If you are a slower walker, you might take as long as 90 minutes. 5k Beginner Training Goals The good news is that the basic training for a 5K walk includes the amount of exercise recommended as the minimum amount to reduce your health risks and maintain optimum health. • Be able to walk a 5K walk (3.1 miles) in one hour or less • Improve your and form • Finish a 5K walk feeling energized rather than exhausted 5k Beginner Prerequisites This schedule is for beginners who are normally active without significant health complaints but who do not regularly engage in fitness walking. If you have a health condition, explore whether you should you seek medical advice before starting an exercise program.

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The Beginner 5k Walk Training Schedule You will begin to increase the time you spend walking each week before working on speed. If you find any week to be difficult, repeat that week rather than adding more time, until you are able to progress comfortably. Week 2: Work on Your Walking Posture and Form • Time: Add 5 minutes a day so you are walking 20 minutes, 5 days a week. Or you may wish to extend yourself more on some days, followed by a rest day.

Weekly total goal: 75 to 100 minutes. • Walking Form: Use your walks this week to concentrate on developing good walking posture and technique. This can greatly improve your ease of walking and improve your speed. Follow these instructions on. Week 3: Walk at a Moderate Pace • Time: Add 5 minutes a day so you are walking 25 minutes, 5 days a week. Weekly total goal: 100 to 125 minutes. • Walk at a moderate, determined pace • You may be breathing noticeably.

Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry Dabbs Pdf Editor. • You can still carry on a full conversation while walking • You are not out of breath • Now that you have been walking regularly for a couple of weeks, consider whether you need walking shoes that will allow your best performance. You should also switch to socks made of sweat-wicking fabric to help prevent blisters. Week 4: Add a Long Day • Time: Add 5 minutes a day to walk 30 minutes, 4 days a week, at a moderate pace. We will keep most of your within-week walks at this distance and speed. Weekly total goal: 125 to 150 minutes. • Make your fifth day a mileage-building day.

Each week between now and your 5K walk, add time to one long day a week. For week 4, this walk should be 40 minutes long at an easy pace. • Drinking right: Now that you are walking for more than 30 minutes, you should locate a source of so you can have a drink each mile. If there are no handy drinking fountains, you may want to carry water with you. It is best to carry it in a fanny pack with a water holster, rather than carrying a bottle in your hand, as that can lead to muscle strain and poor walking form. Week 5: Work on Speed • Time: Walk 30 minutes a day four days a week.