Does walking help cellulite?

DOes walking get rid of cellulite - or at least reduce it?

• Is walking good for cellulite reduction / prevention?

• Walking and mechanical stimulation

• How much walking should I do to reduce/prevent cellulite?

• Will I get rid of all my cellulite just by walking - and eating healthily?

• Will a lot of walking, in combination with healthy eating, prevent cellulite from forming in the first place?

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Is walking good for cellulite reduction / prevention?

Exercise is essential to prevent and reduce cellulite - independently of healthy diet. In fact, both healthy nutrition AND exercise are needed to prevent and reduce cellulite.

Exercise, such as walking, does burn calories and does increase your metabolic rate, thereby burning more calories. However, it is actually easier and more effective to burn calories by dieting than by exercising.

So why do we need exercise, in addition to dieting?

The main reason exercise is needed, in addition to healthy eating, is because it contributes mechanical stimulation to:

• your fibroblasts (collagen and elastin producing cells)

• your adipocytes (fat cells)

• to your blood vessels (whose walls are made of collagen and elastin)

Walking and mechanical stimulation

Mechanical stimulation from vibration derived from exercise encourages:

• your fat cells to release fat or at least not accumulate fat

• your collagen cells to synthesise collagen, elastin and other skin proteins

• your blood vessels to stay toned and efficient

The end result is better skin tone, better circulation and less fat: all in all, less cellulite, more firmness, more health.

Healthy eating is great to contribute the nutrients that keep skin and blood vessels healthy, and, if limited in fat, sugar, alcohol and carbs, to keep fat cells relatively empty.

But healthy eating cannot provide mechanical stimulation - only exercise can.

And one of the best exercises to provide mechanical stimulation to your skin, fat and blood vessels is walking. Every time you make a step, some vibration occurs on your tissues, cells get the message and this helps keep your skin stay firm and smooth.

How much walking should I do to reduce/prevent cellulite?

Within reason, the more stimulation, the better for your skin:

• Walking for longer

• Walking faster

• Walking uphill

Running, which is the next step up from walking, is even better, but it is not for everyone. Walking, is mild on the joints, more social and more fun for the majority of people.

On the other hand, static exercise types, such as yoga and pilates, good as they may be for other things, they are not nearly as good for cellulite prevention or reduction as movement-based types of exercise, such as walking, running, swimming etc.

So get some friends or get your headphones and walk, as fast, as long and as high as you can to keep your skin firm, smooth and healthy.

Will I get rid of all my cellulite just by walking - and eating healthily?

For recently established and/or mild cellulite, yes, exercise, such as walking, plus healthy eating can “get rid of” all cellulite.

However, cellulite established over several years and/or progressed cellulite, cannot be eliminated just by exercise (including walking) or healthy eating.

But even more severe cellulite can still be reduced to a large extent, and walking long / fast / uphill walking is a great way to achieve that.

For further reduction, a good, strong cellulite treatment will be needed, such as deep-acting, high-power radiofrequency and high-power ultrasound cavitation, the strongest safe cellulite technologies available today.

Furthermore, a real cellulite cream, i.e. one with multiple, high-purity anti-cellulite actives in high concentrations, can help by offering anti-cellulite nutrients directly to the skin.

Will a lot of walking, in combination with healthy eating, prevent cellulite from forming in the first place?

Absolutely!

Lots of exercise (such as walking), healthy nutrition and alcohol/smoking/hormonal contraception avoidance will eliminate 95% of causes of cellulite and will help prevent cellulite formation for decades - and why not, forever.

Age and genetics play an important part in the creation of cellulite but the more we move and the more we eat healthily, the less cellulite, skin ageing and overall whole body ageing will affect us - regardless of genetics.

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