The Walking Program
As is turns out, fitness research has determined that walking is one of the best forms of exercise for keeping fit and losing weight. And it's not so stressful on your body! Okay, well we knew that, but it's nice to have science on our side, too. Sacfit offers a great walking program for beginners and season veterans. 

For our beginners, we provide a very gradual program so as not induce injuries. We focus on individualized programs that allow you to go at your own pace. And rather than focusing on miles, we begin our team members with timed walks (miles are so overrated). Since there are no miles to worry about, you just begin your walk and when half the allotted time has passed, you turn around and return back. 

For experience walkers, we offer a similar program OR a program to make the transition from walking to running. 

Sacfit offers several programs that incorporate the above options. And with each program, we provide the tools and encouragement to inspire our runners to test their new found fitness and abilities at various Spring time 5k and 10K races. 

At the end of our 16-week program, Sacfit is teaming up again with race manager Rich Hanna to present  The Fourth Annual American River Parkway Half-Marathon/5K - Sacramento's only Springtime half-marathon and 5K race. The race will be held on May 1, 2010, to coincide with our final day of the program. 

All these factors contribute toward improving fitness and health. But in keeping with the Sacfit philosophy, these programs are also designed to make getting fit an enjoyable experience. After all, if it's not fun, what's the point?

General Weekly Schedule
All Sacfit programs are designed to consider the busy schedules of our lives. While some adjustment and priortiy must be made for any new undertaking, our programs ensure that you will not be consumed by workouts.

The weekly schedule entails a Saturday morning workout and three mid-week workouts - Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. That's it! 

The Saturday morning workout is the "long" walk - typically a 30 to 45 minute walk to start the program and then gradually increasing in duration each following week. 

The mid-week workouts consist of 25 to 30 minute walks and then only marginally increase in duration over the season with an optional Tuesday workout the track (CSUS or ARC or Bella Vista HS).  

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As you complete your walk - anywhere from one to two miles, Sacfit coaches track and record your time. Your time determines your pace group, which we assign as color groups - Red or Purple for walkers or run/race walkers. And from there the fun begins...