This month Family Circle has a great little feature on how to lose some serious weight with a walking regimen. They spoke to popular exercise expert Stefan Aschan, the founder of strength123.com, about how to create a walking program that will be effective at helping shed some pounds. The resulting two-week exercise chart seems very practical and realistic.

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Aschan’s program involves trying multiple styles of walking and requires finding some different types of terrain on some days, but it seems like it a good plan for building a productive exercise regimen based on walking. Aschan aims to change how you walk by getting you to use more muscles in your body and make you work a little harder than a normal walk around the neighborhood, and explains that by mixing up the demands on your body with this plan you will challenge your muscles in different ways and build a leaner physique. Click on through to read the article and get a preview of Family Circle at Coverleaf.com.