Week 6
- Walking Events
Day 43 - Blisters!
Blisters
Most walkers encounter foot blisters now and then. There are steps you can
take to prevent blisters.
Part 1: Prevent Blisters with the Right Shoes
Ask any walker - blisters are one of our biggest complaints. But are
blisters inevitable? Can you really make it through a marathon without
painful blisters? Can you survive a multi-day event with intact skin?
Yes, there are ways to toughen your feet and to prevent most
blisters.
We'll review the top ways to prevent blisters both before and during
your walk.
Tip 1: The Right Shoes
A common source of blisters are your shoes themselves. Everybody has
feet of different shapes and sizes, no one shoe will be right for
everyone. Getting the right size and shape of shoe can help prevent
blisters.
Cause: Taking new shoes out for a long walk. Any pair of shoes
may give you a blister in its first few wearings, before your feet and
the shoe have grown accustomed to each other.
Solution: Take it slow and short with new pairs of shoes, even
the same brand and model.
Build up your mileage and speed.
Cause: Cramped toe box - toes rub against sides or end of shoes.
This can even lead to blackened toenails or losing the toenails after a
long walk.
Solution: Your walking shoes should have a finger's width of length
between the end of your toe and the end of your shoes to allow your feet
to expand while walking.
Select shoes of the proper width for your foot so that toes have enough
room.
Cause: Seams and the edge of the insole rubbing against foot.
Solution:Change styles of shoes or insoles, but generally the
solution will be in lubricating or covering the area that is getting
rubbed.
Today's Walk:
35-70 minute walk in the fat-burning zone at 60-70% of your maximum heart
rate. Finish your walk at a moderate pace with 5 minutes of cool down at a
very easy pace.

Day 44 - Shin
Splints
Shin Splints
Muscular pain in your lower legs is typical of people who take up walking,
or change their walking form or shoes, or increase their walking speed.
Walking is one of the few way ways these muscles get a workout. When the
pain comes, slow down till it is bearable. You may need to cut your
workout short and slowly build your time up as the muscles strengthen. I
have stretches and exercises that can help .Shin
Splints
Today's Walk:
40-75 minute walk
in the healthy heart zone 50-60% of your maximum heart rate. Finish your
walk at a moderate pace with 5 minutes of cool down at a very easy pace.
Day 45 - Plantar Fasciitis - Heel
Spur
If the bottom of your
foot screams in pain when you first step out of bed in the morning or
after sitting for awhile, you have the chief symptom of plantar fasciitis
or heel spur. This is a painful ailment is an injury to the bottom of the
foot that takes weeks to heal. It is often provoked by wearing old shoes
(over 500 miles or over 6 months) or shoes that don't support or correct
for overpronation. There are things you can do to help with the healing,
and help prevent it (like retiring those old shoes!) so be sure to consult
with your Doctor.
Today's Walk:
40-75 minute walk in the fat-burning
zone at 60-70% of your maximum heart rate. Finish your walk at a moderate
pace with 5 minutes of cool down at a very easy pace.

Day 46 - Chafing
Skin plus sweat plus rubbing can equal
pain. Chafing afflicts men and women, skinny and chubby. There are a
couple of solutions. First, lubricate the areas prone to chafing with
petroleum jelly or with products such as BodyGlide. Second, wear tight
fitting clothing over the area such as lycra shorts or tights.
Today's Walk:
40-75 minute walk in the healthy heart
zone 50-60% of your maximum heart rate. Finish your walk at a moderate
pace with 5 minutes of cool down at a very easy pace.

Day 47 - Sprains
Twisting your ankle can cause a painful, swollen sprain.
This is an injury to the ligaments. It requires immediate attention -
Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation. You can help prevent it by wearing
well-fitted shoes and replacing them every 500 miles.
Today's Walk:
40-75 minute walk in the fat-burning
zone at 60-70% of your maximum heart rate. Finish your walk at a moderate
pace with 5 minutes of cool down at a very easy pace.

Day 48 - Knees
Knees can give you all kinds of problems, from ACL
injuries to arthritis to chondromalacia and more. Help prevent knee and
ligament problems by having yourself diagnosed for overpronation and
getting into the right shoes or orthotics to correct it. Also - get new
shoes every 500 miles - old shoes lose their cushioning and gait
correction and can lead to injury
Today's Walk:
40-75 minute walk in the healthy heart
zone 50-60% of your maximum heart rate. Finish your walk at a moderate
pace with 5 minutes of cool down at a very easy pace.

Day 49 - REST DAY
Today's Walk: Rest Day
Are you looking slimmer feeling better? You have done seven weeks of
walking time to start enjoying the benefits!

WALK YOUR WAY
TO WEEK ONE
MOVE ONTO WEEK
TWO!
JOG INTO WEEK
THREE!
EXERCISE YOUR
WAY TO WEEK FOUR!
Half Way there - Week five
Feeling Great in Week Six
The Inches disappear - Week
Seven
Pounds are gone Week Eight
The end is near Week Nine
Success in Week 10 Keeping
doing it!
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