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Practice proper walking technique by swinging your arms, tightening your stomach muscles and tucking your pelvis in. Keep your feet at about shoulder-width apart and look ahead of you about 15 to 20 feet. How long you need to walk to burn 500 calories depends on your body weight and your intensity level. According to the Physical Activity Calorie Counter on the American Council of Exercise website, a 180-pound person needs to walk at a moderate, 3 mile-per-hour pace for one hour and 50 minutes to burn nearly 500 calories.
Health experts recommend that we should walk 10,000 steps a day (about five miles) to stay healthy, yet most Britons walk only 4,500 steps. You would probably need to tot up at least 16,000 steps a day to lose weight. Knight suggests the following workout plans, depending on your level of fitness. With each, you should aim to progress by increasing the duration of your walk by five minutes every two weeks, and the intensity by walking faster.