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NHLBIHIN
Your Heart Your Life
A Lay Health Educator's Program
Learning About Heart Health
 Español  Teaching Heart Health  Your Heart Your Life Home
 Welcome
 Reviewing Risk Factors
 Part 1: Benefits of Physical Activity
 Part 2: Types of Physical Activity
 Part 3: Important Things to Know
 Part 4: Finding Time to be Physically Active
 Part 5: Walking
 Part 6: Staying Motivated
 Review of Key Points
 Closing
Coming Soon, Watch for other heart education topics

Part 5: Walking - An Activity for Almost Everyone

To get ready for walking, first do some stretching exercises (pdf *, 364 kb).

Then, review a sample walking program (pdf *, 364 kb).

Now, go ahead and do it! Get up, stretch, and take a brisk walk for 5 minutes. Take long strides and swing your arms.

It's that easy!

You can continue the session when you get back from your walk.


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Doña Fela and I
will be walking too.
When you get back,
we'll see how
you felt!
Angela

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