02-21-16, 10:13 AM | |
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: NJ
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Where I work, we started a walking program 4 or 5 years ago where they gave us a pedometer and if we walked a certain number of steps, we'd get a prize. A guy I work with was very overweight and was walking an insane amount of steps (like 20,000 per day), won a lot of prizes and lost a lot of weight. He has managed to keep it off and looks very good (he's in his late 50's) so I asked him recently if he still walks and he said he does no exercise whatsoever and only watches what he eats. I was shocked. He said for him, making better food choices made all the difference but he felt walking so much during the challenge also helped him lose the weight. I don't know why he doesn't exercise now though and I feel like that is a mistake, but maybe men don't have to deal with the bone loss issues women have. I really don't know enough about it to say.
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02-21-16, 01:55 PM | |
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Maryland, USA
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FrostyJan - I agree, I think walking is great, but I do think you also need to work on strength and flexibility as well. And, I don't think you have to go crazy to do so - some body weight exercises a few times a week for about 20 min and some stretching exercises a few times a week for about 20 min - I think would benefit most "average" people. And, I think it is especially important for those of us who sit a lot all day.
Beyond Omega - we have a wellness program at work that rewards us w/ actual money for meeting certain "goals". I was surprised that for having a desk job I was able to average 9K steps a day (some days I get more, some less, but our wellness site averages it up for us)- I started doing the things you did - parking farther away, using stairs instead of elevator, walking deliveries to other depts instead of using the mail, etc. I also make it a point to take a 20 min walk in the afternoon - if the weather is good. Where I work I'm close to the library, a CVS, and a coffee shop so that motivates me to get up and walk small errands. Take care - Donna |
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Location: Canada
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02-21-16, 07:37 PM | ||
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Pacific Northwest
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My non-Leslie indoor walks have definitely had good mood-boosting and lower body toning effects--but really, my goal is just to move as much as possible, whenever I have 5 or 10 minutes to spare. |
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02-23-16, 03:15 PM | ||
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Alberta
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I think I said it in another thread (maybe the age thread?) that I think power and strength become even more crucial as we age, and I would add that the attributes we think of as athletic skills - ie, reaction time, agility, balance - are no less important to every day health to aging adults, for everyday life. So I agree that walking is awesome - but walking ONLY (as the OP asked) is simply not going to be enough as the years go by. You need more than walking to maintain movement capacity.
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