Alternatives to Walking

Take a look at this list of alternatives to walking for those days you need a little change of pace.

• Dive in and go for a swim.

• Try another water activity, such as water aerobics or water walking.

• Indulge your creative side by taking a dance class at a local studio.

• Take an aerobics class at the gym.

• Take a crack at bicycling: outside, on a stationary bike or in a spinning class.

• Switch it up by working out on an elliptical trainer.

• Pump some iron with a weight-training program.

• Lace up your ice-skates, roller-skates or roller-blades.

• Put a skip in your step—jump rope.

• Get dizzy with a hula-hoop.

• Exercise your body and mind with Pilates or yoga.

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