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Add a high intensity walking regimen to your exercise routine.
In their study, the low intensity walking group reported a decreased activity level (ie, lower physical functioning) while the high intensity walking group increased their activity level and 12-minute walk test scores.
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They randomized 67 women with fibromyalgia to a 20-minute, twice-weekly, 15-week program of either moderate-to-high-intensity walking (13 to 15 Rated Perceived Exertion) outdoors with Nordic walking poles or supervised low-intensity walking (9 to 11 Rated Perceived Exertion) without Nordic walking poles.
26 Furthermore, high intensity interval walking (>5 sets of 3 minutes walking at approximately 40% of VO2 max followed by 3 minutes of walking at >70% VO2 max) produced improvements in isometric knee extension (13%) and flexion (16%) strength.
If you maintain a high degree of intensity, walking can also increase strength in the thighs.
A cooldown session at the end of a high-intensity walk allows you to gradually (rather than abruptly) return to your resting heart rate.
This study is a part of a previously reported randomized controlled exercise study, studying the effects of a moderate-to-high-intensity Nordic walking (NW) program and a supervised low-intensity walking (LIW) program.
They were randomized to either the moderate- to high-intensity Nordic Walking (NW) program (n = 26) or the supervised low-intensity walking (LIW) program (n = 23).
Patients were randomized either to a moderate- to high-intensity Nordic Walking (NW) program (n = 26) or a supervised low-intensity walking (LIW) program (n = 23).
The levels of bioactive IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 did not significantly change between an intervention group exercising 15 weeks at moderate- to high-intensity Nordic Walking (NW) and an active control group engaging in low-intensity walking (LIW).
The experimental intervention was a supervised moderate-to-high intensity NW program twice a week for 20 minutes, while the active comparator was a supervised low-intensity walking (LIW) program once a week.
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