Walking the right way makes you healthier, more confident, and helps you walk easier and faster. By walking the wrong way, you may waste energy, look funny, or even hurt yourself.

Over-striding appears when you want to walk faster and lengthen your strides. If you step hard with your feet, you won`t gain any speed, and your shins will hurt. If you`re in a rush, try to make quicker and shorter steps.

Shoes are another factor that influences your walking. You need to pay attention to your walking shoes. They should be lightweight, a bit larger than your feet, and flexible. You should get new walking shoes every year.

Flapping appears when you feel that your feet is hitting the ground with a slap and gets no roll. This may happen because of heavy shoes or weak shins. You may get rid of this inconvenience if you get flexible shoes, like running shoes with a low heel.To read the rest of this article, go to Project Weight Loss, an online weight loss community featuring calorie counter, carbs counter, BMI calculator, diet planner, workout planner and other weight loss tools.

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