Does WALKING KEEP WOMEN STRONG?

A question many women ask.

Is Walking Enough to Keep Me Strong?

Walking is excellent for overall health, especially for heart health, mood, and daily movement — but on its own, it’s not enough to maintain or build real strength, particularly after age 40 and if it's a 'sniff and pee' or 'walk and talk' and not a huff and puff walk!

What Walking Does Well:

• Boosts cardiovascular health - if it challenges your heart and lungs by walking with purpose. Great Zone 2 training-a type of aerobic exercise performed at a moderate intensity — where you can still hold a conversation but are clearly exercising. It’s typically around 60–70% of your maximum heart rate.

• Improves mood and reduces stress - there's nothing like fresh air and nature

• Supports joint mobility - they need regular activity

• Aids in weight management - if it's heart pumping and long enough-30-60 minutes, 2-4 times a week. Post-meal walks are a simple yet powerful way to help stabilize blood sugar after consuming sugar/carbohydrates.

• Encourages daily movement habits - movement is medicine

Where Walking Falls Short:

• Doesn’t challenge muscles enough to build or maintain lean muscle mass

• Doesn’t stimulate bone density the way strength training does

• Won’t significantly improve posture, core stability, or power as you age

The Bottom Line:

Walking is a great foundation, but for real strength, longevity, and body composition benefits, you need to add resistance training — even just 2–3+ times per week for 30+ minutes.

That could include:

• Resistance machines, bands and dumbbells

• Bodyweight moves like squats, lunges, and pushups

• Kettlebells, or functional strength workouts

Walking supports your health — strength training transforms it.

Both together, along with drinking enough water, eating enough protein and real whole foods is the recipe for long-term vitality and independence.

If you are not already part of our amazing community of women, I invite you to JOIN US TODAY.

I look forward to seeing you soon on the circuit or in a class becoming the 'Stronger Woman' you deserve to be.

Strength to YOU