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Extend one leg straight back with your toe on the ground. Lift that leg up to the

ceiling and then back down. Switch legs.

Lift your knee off the floor. Extend that same heel back and up so that your leg is

pointing toward the ceiling and then bring the knee back into you. Switch legs.

From a standing position, do 10 repetitions of the following exercises:

Start with your feet together. Step out in front of you in a lunge position. Touch the

ground with the opposite hand. Come back up and step to the starting position.
Switch legs.

Put one foot on a step or prop that is 12-18 inches high. Slowly step up and down
with the other foot. Switch legs.

You can increase the intensity of this workout by going through it more than once or

increasing the amount of repetitions.

WALKING FOR WEIGHT LOSS

Exercises are good for your workout program because they help tone flabby

muscles while also burning calories. But aerobic exercise is best to burn fat. A great
way to get an aerobic workout is to walk.

Walking is the easiest and most effective exercise we can use in our workout
routine. But you need to know more than one foot in front of the other to get the
most from walking as aerobic exercise.

Because of how the body draws on fat stores versus other stored energy sources,

the first thing you need to do is increase the time you spend walking. While we’ve
said that 30 minutes of exercise is good for fat burning, when you walk, you really

need to bump this up to at least 45 minutes, but ideally an hour.

Obviously, it might not be possible for you to fit an hour of walking into your busy
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