Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

• Why Walk?

• Why walk to music?

• Why Walk to Healthy Living Hit Music?

• What Level Am I?

• Are Healthy Living Hit Music songs by the original artists?

• How Much is Enough?

• Are all of Healthy Living Hit Music’s releases available in all 3 Walking Levels?

• Are Healthy Living Hit Music CDs available for download?

• How Do I Download my mp3s?

• What do I do if the song titles are missing or if the wrong song titles show up in iTunes when trying to load my CDs into my iPod?
  

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Why Walk?

Because it makes you feel better. It can help give you a happier, longer life. It is scientifically proven that walking for 30-minutes at a rate between 3 and 4 miles per hour several days a week provides tremendous benefits, both physical and psychological.  From weight-loss and weight-maintenance to disease prevention and lowered risk of diabetes and depression, walking in the manner described here is a great way to get and stay healthy.

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Why walk to music?

Research has shown that music is a powerful motivational tool for your workouts. One study, conducted at the University of Maryland, showed that people who listen to music during their workouts tend to exercise more frequently, for longer periods of time, and with greater intensity. In addition to getting better workouts, people who listen to music enjoy their workouts more than those who don’t and are less likely to quit their exercise program.

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Why Walk to Healthy Living Hit Music?

All of our titles contain hit music that is motivating and fun!  We provide songs of specific speeds and lengths, programmed to optimize your fitness workout. Healthy Living Hit Music is all about creating the perfect walking environment for you and can help you achieve your fitness goals by providing music to move you at the precise speed that’s right for you, for exactly 30-minutes, no matter what shape you are in. Our products are available in three speeds to maximize your walk based on your current fitness level:

Beginner (Level 1) – 118 Steps per minute

Intermediate (Level 2) – 126 Steps per minute

Advanced (Level 3) - 134 Steps per minute

Each CD contains two upbeat 30-minute walking programs, plus cool-down music featuring affirmations from the foremost authority of cardiovascular exercise, Dr. Ken Cooper.  The music we provide you is professionally produced, artfully constructed and scientifically engineered to provide you a Cooper Certified perfect walk.

The CD’s come in a variety of styles, from current Pop and Country music to Latin Pop and Big Band Swing.  We have Baby Boomer Hits of the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s and tributes to popular groups like The Beatles and Fleetwood Mac.  Healthy Living HIT Music is continuously-mixed with smooth transitions from song to song so that the energy never stops.

Downloading our music is an easy way to create your own custom release by burning your own CD or downloading the music into your mp3 player or iPod.  We have even been called the “iTunes of fitness,” because of our large selection of downloadable music.

Let Healthy Living Hit Music take YOU for a walk…

It will be the best decision you’ll make today!

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What Level Am I?

Beginner Level or Level 1 is generally for people just initiating a fitness walking routine, who are not in particularly good physical condition, or for those that are particularly long limbed.

If you walk to the beat of the music, you will take 118 steps per minute. For the average woman, that equates to about 3.2 miles per hour, or a 1.6 mile, 30-minute walk. For the average man, that equates to about 3.6 miles per hour, or a 1.8 mile 30-minute walk.

Intermediate Level or Level 2 is generally for people who are already active in sports or a regular exercise routine.

If you walk to the beat of the music you will take 126 steps per minute. For the average woman, that equates to about 3.6 miles per hour, or a 1.8 mile, 30-minute walk. For the average man, that equates to about 4 miles per hour, or a 2 mile 30-minute walk.

Advanced Level or Level 3 is generally for people who are already in good physical condition and who workout most days of the week, or for those who are particularly short limbed.

If you walk to the beat of the music you will take 134 steps per minute. For the average woman, that equates to about 4 miles per hour, or a 2 mile, 30-minute walk. For the average man, that equates to about 4.4 miles per hour, or a 2.2 mile 30-minute walk.

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Are Healthy Living Hit Music songs by the original artists?

 Almost all artists of hit songs will not allow anyone to manipulate their version of a song in any way, meaning no change of tempo or no change in the length of the song.  Therefore, just a handful of pop music songs fall into the right beats per minute, or tempo, to get our customers walking at the right speed without remaking the songs. Those songs that are acceptable would be cost prohibitive to use in a CD that you could afford.

 Because most popular music is not at the right tempo or length we choose to remake your favorite songs in a format that is usually more energetic, at a consistent beat that allows for smooth transitions between songs and two consistent 30 minute walks per CD. Remaking songs from scratch also gives us the opportunity to clean-up offensive language contained in a lot of today's music.

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How Much is Enough?

The minimum amount of exercise needed to achieve moderate and high fitness is shown in the following walking examples:

Minimum Dose for Moderate Fitness

• Women: Walk 2 miles in less than 30 minutes at least 3 days/week, or walk 2 miles in 30-40 minutes 5-6 days/week.
• Men: Walk 2 miles in less than 27 minutes at least 3 days/week, or walk 2 miles in 30-40 minutes 6-7 days/week.

Minimum Dose for High Fitness

• Women: Walk 2 miles in less than 30 minutes 5-6 days/week or run 2 miles in 20-24 minutes 4 days/week.
• Men: Walk 2.5 miles in 37.5 minutes 6-7 days/week, or run 2 miles in less than 20 minutes 4-5 days/week.

Younger persons probably need to do a bit more and older persons a bit less than is suggested in the walking example. Dr. Blair’s findings may not seem surprising to many, but health scholars are greeting the new evidence as a major contribution to the knowledge of physical fitness and human longevity.

Blair, VM, Kohl HW, Paffenbarger RS Jr, Clark DG, Cooper KH, Gibbons, LW. Physical Fitness and all-cause mortality: a prospective study of healthy men and women. Journal of the American Medical Association 1989; 262: 2395-2401.

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Are all of Healthy Living Hit Music’s releases available in all 3 Walking Levels?

All of our releases and MP3s, with the exception of our Power Walking releases / MP3s & Run Walk music, are available in Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Levels.  . 

 Are Healthy Living Hit Music CDs available for download?

Yes, all of our Healthy Living Hit Music CD walks are available for download.  There are two walks per CD.

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 How Do I Download my MP3s?

Follow these instructions to download and save your music:

1. Create a folder on your computer to save your songs to.  A folder called Walking Music under your My Music directory will work.
2. Using Internet Explorer go back to the www.mywalkingmusic.com site.
3. Click on the “My Account” link in the upper right hand side of the home page.
4. Log into your account using your email address and password.
5. Click on the long underline number (your order number) – i.e., 12134959539238
6. This will take you back to the download page.  Make sure all pop up blockers are turned off while on this page.
7. Click on the green down arrow   or check mark   next to the first song.  A box will pop up that will ask if you want to “Save” or “Open” the song.  Click on the “Save” button.
8. Locate the folder you created and click “Save”.  Your song will now download.  Once you download the first song, it will always go back to this folder when you click on the Save button to download the rest of your songs.
9. Continue with each song until all songs are saved.
10. Go into iTunes and from the File menu up at the top left hand corner of the page, select “Add Folder To Library”.
11. Locate the folder you created and click ok.  This will bring all your songs into iTunes to move to your iPod.

 If you are ordering by mail or fax, you will see a Download Locked icon until your payment has been processed and your order approved. A confirmation email will be sent to inform you that your order has been completed and your MP3s are ready for download.

Once you have downloaded an MP3, it's download icon will change to a Download Complete and display the number of times you've downloaded the file. You are allowed several attempts to download your MP3 but, too many attempts will result in a Locked Download.

If you are having trouble downloading MP3s you have purchased, please contact our customer support.

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What do I do if the song titles are missing or if the wrong song titles show up in iTunes when trying to load my CDs into my iPod?

Because of the technology that iTunes uses and the fact that all of Healthy Living Hit Music’s releases are so similar in format and length, when one of our CDs is placed in a computer to play or rip, the title and song list for a different CD, often “Walking Music Greatest Hits 1” is sometimes displayed instead of the correct title. To correct this problem, please follow the directions below.

Instructions to Load CD and Song Information into iTunes when the Title is missing or incorrect 

1. Go into iTunes
2. Insert the CD you want to transfer into the computer.
3. When the track list comes up, check to see whether song titles are correct.
4. If not, go to the Edit menu up at the top and click on Select All to highlight all of the song titles.
5. Once all of the song titles are highlighted, go to the File menu up at the top and select Get Info.
6. A box will come up asking “Are you sure you want to edit info for multiple items – Click Yes.
7. In the box that comes up enter “Healthy Living Hit Music” for the Artist Name and the name of the release, i.e., “Baby Boomer Hits Volume 2” for the Album Name in the appropriate boxes.  You may want to indicate level of the album in the title also.
8. Click OK
9. Click on first track (song title)
10. Go to the File menu up at the top and select Get Info.
11. In the box that comes up, Click on Info tab.
12. Enter the name of the first track on CD from CD cover in the appropriate box.
13. Click Next.
14. Enter next song title.
15. Click Next.
16. Continue to change the titles and Click Next until all titles for all of the tracks are changed to the correct title.
17. Click OK.
18. Transfer songs to your iPod.