that the best (and some will say only) means to increase the fitness benefits of walking is simply to walk faster! Well, the truth is that there are physiological and motivational limits to how much walkers can increase their speed. Walking ever faster also increases significantly the stress that walking puts on the body. Most people take up fitness walking because it is safe and enjoyable. For many, walking faster makes it less enjoyable, and the faster one walks the greater the likelihood of injury. No matter what speed you like to walk, Exerstriding will increase the benefits significantly without any significant increase in the perceived exertion and without going faster.
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