Walking Mistakes to Avoid

walk is one of the best exercises for our health. A 30 minute walk early in the morning is worth a 2 hour hard core excercise in the gym. It gives us a sense of happiness calms our agitated nerves and cools the mind body and soul.

Walking the wrong way can lead to wasted effort or even injury, not to mention ridicule. Here are some of walking mistakes that can be avoid

- Overstriding: When walkers try to walk faster, a natural inclination is to lengthen your stride in front, reaching out further with your foward foot. This leads to a clumsy, ungainly gait, striking hard with the feet. Your shins hurt and you really don't get any faster.
- Wrong Shoes: Not all "walking shoes" are good for walking. If this describes your shoes, you are setting yourself up for plantar fasciitis, muscle pulls and knee problems.
- The Wrong Clothes: clothes matter when you take a walk. Here are some common mistakes with choosing your walking clothing.
- Walking Flat-Footed: Instead of rolling through the step with your forward foot from heel to toe, your foot is flattening out prematurely and you land flat-footed. Either you are fighting stiff, heavy shoes or your shins are too weak to let you roll through the step.
- No-Arm-Motion: It is natural to move your arms while walking to counterbalance your leg motion. But if you keep your arms stiff and straight at your sides, they act like a long pendulum, slowing you down. You can add power and speed by using you arms effectively and more naturally, by bending them and letting them swing naturally forward and back as you walk.
- Leaning: Somewhere you read to lean forward when walking. Or, you may be leaning back on your hips. Leaning forward or backwards or holding your back swayed can all result in back pain and do not contribute to speed or good technique.
- Head Down: You are always looking down, hanging your head and staring at your feet.
- Drinking Water: You don't drink enough water before, during, and after walking.
- Overtraining: you walk and walk and walk. But you have lost your enthusiasm. You feel tired, irritable. You always have aches and pains. You may be overdoing it.

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