Walking: The Ultimate Exercise for Optimum Health

by Mark Fenton and Andrew Weil

Two Experts Set the Pace for Optimum Health with This Take-Anywhere Walking Workout Session. Andrew Weil, M.D. & Mark Fenton. Most of us enjoy walking, but not everyone knows how to turn this simple... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Audio CD
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591794099
• ISBN13: 9781591794097
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Sounds True
• Length: 2 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 5.2"

Customer Reviews

WALKING

This CD is informative and gives good advice on walking and how to speed up your pace. I like to listen to it when I am walking because I can see that I am kicking up my workout a notch. Otherwise it is easy to keep the same old pace.

Informative, useful, motivating dvd

For my purposes, this DVD is just about perfect. The introductory informative remarks by Andrew Weil and Mark Fenton make an excellent and motivating case for the benefits of walking and give practical suggestions. Mark Fenton makes a srong case that regular walking is virtually a "silver bullet" for maintaining good health. (Of course, there are other factors, such as diet, stress management, etc., but as one single thing that will set you on a path toward health, Fenton and Weil make a convincing and motivating argument.) Even as little as 10 minutes a day can make a significant difference! A half hour is better and doesn't have to be a consecutive half hour; you can spread it throughout the day. Weil and Fenton place this issue of walking in the context of maintaining overall health and in the social context of our society, with its reliance on cars and encouragement of a sedentary way of life. They make the case that even a little bit of moderate walking is already an important step in the right direction and how the simple act of walking regularly can initiate social as well as personal changes. Mark Fenton gives some suggestions about posture, etc., that are simple enough to be following easily and make a noticeable difference in my enjoyment of walking. I also like that the program is flexible. The stretching exercises before and after really add to a sense of well-being during and after a walk--and I like the option of shorter and longer stretching sequences. (The DVD comes with a booklet with photos demonstrating the stretches.) I like the simple format with three different paces: a health walking pace, a good, moderate, active pace, a weight loss pace, more strenuous, and finally a really active, workout aerobic pace. There are simple rhythms to help you keep the pace, nothing fancy, and it can be turned off and then turned back on briefly just to keep you on target with your pace. Very enjoyable and practical and most of all it has been getting me out and walking.

dynamic duo

Dr. Weil and Mark Fenton combine their expertise to provide a very thorough and helpful walking CD. The metered walking paces of 120, 135 and 150 steps per minute are very useful in developing a rhythm. Thanks for the help.