How to Walk With a Back Pack

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Tip 1 - How to Wear Your Backpack to Prevent Back Pain

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by Kevin Eytel | permalink

How to wear your school backpack or work backpack right to prevent back and shoulder pain. Wear it higher on your back.

For further reading: http://walking.about.com/od/backtoschool/ss/wearbackpack.htm ^[1]

Tip 2 - How to Burn Calories by Walking With a Weighted Backpack | LIVESTRONG.COM

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by Dave Nissel | permalink

When you wear a weighted backpack, you burn more calories because you have to work harder to carry the extra weight. For example, a 150-pound person walking at a rate of 4 mph for 30 minutes burns 175 calories. Add 5 pounds and the same individual burns 181 calories, according to the HealthStatus website. Walking with added weight also puts stress...

For further reading: http://www.livestrong.com/article/494473-how-to-burn-calories-by-walking-with-a-weighted-backpack/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - How to Hike With a Weighted Backpack

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by Al Zuffrano | permalink

If you plan to trek through the woods or up a mountain for several hours or days, a backpack full of water, food and other essentials such as a jacket or blanket is a must. Water alone can add a ...

For further reading: http://healthyliving.azcentral.com/hike-weighted-backpack-7546.html ^[3]

Tip 4 - Food Bank of Lincoln

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by dubi epstein | permalink

Collaboration, Compassion, Diversity, Education, Responsibility. Nourishing our communities to end hunger. The mission of the Food Bank of Lincoln is to alleviate hunger in Southeast Nebraska.
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For further reading: http://www.lincolnfoodbank.org/extramilewalk.php ^[4]