5 Easy Strength Exercises That'll Enhance Your Walking Workout
Jenna Wolfe's routine is about to be your new favorite.

As a busy mom, I always want to do more in less time: more walking, more lean-muscle building, and more calorie burning. That desire kicked into even higher gear after my second daughter was born. I loved my long walks and strength training routine, but never had time to do both.
So I came up with the idea of shaving a few minutes off my walks and using some of that time to strength train. The result? A quicker, more effective workout! The name of the game here is to condense your workout. So instead of a 30-minute walk, do a 20-minute walk, then spend five minutes doing strength training.
Why it works: Strength training not only helps improve your bone density and balance, but also does things walking isn't as good at, like building muscle efficiently. Muscle helps you look lean and burn more calories all day long, and it keeps your body young. Your muscle mass naturally decreases as you get older (sorry, folks, it's the truth), but strength training can help you build and maintain it at any age.
Combine all of that with a walk that keeps your cardiovascular system in shape, and you have an excellent total-body workout that gives you more benefits in less time. Even better, it doesn't require any special equipment! Surprised? Weight training doesn't mean lifting impossibly heavy objects and grunting. It simply means working against gravity to build valuable muscle tissue that does important things for your body and health.
Don't worry, it won't bulk you up either (unless you want it to, but that's a whole different regimen). This plan just strengthens and tones what's under your skin so you can move and live better. Who doesn't want that? After your 20-minute walk, spend the next five minutes doing these exercises.
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