30 Min 3750 Steps — Upper body & abs walking workout, with 1 dumbbell
A 30 minute indoor walking workout you can do at home, about 3,750 steps, no equipment needed. Press play and walk it with Lumi.
What this walking workout is like
• it is a combo of steps and standing upper body + abs exercises; • it requires 1 weight (I will use 1x 5lb/2. 26kg dumbbell but) you can use a smaller weight or a water bottle filled with water or sand instead; • it consists of 20 seconds of walking & 40 seconds of exercise.
The pace builds gradually, with a warm-up at the start and a stretch to finish, so nothing arrives before you are ready for it. A pair of light dumbbells is used, but a couple of water bottles or nothing at all works just as well.
Who it suits
It suits you whether this is your second walking workout or your fiftieth — the moves are simple, and the intensity is largely set by how big you make them. If your balance is still finding itself, stand behind a dining chair and rest a hand on the back — that is a sensible adaptation, not a compromise.
Fitting it into your day
Expect around 3,750 steps, which is roughly 1.6 miles at an average woman's stride. Half an hour, five days a week, is essentially the whole 150-minutes-a-week activity guideline met in your living room. Want your own numbers rather than an average? The steps to miles calculator works it out from your height.
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