Walking can help break up your day, manage your stress, and improve your mood. Even if you’re on a tight schedule, you’ll reap all these benefits in just 10-minute walks. These three 10-minute walks will help you get the most out of the time you have and you can do them throughout the day or week. You can start by adding one 10-minute walk and working your way up to three during the day.
Walk 1: Energy Booster
When you’re feeling worn out, go outside for a quick walk. This walk helps wake you up with full breathing. This exercise begins with a two-minute warm-up which involves walking at a slow pace. Then you’ll move on to six minutes of walking a brisk pace, practicing four counts of inhaling and four counts of exhaling. The last part is a two-minute cool down where you’ll walk at an easy pace.
Walk 2: Power Pace
This power walk takes things to the next level by increasing the intensity. Throughout the exercise, maintain good posture with your arms swaying back and forth. You’ll start with a two minute warm-up at a moderate pace before moving on to six minutes at a power pace of moderate to high intensity, with your breath quick but controlled. The last step is a two-minute cool down done at an easy pace.
Walk 3: Interval Push
Interval training increases your caloric burn and this walk will have you using moderate to high intensity before switching to maximum effort. Like the other walks, you’ll start with a warm-up for two minutes before moving to a power pace of moderate to high intensity for one minute. During the next minute, you’ll do a power push up which requires all-out maximum effort. Complete the power pace and the power push up intervals three times so you get to six minutes. End the walk with a two-minute cool down at an easy pace.
