Does walking help you lose weight and grow muscle?

I believe that many of my friends may not know that walking can help you lose weight. Of course, some people may worry that walking to lose weight may cause muscles to grow. In fact, there is no need to worry about this. The principles of walking and running are similar. First of all, this exercise is an aerobic exercise. Secondly, walking for a long time can also train a person's perseverance. Here are some issues related to walking to lose weight, hoping to provide some good inspiration for friends who like outdoor activities.

Normally, walking to lose weight will not help you build muscle, but it requires long-term persistence to see obvious results. Theoretically speaking, walking, like jogging, is a relatively gentle exercise that helps reduce fat in the legs more than it increases muscle. After a period of effective fat-loss exercise, in most cases the muscles will indeed become firmer and tighter, but the circumference of the legs will decrease. Other relatively gentle exercises include: cycling, easy rope skipping, swimming, etc. These exercises can slim your legs without making them thicker.

Ways to avoid muscle formation while walking to lose weight: Maintain correct walking posture. Walking posture is very important. Incorrect walking posture will cause the wrong position and method of force, which can easily make the calves have leg belly and then turn into carrots. The correct walking posture should be that the toes touch the ground first, and the walking path should be in a straight line. The two knees will touch and rub slightly when walking.

Stretching calf exercises: throughout the day, the feet bear the most weight of the whole body due to the downward pull of gravity. In addition, when walking or standing, the calves can easily become strong and slowly turn into muscles. Even when sitting, the legs are still the lowest part of the human body, so they also need to be stretched.

In fact, when walking to lose weight, if you want to avoid gaining muscle, you must control your belly volume. We found that some race walkers have very developed leg muscles, which is mainly because they usually perform high-intensity and high-load training. We are not professional athletes, so there is absolutely no need for us to do this kind of training. In life, walking can not only help you lose weight, but also inspire your inspiration and prompt you to think about problems during the process.