Walking isn't exercise- change my mind

[Anonymous]

It's the best form of activity and it is great for your health and it burns calories without putting a ton of pressure on your body.
Win/win.
I don't have to convince you of anything.
You believe what you want, and I will believe what I want.
When I walked over 2 hours each day, I lost weight (I did not do any other work out, nor did I watch my calories).
I do walk pretty fast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you so fixated on how other people get their exercise?

I had an injury/surgery and had to become a walker for a few months. I've gained weight! Still in better shape than all the walkers I see

Oh, no poor baby! Did wifey not like you with the extra gut?

[Anonymous]

All I know is that my walk is way faster than what I see in the gym! People running at 3mph! and hanging on the handles... so the handles are walking not the person.

[Anonymous]

Walking is better than running. Eventually the joints will be affected with running. Swimming is the best!

[Anonymous]

I’m at my thinnest when I walk a lot (like if I can log 5 miles minimum). I gain weight or stay at a plateau if I only do my daily 45-an hour of intense cardio but then otherwise sit behind a desk a lot.

[Anonymous]

I walk for exercise. I also swim and lift weights. All three have different benefits and disadvantages, I used to love running, but my knees starting hurting years ago. Walking is a good exercise that most people can do. It’s shortsighted to dismiss it because you were incapable of eating less to make up for fewer calories being burned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A few caveats: not speed walks (4mph+), No weighted resistance.

The way most people walk it doesn't raise the heart rate enough. The wife's favorite analogy " walked a lot while shopping"----NOT Exercise, Walked for an hour at 20/min/mile- nope
A whole walking every day for a week won't even burn a pounds- worth of calories
I rarely see walkers that are fit

I do think its an ok form of exercise if your over 75 or have a physical impairment. Its ok as a way to loosen up the back after sitting or when your digesting dinner.

Have you really improved your fitness with just walking? Why not try something more challenging? Cycling, Swimming, even Hiking ( I say that is different than walking)

I’m sorry that you’ve somehow reached adulthood without understanding the difference between “exercise” and “cardio.”

- a runner who knows that only people with low self-esteem waste a moment of their life judging other people for how they choose to exercise

[Anonymous]

I run, do peloton, lift etc and I consider walking the unsung hero of the exercise world. It is highly effective, easy, and comes with minimal injury. Grow up.

[Anonymous]

I walk for 45 min each evening for health + mental health in addition to resistance training 3x a week and yoga. I don’t need any convincing, just look at all the old fit people walking around. I want to be like them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I walk for 45 min each evening for health + mental health in addition to resistance training 3x a week and yoga. I don’t need any convincing, just look at all the old fit people walking around. I want to be like them.

My neighborhood is also filled with thin people out walking all the time. Usually couples, but also parent/kid/dog combos. We do have some decent hills in our neighborhood, and also wide streets with lots of trees. I think people find it restorative as well as a good form of exercise. I definitely think it improves my quality of life to go on daily or almost daily walks.

[Anonymous]

I cannot run due to a knee injury and RA. I walk and get my heart rate up. At one point I was walking five miles a day at a fast enough clip to develop friction blisters across the balls of my feet. I had to get special running socks. Yes you can get a good workout walking. Like all exercise, what you put in to it, you get out!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Walking isn’t strolling isn’t shuffling while leaning on a shopping cart.

Yes walking is exercise. Speed walking even more so.

It kind of is, though. That's part of the beauty of walking. You can do extra steps basically wherever - park a little further from the grocery store, walk a few extra laps around Target. Just because you can fit it into your normal life, doesn't make it a less effective form of movement.

I can only speak for myself, but I walk around 15,000 steps a day and I think it is both a sign of good health and a cause of good health. (Knock wood a million times.)

Sure running is obviously more intense exervise. But running hurts my legs, I don't want to do it.

Now gentle yoga, on the other hand - you'll have to convince me that's not just a pre-nap.

This is so funny. My one and only yoga class resulted in me nearly falling asleep towards the end during cool down. I was so relaxed after yoga, combined with the dim lights and the gentle voice that I almost did nap!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Walking is better than running. Eventually the joints will be affected with running. Swimming is the best!

Running is proven to strengthen joints. Arthritis and other degenerative conditions of aging will eventually catch up with almost everyone, but a moderate, regular running routine can keep a person’s joints healthier longer.

[Anonymous]

Of course it's a form of exercise, and it's one of the best because just about anyone can do it, it's a lifetime activity, can be social, and it's inexpensive. I can't think of another activity that checks all those boxes. If you can make it a bit more difficult by adding hills and such, then you can actually raise your heart rate quite a bit.

[Anonymous]

I can’t find a walking partner! I’m that fast and don’t mess around on my fitness walks. My 6 ft tall DH prefers to run
or do Peloton and my DCS, extremely fit and athletic types, beg me to slow down or jog to keep up. I want you to know that I don’t do the funny “I’m almost running” walk, either - just have a long stride and deceptively fast, cultivated when I was perpetually late for college classes and didn’t want to actually run or appear that I was late!

Anyway, I’m so fast that sometimes I will run if I’m crunched for time but still want to get to my mileage goal.

I also do yoga. I’m 51 and menopausal, had 3babies and am in better shape. cardiovascular wise than I was in my 30s.