Running versus Walking, running with the trainer, Fitness with Jeff Atlanta

Running versus Walking, running with the trainer
Lots of people asking me should people run or walk, I say if you can run, walking is less jarring on the legs but by the same merit, you will not get the same amount of exercise that you can get from the same amount of time. The more effort exerted the more aerobic benefit, no two ways about it. If you can run that would be the way to go, but of course start slowly by doing such techniques as walk/run. Now if you have pain doing any amount of running or if you have had injuries or conditions that would prevent you from running, walking is perfectly acceptable, just takes more time. With my clients I like to start out with stretching and then some core work and then go into walk/run building up to 30 to 40 minutes. Finish with about 5 minutes stretching and calisthenics to warm down