Boston Channel - Walking Tip #4: Warm Up Exercises (with Mark Fenton, editor "Walking Magazine" and the Mayor)



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Walking Tip #4: Warm Up Exercises (with Mark Fenton, editor "Walking Magazine" and the Mayor)

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Heather Kahn Reports

Mayor: Mark, it's a little cool this morning. Do you have any recommendations?

Mark: Something simple like you warm up the ankles by doing some ankle circles. Then warm up the shin and the calf by swinging the legs back and forth. Also, try some trunk rotations. Now you're ready for a good, vigorous walk.

-- ankle circles
-- leg swings
-- trunk rotations

This information is provided by Mark Fenton, walking expert and editor-at-large for Walking Magazine and by Dr. Nancy O'Hare, a exercise physiologist at Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center.