CaCo Method: Lose Weight While Walking
The CaCo Method is a gentle way to start or resume physical activity. Overall, it contributes to weight loss and muscle tone, especially when strenuous exercise is not possible. How to implement it? This article describes it in detail!
The CaCo method is an alternative to regaining physical condition and losing weight without the risk of injury after prolonged periods of inactivity. This can be a good option for people who shouldn’t be doing strenuous exercise or are just returning to their daily routine after a long break. Look!
What exactly does CaCo consist of? What are the advantages of this method? We will try to dispel any doubts. In addition, we detail the main advantages of this technique and how to get started with its implementation.
What is the CaCo method?
The name of this method comes from the first letters of the combination of the words “walk” (Ca, camirar from Spanish ) and “run” ( correar ). It is about resuming or starting physical activity by alternating the two activities during the same exercise session. This means that the walking intervals will be combined with the running intervals.
What are the advantages of this method?
Regardless of whether you decided to start physical activity due to your current sedentary lifestyle, or you used to do sports, but have not trained for the last months, the CaCo method may be of interest to you.
It must be borne in mind that good physical condition leads, on the one hand, to the proper functioning of the cardiovascular system. This means that your heart and lungs are working well and are used to adjusting to the intensity of your exercise to keep your body supplied with blood and oxygen.
On the other hand, good physical condition allows muscles, tendons and locomotor organs to be in good shape to perform other activities at the desired intensity.
The problem comes when you suddenly start exercising by pushing yourself too hard. As a result, the body may not respond as it should. As a consequence, the risk of tendon injuries, muscle ruptures, dizziness and other negative effects increases.
Therefore, whether you are embarking on a new active lifestyle or intending to revert to an old training rhythm, you need to make sure you have regenerated your cardiovascular and cardiovascular systems. This way you will gradually improve your physical condition without getting injured.
How to start with the CaCo method?
The first thing to consider before engaging in any type of physical activity is to prepare and warm up your body. A proper warm-up will protect you from all kinds of injuries. Once you’ve warmed up and selected your exercise environment, you’re ready to start.
It’s about finding your own rhythm and setting a series without pushing yourself too hard. In this way, during the first few days you can alternate between, for example, series of a few minutes of running and four minutes of walking, for a total of twenty or thirty minutes.
As the days go by, you can modify these series to increase their intensity. This means you can continue a series of two minutes of running and three minutes of walking. Then three gears and two walks… and so on, endlessly.
In order to prepare the body for physical activity, it is worth starting with light exercises and gradually increasing their intensity.
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Starting or resuming an active life will always translate into improved health. Success is guaranteed if this physical activity is accompanied by a healthy diet. As you conduct your observation, you will gradually begin to notice the following results:
- firmer muscles,
- fat loss
- better mood,
- less anxiety and tension,
- better lung capacity.
If you also do it in a consistent and responsible manner, adjusting the activity to your physical abilities and exercising at your own pace, you will protect yourself from injuries that can turn out to be very unpleasant.
This article was written and reviewed by Dr. Elisa Martin Cano.
