Eating my words

I am a fitness trainer.  I encourage people to work out as hard as humanly possible for as long as they can stand it.  I believe that if you run, spin, do the stairmaster, etc. and basically push yourself until you feel like you are going to puke when working out then you will get the results you want.  I always said if you can walk.... you can run.  So get those legs movin'!   Well, guess what?  I may have been a tiny bit wrong.  Just a tiny bit.  

Walking ......... is.............very...........good.........for.............you!

Yup, taking hour long walks several times a week is great for the body AND mind!  I was forced into this revelation this past month.  I suffered a stress fracture in my left foot over the Thanksgiving holiday.  The doctor said no run fun for 8-12 weeks.   If I ignored him (which I usually do) and the foot re-broke....then I would need surgery and a pin inserted in the bone.  Ummmmmm, scary, ouchy!  So, I have been FORCED to do less full body impact desired exercise.  That means....no run fun for me.  What's a Fitfreak to do????  

I have ramped up the spin class, stayed on the elliptical until my heart is pumping out of my chest and taken up long ass walks several times a week.  And I feel great!  I've even lost an inch off those stubborn hips.   I still long to run, but I know that I am still working pretty darn hard on those walks.  (I am NOT strolling along, tra, la, la, la ..... nope, move your butt like you are trying to get to a 75% off sale at Old Navy.)

So, I eat my words.  Now.........go take a walk.