
Ben Banbury
Walking - The Fat Loss Giant
Pillar 4 - Why walking is the secret weapon against fat loss that we need to utilize

Contents
Why steps are so important
The best way to get steps in
What are active rest days?
Fitbit essentials
WHY ARE STEPS SO IMPORTANT
To understand just how important walking is it's worth going through the first 3 pillars briefly
Each and every pillar has its job, firstly being a calorie deficit
Creating a calorie deficit allows our body to start chewing through stored fat as energy
Protein speeds up the process by keeping us full, ensuring we're able to train at the best of our ability and boost our metabolism
Progressive overload allows us to constantly progress by slowly forcing our bodies to do more and more
Finally, walking allows us to increase our fat-burning potential by simply moving as much as possible
You see, believe it or not, the main goal of our training sessions isn't to burn as many calories as possible... it's to improve your shape, strength, and muscle definition as well as speeding up your metabolism
The main purpose of walking is to help your body burn more and more fat without exhausting you for your next training session
In fact, walking will help with recovery
THE BEST WAY TO GET STEPS IN
Walking is such a vital tool because it's so easily performed
You don't need fancy equipment, a specific location or even much time
We walk about all day anyway, the goals just to do more of it
So think, how you could introduce more steps into your lifestyle?
The obvious ones to me, if applicable, are walking to work or your taking your dog out more
Could you go for a stroll on your lunch break? or instead of meeting your friends for a coffee in a cafe, go for a walk with a flask instead?
or perhaps..
You can use the stairs instead of the elevator
Listen to a podcast and walk every evening
Borrow your neighbor's dog
Walk along the beach
Take the kids to the park
Go for hikes at the weekends
It's also worth noting that you don't have to walk to increase your daily movement
You could go for a cycle, swim, or do a light exercise class
The whole point is to exercise lightly to increase your fat-burning but not hinder your workouts
So don't cycle full steam up your steepest hill for an hour if you've got squats the next day
Instead keeping it relatively light until your fit enough to push yourself harder
WHAT ARE ACTIVE REST DAYS?
If you've had a look through your training program you might have noticed that some of your days say "Active rest" instead of your workout
Active rest days are days where you are still exercising, you're just going off-script a little
The goals to move as much as you can and be active as possible
This will keep that fat-burning fire alive and keep you always seeing results
It doesn't really matter what you do either, in fact, it will be different for every person
Therefore it's fun to experiment with new sports or hobbies