Walking is the simplest thing in the world. You put one foot
in front of the other and you’re off. Walking is both a mind and body tool. You
can lose weight by walking, you can build great ideas from walking and you can
get stronger both inside and outside from walking, walking while training is a
powerful tool as well. A course called Muscle Reminders has one part on how to
exercise as you walk. Another great tool is Lifeline USA ’s PowR Walk Pro where you use
cables for your arms as you walk an alternative to using little dumbbells.
There’s always a way to make yourself strong as you walk.
The one
exercise I’ve been experimenting with lately is the farmer’s walk. This
exercise consists of one or 2 objects that you pick up and start walking with
whether it be kettlebells, dumbbells, gripping a sand bag in each hand or
whatever. I like to use buckets because it’s cheap and easy to set up. You can
get a bucket at just about any hardware store as big as you need it. I got my buckets
at Wal-Mart for about 5 bucks each and they’re huge. I feel it up with water
and a rock/stone I have around the yard. I get it set up and grip the handles
then pick up and start walking around the yard. The weight comes out to 123
lbs. total and it’s brutal.
To make the
farmer’s walk more of a challenge, I use my Fat Gripz and attach each one to
the handles. Now this makes things more brutal and it will get you breathing
hard quick even more than if you just used the handles. Imagine picking up that
much weight with the handles being thicker and needing to grip harder just to
keep from dropping them. Some use a little pipe to attach and that’s great too
if you want but I like the fat gripz because they’re available right there.
Building
mighty hands while walking is pretty bad ass in my book. This helps build your
grip like crazy especially if you’re in sports or a weightlifter/strongman or
whatever you’re into. Grip strength is essential for overall development and
when you use thicker handles your body goes into overdrive and you can be
breathing harder faster than usual. You don’t need weights but if you got em, go
for it but using simple tools can also be beneficial and can cost you far less
money and still get more bang for your buck. Take a walk on the wild side and
utilize it to build strength, get in great condition and develop stamina like a
madman.
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