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Building a walking routine

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Re: Building a walking routine

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> If there is one daily habit that has had the greatest positive impact on my life since I implemented it about a year ago, it is walking. In 2021, I averaged about 2,000 steps per day. In 2022, that figure is closer to 20,000. That 10x increase has unlocked me creatively, spiritually, mentally, and physically—I feel like a completely different person.

The author is walking almost 10 miles a day. That may be hard to do when his kids start to get older.

Re: Building a walking routine

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post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Rural America is a) not nice to trespassers(and you're bound to walk on private land if you're off the main streets) and b) is even more car dependent than urban areas, so human or animal paths usually don't exist.

If I'm not mistaking there need to be a sign or a fence plus intent, otherwise it's not trespassing from legal point of view.

Sure, but you'll run into rural people that will just chase you off with a shotgun instead of calling their lawyer and once you've had that experience once, its enough. Ahmaud Arbery is a tragedy that paints this picture pretty well.

Re: Building a walking routine

#103

Of course, what this usually ignores is "...and live somewhere where you can actually safely walk for an hour".

Where do people live where going outside for a walk for an hour is that dangerous? I'm pretty sure even if you lived in a super high crime rate area you could still find times to go outside for a walk during the day. Unless we're talking about extreme scenarios like living in an active war-zone.

Safety is not just safe "from attack". It's also safe from traffic, safe from breathing in drastically worse air outside compared to inside, safe from the elements, etc. etc.

Re: Building a walking routine

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post #27

Of course, what this usually ignores is "...and live somewhere where you can actually safely walk for an hour".

Just get a treadmill. Not as pleasant as walking in nature, among trees, or by a lake. But beats walking in a crowded city or having to cross roads anyday. I live in a place where it is too hot, and only time people can go on walks is dawn/pre-morning. As a night owl, I cannot do that. So I bought a treadmill. It has been great for me and has served me really well. The cognitive benefits mentioned in the article and…

Great if that works for you, absolutely didn't work for me. We had one, and it was a soul destroyingly mind-numbing activity, second only to swimming laps. Rather than helping the mental state, it just left me angry at wasting time without any "letting your mind wander" external stimuli every single time.

Re: Building a walking routine

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post #62

> There are four types of walks to consider implementing in your routines Ugh, can these growth hacking types stop trying to make everything into a "thing"? Can one just go out for a bloody walk without someone saying they need to make the best out of it, and to use it for spiritual and career growth. Just go out to pump some fresh blood and air in your body. There's no unproductive way of walking, for god's sake. Al…

Coming soon will be someone who names walking side by side as a thing and writes an overly long paper/blog/book about how it solves every conceivable problem. I'll jump ahead and guess something like 'pair walking' or maybe 'linked striding'
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