Walking cannot be classed as a fitness exercise, it may help the blood flow through the body or clear your head a bit after you have been indoors for a long time and want to go for some fresh air. The problem is simply that walking does not put enough strain on your muscles to make them work that hard, however it does depends on what type of fitness you are after.

To give yourself a challenge while walking you can use leg weights. These will simply be around a kilogram each and can be strapped just above your ankles. The degree of comfort of the leg weights depends on which ones you buy, therefore you will need to make sure that you are buying weights that suits your style. Initially it may feel awkward walking around with the weights for a fitness exercise, but with enough repetitions you will find that you can get used to them very quickly.

The reason why using leg weights while walking can be such good exercise is because of the resistance that your leg muscles have to put up with, which normally they are not used to. Usually when you take the leg weights of after a long fitness walk you will get a strange feeling of unbalance. This is normal and happens because the resistance that your muscles had to put up with for the last hour or so is no longer there, it will take the body a few minutes to get used to this. The best benefit of using this fitness gadget is that it is very practical, when you are done with it you can simply but it in a backpack to get it out of your way.