Weight Loss Tip: no.4721

Make walking more effective by adding weight on your back.

Care to guess why?

Yup, walking is an activity that engages multiple muscle groups and can result in the burning of a lot of calories when performed over a continuous length of time as a form of intentional exercise. And walking with weight increases the amount of energy needed by your body to move, which helps to burn even more calories.

Walking with weight on your back is called “rucking” and all you need to do it is a backpack that’s comfortable and sturdy enough to hold 10-20 percent of your body weight. That should do for most people but if you have the funds and want to make the investment, there are also specially designed rucksacks that evenly distribute weight on your spine so there’s less risk of back pain from the extra weight pulling downward, as can happen with a backpack.

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Monster Longe is a personal trainer and online coach in San Diego. He's helped hundreds of people lose weight, build muscle, and become more attractive to their loved one so they don't have as strong of a desire to cheat on them anymore. When not working with clients or making content that's easy to read, understand, and apply to everyday life, he enjoys making fun of Drake and people who like the guy.

Weight Loss Tip: no.4721

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