Walking for Health

  • Harvard Health Online Course
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This Harvard Medical School online course is overflowing with practical tools you need to help build your stregnth, lose weight, improve your balance... brighten your mood...and more.

  • Online; Self-Paced

$29.95

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Two Weeks, 2-6 Hours/Week

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Overview

The Harvard Medical School Walking for Health Online Course is overflowing with energizing walking workouts...how-to videos...practical hints and tips...informative slide shows...and more — all the practical tools you need to help you build strength, lose weight, improve your balance...brighten your mood...and more.

There are surprisingly simple and effective ways to magnify the benefits of walking with enhanced walking workouts that help build endurance — and even lift your mood as effectively as medication.

Learning Objectives

  • Health Benefits of Walking
  • Walking Workouts
  • How to Start a Walking Program
  • Weather, Motivation, and Walking Wisdom
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Syllabus

Course Overview

Walking Basics

Dr. Mallika Marshall: Benefits Overview

Advice for Safe Walking

Calorie-Burn Considerations

Where to Begin

Forms of Walking

Walking Gear

Walking Advice: Frequency and Form

Avoiding Injury and Staying Safe

Dr. Mallika Marshall

Walking Warm-Up Exercises

Walking Workout Plans

Post-Walk Stretching

Strength Training for Walkers

Introduction

Be Weather-Wise

Motivation: Secrets of Sticking with It

Parting Thoughts

Program Topics