POWER UP Your Walk

Fitness icon Denise Austin shares the easy tweak to your daily stroll that can help you lose weight, boost mood, sleep deeply and more!

- BY STACEY COLINO

ONE REASON walking is such an appealing exercise is that it doesn’t require new skills—you already know how to put one foot in front of the other! But after a while, the steady forward move-ment can start to feel a little too comfortable, so you don’t always get the feel-great perks or the weight-loss benefits. A simple solution? Kick up the intensity by adding intervals.

“You can turn your walk into a real workout by changing the speed periodically and using your arms,” says fitness icon Denise Austin, creator of a new workout app (available at DeniseAustin.com). “It’s a great way to change up your cardio workout, improve your overall health and give your muscles a jump start.”