A Typical Power Walking Session

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?

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