According to Walking Specialists.

Date:   5/25/2021 9:31:47 PM ( 3 y ago)

The Worst Things Everyone Gets Wrong About Walking, Says Olympic Walker

All too often walkers get short shrift in the exercise world. Though taking brisk walks every day is well known to be an amazing way to burn tons of calories, increase your cardiovascular fitness, negate the ugly effects of sitting, and ultimately extend your life by upwards of 20 years, exercisers are far too quick to dismiss it as some sort of geriatric pastime for those who are incapable of running or performing more intense forms of exercise.

"I've seen people who walk on a treadmill in a gym get yawned at," Simon Gould, founder of Treadmill Run, a site devoted to all things treadmill, once explained to me. "The runners feel they should be walking outside and they're wasting the limited number of treadmills. They feel walking on a treadmill isn't proper exercise."

But newsflash: Walking is proper exercise. Don't take it from us—take it from someone who competes in racewalking on a global stage. Australian Jemima Montag won the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and is favored to place well at this year's Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, and she recently explained to the Australian site Body+Soul some of the most common misconceptions about walking that need to be unlearned immediately.

Spoiler alert: We agree with her completely. So read on, and for more tips on becoming a better walker starting now, check for " The Secret Tricks for Walking for Exercise. "

According to Walking Specialists.

 

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