Work has started on a new strand of content here at Sport Walk, designed to create a tangible link between Sport Walking and walking purely for fitness. The strand is called ‘Get Fit Walking’ and it will become a series of shows on Youtube, a podcast and (in the future) an online course/fitness plan.
“If you strip out challenge from Sport Walking, fitness is your outcome!”
The overall objective is to provide a seamless pathway from starting to walk just to get fit, all the way up to taking on serious challenges…. if you want to. ‘Get Fit Walking’ will be the ‘Couch to 5K’ of Sport Walking if you like but there will also be advanced tips and guidance within the overall portfolio of content as well, to engage those with more experience.
With so much of Sport Walking being about day to day walking and training (both of which deliver significant improvements in fitness overall), there’s not a huge amount of difference really between walking in training for a challenge and just walking to get fit. In fact, if you strip out challenge from Sport Walking, fitness is your outcome!
With this in mind, the opportunity to share our knowledge and experience, that has proved valuable within the Sport Walking context, with people on a fitness journey is too good to pass up, especially as much of the feedback we receive and questions about technique are, generally, from people who’s primary goal is fitness.
‘Get Fit Walking’ will also see the launch of our first podcast, this being an excellent subject to consume on the move. While there will be some multi-platform content – duplication across Youtube and podcasts – the podcast format will give us the opportunity to insert additional content into these packages, so that listeners can put elements discussed into practice while out walking.
At the time of writing, ‘Get Fit Walking’ is in the planning and development phase, with production due to start in late November/early December. The strand itself is due to launch in January 2024, just in time to help those looking for a ‘New Year New You’ solution!
There will be regular updates, more information and previews of what’s coming, as production goes on and there will be specific details about how to watch or listen to ‘Get Fit Walking’ prior to the launch next year.
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