Gliding while you walk tones and conditions the muscles in your upper thighs and rear end. Most people naturally walk erect with their body weight over their pelvis. With this posture, the only time you tax the muscles in your upper thighs and rear end is when you walk uphill. Glide-walking allows you to tone and condition these muscles on flat ground with an accented posture that simulates walking uphill. Once you learn the technique, you avoid any inclination to regain your balance, which allows you to focus on the targeted muscles.
Step 1
Select a section of flat ground with a hard surface, such as a sidewalk or a gymnasium floor.
Step 2
Stand with your feet set the width of your waist. Lean your upper body slightly forward at the waist. Push your rear end out to create an arch in your lower back. Your goal is to stride with the bottoms of your feet parallel to the ground instead of pushing off with your toes and lifting your heels as when walking normally.
Step 3
Push off with the heel of one foot as you stride forward with the other foot parallel to the ground. Push off with the heel of the forward foot and stride forward with the first foot.
Step 4
Concentrate on keeping your feet parallel to the ground as you lean forward at the waist and push your rear end out. You discover a certain tempo is necessary to keeping your balance.
Step 5
Refine the technique by striding with your feet gliding just above the floor instead of lifting them in pronounced steps. Learn to push off with more force and take longer strides to further tone and condition your muscles.
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