Absolutely mate. In fact the best exercise you can do is walk. Walking is the best exercise you can possibly do if losing weight is one of your primary goals. The reason why walking is better than running is because running is much more intense than walking and therefore when you run your body needs a better quality fuel source than if you simply walk. This means the body primarily likes to use amino rich muscle tissue as this high quality fuel source.
If you walk however, this exercise is not as intense as running and subsequently your body doesn't need to use muscle tissue for energy as it will use fat as its fuel source instead.
You can still get a great overall workout even if you are not looking to lose weight by doing some brisk walking, light jogging or skipping to improve your cardivascular fitness level followed by some simple exercises like push ups for your chest, shoulders and triceps. Do some leg raises or sit ups to strengthen your abdominals and as your abdominals gain strength your lower back doesn't need to work so hard to support all the weight of your upper body. By doing some chin ups on any raised bar you seriously stimulate all the muscles in your back and your biceps as well.
If you are looking for more information check out the health and fitness section of my website, the link is below. Good luck with your fitness program.
John
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