AHA National Walking Day & 4 week Activity Challenge! #NationalWalkingDay #AHAlaceup

Today, the first Wednesday in April, is National Walking Day!

The American Heart Association has some great tips on their website about the benefits of walking and how it can help your heart and health. www.heart.org/walking

Here are a couple great tips:

The AHA and other programs are encouraging all adults to get 30 mins of moderate to intense exercise/5 times a week = 150 minutes of fitness per week. Children should be getting 60 minutes of exercise/movement/playtime per day.

Here are some great tips to get you started with being more active. Do you already do some of these?

I love indoor walking! Especially when its too early or too cold to walk outside.
Here are a couple of my favorite ones from Leslie Sansone and Jessica Smith:

Starting on MONDAY April 11th, I will be posting 4 weeks of healthy living tips on my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/EmpowerMoms.net/
to help jump start your 4 week American Heart Association Activity Challenge. I hope you will join me and find fun and creative ways to get your 30 minutes of fitness in daily!

You can download your free 4 week Activity Challenge Tracker here:
http://www.heart.org/idc/groups/heart-public/@wcm/@fc/documents/downloadable/ucm_483299.pdf

And a free 4 week intermediate walking plan here:
http://www.yourpathtofit.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/four-week.pdf

Six week beginner walking plan here:
http://www.heart.org/idc/groups/heart-public/@wcm/@fc/documents/downloadable/ucm_449261.pdf

This is my reason for living a healthier, longer life. Share yours at www.lifeiswhy.org/moms #familyiswhy