Walk Your Way Fit (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Human Kinetics Publishers, Champaign, IL, 2025
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Paperback. If youve ever considered taking up walking to help meet your fitness goals, look no further than Walk Your Way Fit: Your Guide to Better Health, Wellness, and Vitality. Clinical exercise physiologist Sarah Zahab is the 2012 and 2014 winner of the Ontario race walk championships (5,000 m) and the 2016 winner of the Canadian indoor national championship (3,000 m). In Walk Your Way Fit, she details the most efficient, effective, and enjoyable ways to use walking as a tool to improve your fitness and boost longevity. Youll discover how walking benefits the body on the physiological level and how to improve your walking workouts and walking speeds, no matter your fitness level. With tips on injury avoidance, you will be prepared to recognize overuse injuries, recover from injuries, and prevent them from occurring again. Along with scientific evidence for the benefits of walking, Walk Your Way Fit provides you with the following: 10 warm-up drills to safely prepare the body for walking 11 cool-down stretches to ease out of walking 16 targeted strength exercises to help support your walking 12 walking workouts with multiple options to provide variety and an overall balanced walking plan Purposeful and practical, this guide includes 20-, 30-, 45-, 60-, and 75-minute workouts, plus a timed trial to assess walking fitness. Youll also find a variety of workout options-including intervals, power walking, and jogging paired with walking-as well as three treadmill workouts for those days when the weather just isnt cooperating. And if you are interested in getting serious, Walk Your Way Fit includes race training plans for the 5K, 10K, and half-marathon to ensure youre ready for competition. Zahabs own experience as a nationally ranked race walker will help you feel confident as you prepare to hit the starting line. Whether you walk regularly or are just getting started, this guide equips you with all the tools you need to make the most of your walking workouts. Transform your walking routine with insights from a champion race walker and clinical exercise physiologist. Experience scientifically supported workouts, warm-up drills, stretches, and strength exercises that boost health, prevent injuries, and even prepare you for competitive events. Perfect for walkers of all levels. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Walk Your Way Fit (Paperback)
- Author
- Sarah Zahab
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics Publishers, Champaign, IL
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
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- 1718236158
- ISBN 13
- 9781718236158
Clinical exercise physiologist Sarah Zahab is the 2012 and 2014 winner of the Ontario race walk championships (5,000 m) and the 2016 winner of the Canadian indoor national championship (3,000 m). In Walk Your Way Fit, she details the most efficient, effective, and enjoyable ways to use walking as a tool to improve your fitness and boost longevity. You’ll discover how walking benefits the body on the physiological level and how to improve your walking workouts and walking speeds, no matter your fitness level.
With tips on injury avoidance, you will be prepared to recognize overuse injuries, recover from injuries, and prevent them from occurring again. Along with scientific evidence for the benefits of walking, Walk Your Way Fit provides you with the following:
- 10 warm-up drills to safely prepare the body for walking
- 11 cool-down stretches to ease out of walking
- 16 targeted strength exercises to help support your walking
- 12 walking workouts with multiple options to provide variety and an overall balanced walking plan
Purposeful and practical, this guide includes 20-, 30-, 45-, 60-, and 75-minute workouts, plus a timed trial to assess walking fitness. You’ll also find a variety of workout options—including intervals, power walking, and jogging paired with walking—as well as three treadmill workouts for those days when the weather just isn’t cooperating.
And if you are interested in getting serious, Walk Your Way Fit includes race training plans for the 5K, 10K, and half-marathon to ensure you’re ready for competition. Zahab’s own experience as a nationally ranked race walker will help you feel confident as you prepare to hit the starting line.
Whether you walk regularly or are just getting started, this guide equips you with all the tools you need to make the most of your walking workouts.
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About the Author
A former international fitness competitor, Zahab was fortunate to represent Canada at the Ms. Fitness World competition four times, placing in the top 20 for three of those competitions (2004, 2005, and 2007). She has been a nationally ranked race walker and is the 2012 and 2014 winner of the Ontario race walk championships (5,000 m) as well as the 2016 winner of the Canadian indoor national championship (3,000 m). She enjoys leading walking groups and regularly partakes in a vigorous walking regimen herself. A dancer from the age of three, she also has a background in competitive dance (jazz, tap, and hip-hop) as well as an extensive background in ballet and Middle Eastern dance.
Zahab presents fitness workshops at conferences in Canada and internationally. She is passionate about elevating health care practitioners’ knowledge and skills to help the general population improve overall health and wellness. She is often sought out to present, and she draws record numbers of delegates to her sessions. She was awarded the canfitpro Canadian Presenter of the Year Award in 2023.
Zahab is the owner of Continuum Fitness & Movement Performance, a multidisciplinary clinic in Ottawa that has assisted 12 athletes in successfully participating in the Olympic Games. She is a former fitness expert for the CTV Morning Live television show (Ottawa), where she provided expert advice to their large viewing audience for over 10 years. She has also authored articles featured in various publications.
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