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Building a walking routine

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Re: Building a walking routine

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Post by nine_k »

abdullahkhalids wrote: post #18
TheRealPomax wrote: post #3

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

I am living in Canada. It's winter and it is wet. Going outside means a 5 min ritual of changing into outside clothes (because it is wet) and wearing boots, walking and doing the reverse 5 min ritual. I love walking but very annoying these days.

Gone are the days when "5 minutes" was an epitome of something negligibly short!

More seriously, the ritual is a key part for some, it changes the focus. (But may be a nuisance for others, of course.)

Re: Building a walking routine

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Post by sometimeshuman »

Strange coincidence. I just finished watching a video on "how to walk" just before visiting HN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iLJ0frWE9E

I have been suffering from chronic achilles tendonitis due to decades of walking/running with outward foot pronation. The techniques discussed in the other videos of this youtube channel have helped.

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Post by cik »

serf wrote: post #37

I know it's petty and unavoidable, but it's a bummer to click an ambiguous headline like that hoping for a new tool to add to your repertoire as a wheelchair user. That's one thing that I miss from my able-bodied life, contemplative walks. Rolling a wheelchair around and dealing with the intrinsic difficulties associated with doing so really destroys any kind of meditative quality out of the experience. Now my deep m…

Would a hand bike work for you? My most meditative moments (outside of walking and prayer) have always been cycling. For the brief (several months) period where I was wheelchair bound.. a hand bike was the thing that helped me clear my head, and make me smile.

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Post by lostgame »

mudrockbestgirl wrote: post #43

Amazing! Added to my 1000-item list with the other "must-build habits for life success according to influencer BS clickbait posts" Don't forget to meditate, journal, go on silent retreats, take cold showers, eat a kiwi a day, and use Rust for maximum life success! Ah, and don't forget to breathe. I read it increases longevity.

Jeez, you even had to drag Rust into it. Does the downvote button have a ‘turbo’ button like a 486? Could it actually work; instead of just slowing down/buffering performance?

Re: Building a walking routine

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Post by jraby3 »

chegra wrote: post #13

From a similar view, the book, "Spark: How Exercise will improve your performance by Dr. John Ratey" has other benefits of exercising: 1. Exercise is better than Zoloft in treating depression 2. Students with higher fitness scores also have higher test scores 3. People learn vocabulary words 20 percent faster following exercise than they did before exercise 4. A massive Dutch study of 19,288 twins and their families…

Excellent book. I read it a long time ago. I’m sure if their was an update their would be even more studies showing the massive benefits of exercise on all aspects of life.

Re: Building a walking routine

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Post by jraby3 »

function_seven wrote: post #21
ffactory wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm pretty sure the comment is about cities not built for pedestrians, commonly found in the US.

I’ve never seen a city that doesn’t have some way to go on walks. All the terrible unwalkable cities in the US are called that because you can’t actually walk to anything useful. In other words, those cities that require a car to do errands, go shopping, get to work, go to school, etc. But for exercise—walking for walking’s sake—it’s usually doable. It is nice if you can get the walking “for free” by combining it wit…

On rainy days I walk around my apartment for a half hour and it still feels good.
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