Walking can improve your memory according to a recent study I read somewhere. The study tested walking versus yoga and the walkers had an increase in spatial memory while the yoga people did not. So if you can remember, go for a walk today. Listen right now to hear Dr Fitness’ tips. Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Wellness Minutes improve your health in 3 minutes a day or less. iTunes Follow us on Twitter @FatGuy and @DrFitness6 Be our Friend on Facebook
In today’s Wellness Minute Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy explain why short people burn more calories walking than tall people do. It seems that short people have short legs – duh. But short legs cause short people to take short strides when they walk and therefore they end up taking more steps than their taller friends and therefore they burn more calories in the same amount of time. Finally an advantage to being short. Listen right now to hear Dr Fitness’ tips. Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Wellness Minutes improve your health in 3 minutes a day or less. iTunes Follow us on Twitter @FatGuy and @DrFitness6 Be our Friend on Facebook
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In today’s Wellness Minute Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy explain some facts about walking that will help inspire you to get moving. I use my FitBit everyday and on days when I don’t make plans to exercise i walk about 4000 steps. I have to make a concerted effort to go for a walk in order to hit the 10,000 steps everyone says you should walk each day. FYI every 2000 steps you walk equals a mile. In America we walk about half as much as we should. The Swiss walk about 9000 steps a day and in Japan they walk about 7000 steps a day. So make an effort to walk a little bit more throughout each day. Listen right now to hear Dr Fitness’ tips. Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Wellness Minutes improve your health in 3 minutes a day or less. iTunes Follow us on Twitter @FatGuy and @DrFitness6 Be our Friend on Facebook
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In today’s Wellness Minute Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy explain ways that walking can make you smarter. A recent study found that walking improves brain function as well as a great way to burn calories and stay in shape. Like any physical activity walking is good for your body – but walking it seems is also good for your brain. Walkers had improved memory and other cognitive functions than the non-walkers in this study. So lace up those sneakers and hit the trail. And don’t forget your walking poles to burn even more calories. Listen right now to hear Dr Fitness’ tips. Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Wellness Minutes improve your health in 3 minutes a day or less. iTunes Follow us on Twitter @FatGuy and @DrFitness6 Be our Friend on Facebook
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On today’s show Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy opened with Steve Bordley from Trek Desk. The Trek Desk is a cool table-like device that fits over any treadmill and it allows you to walk slowly (like at 1 mph) so you can burn calories (and lose weight) while you are 
working. You can set up your whole work station on top of the Trek Desk. You walk at such a slow pace that you don’t even realize you are exercising. And you can do everything you normally do at work – type on the computer,surf the internet, talk on the phone, think, have meetings – all while standing and walking on your treadmill. You get all the benefits of exercise without even realizing you are working out. Trek Desk was recently named one of the best office luxury items from Forbes Magazine. Trek Desk is an easy way to get your 10,000 steps a day you need to lose weight and get in shape – you can literally do it in 3 hours without breaking a sweat. The fitness, weight loss and health benefits of adding this much walking to your day are amazing. To learn how you can start using that old treadmill in the basement again check out www.trekdesk.com
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In today’s Wellness Minute Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy discuss which is the better workout walking or aerobics if you’re new to exercise. When two sets of people were either put in an aerobic program vs a walking program for six months. The walking program participants were able to stay compliant at a higher rate. The aerobic class people had to do a more intense program while the walkers just had to walk 10,000 steps a day. Over 90% of the walkers were able to do their steps each day. The key is to find an activity you like and do it. Listen right now to hear Dr Fitness’ tips. Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Wellness Minutes improve your health in 3 minutes a day or less. iTunes Follow us on Twitter @FatGuy and @DrFitness6
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In today’s Wellness Minute Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy share some of their best fitness tips for kids as the weather gets colder. As the weather chills your kids are going to have a little less energy than they did in the warmer weather months – especially in the Northeast. So don’t be like the Fat Guy and wait until Spring to exercise again – embrace the cold and start doing cold weather activities like: indoor exercise classes at the gym, mall walking, indoor swimming, etc. And as the snow begins to fall make a snow man, build a snow fort, shovel your neighbors driveway, etc. Listen right now to hear Dr Fitness’ tips. Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Wellness Minutes improve your health in 3 minutes a day or less. iTunes Follow me on Twitter @FatGuy
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On today’s show Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy opened the show with Katie Neiman with Dr Fitness’ favorite footwear Fit 
Flops. Katie explain that Fit Flops are the only footwear than comes with a gym built-in. These fashionable shoes activate your muscles as you walk – kind of like simulating walking while barefoot. These shoes blow away those old fashioned flip flops because they diffuse the pressure on your feet, while the old ones force your toes to hold the shoe on the foot which is uncomfortable after awhile. These are not your mother’s sandals – they look great, they give you a hidden workout. They combine fashion with function and since the FitFlop makes sure your foot is always kept in the right position the 26 bones that make up your foot are all aligned properly. Dr Fitness insists that these will be the most comfortable pair of flip flops you will ever own. They have a kids line coming soon and have lots of different styles to choose from. You can try them on for yourself at Macy’s Nordstrom, Lady FootLocker and other great shoe stores or get them online at Zappos. Go to their website and see why Oprah put these shoes on her Top 10 list www.fitflop.com
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On today’s show Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy had on our America’s Number 1 Walking Expert Leslie Sansone who explained the importance of adding a walking program to your fitness plan. She is the creator of Walk Aerobics and has helped hundreds of thousands of people lose weight and get in shape through a walking program. Her program is totally non-intimidating and initially was geared toward people who preferred non-dance based exercise programs.
Her dvds show you great full body exercises that you can do while walking – and you walk to great music that plays at the beats per minute you need to move at in order to get your heart rate up and burn those calories. You can go at a pace up to a pace that is about walking at 5 mph so you burn more calories in less time. She has a new program that allows you to become a certified Walk Leader so you can help other get all the benefits walking provides. To learn more please go to her websites www.walkathome.com and www.walkleader.com
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