Walking for Exercise ? How Long ?

[Gizmo2]

I walk almost every morning, only a mile though. I have a Landice treadmill and a good pair of sneakers that I only use on the treadmill. The treadmill has proved to be a very good investment for me.

[JDGREEN4ME]

Originally Posted by Bird

And yes, they're made in China.

What isn't made in China? Bought a pair of Florsheim dress shoes and a Columbia rain jacket last weekend...both made in China. I think we still make a quality tooth pick in the USA however...

[Wis Bang]

Dr. Oz recomends using a pedometer and walking 10,000 steps a day. I keep coming up a few thousand short...

[dmccarty]

Originally Posted by Wis Bang

Dr. Oz recomends using a pedometer and walking 10,000 steps a day. I keep coming up a few thousand short...

I would come up short too. For me that would be 5-6 miles a day. I would be in great shape if I had the time to walk 5-6 miles a day.....

Later,
Dan

[Bird]

Dan, in 1993, when I was doing gas leakage surveys, I once walked 15 miles one day. The two guys from the gas company who were with me at the start, wore out and had to quit. Now I would never have mentioned it in the company offices, but the next morning when I went to work, the first thing the boss said was, "I heard you wore 2 of my men out yesterday." So they had to have told him themselves. However, that was a long time ago. The last time I walked 5 miles on hot asphalt, I got plantar faciitis.

[scgargoyle]

After working on my feet all day for 35 years, my plantar fasciitis is basically chronic. Walking tends to aggravate it, but running stairs makes it feel better! I work out 3 days a week (we have a gym at work) and I run up and down the stairs for 20 minutes to warm up. That, and yoga seem to do me the most good. Everybody seems to think yoga is 'foo-foo'; try some advanced yoga and tell me how sissy it is!

[tommu56]

Originally Posted by JDGREEN4ME

What isn't made in China? Bought a pair of Florsheim dress shoes and a Columbia rain jacket last weekend...both made in China. I think we still make a quality tooth pick in the USA however...

No on the toothpicks just opened a box yesterday and yep made in china!

I looked all over to see how long it took them to whittle them down but it wasn't on the box.

tom

[woodchuckie]

I walk occasionally, when I do I walk about 5 miles in an hour. But mostly I swim four or five times a week. I swim for an hour which figures to about 1.4 miles. It's so much better on the joints, feet and even sinuses. The only thing that stops me from swimming is lightening because they close the pool. Even if I have a bad cough I can swim and not cough when swimming. It seems that any time I have a pulled muscle or a sore anything that it doesn't bother it swimming.

[jimmyj]

Congrat's to the fellows who've given up the cancer sticks! Keep to it.

This thread is interesting to me because all of a sudden (age 44) I feel myself starting to fall out of shape. It's easy to gain weight and hard to lose it, and my overall muscle tone and stamina feel lessor than in the past.

I figure it's partly age and partly because I'm engineering my life to be less physical, I now have a tractor so I don't do everything manually as an example. I used to go for 2 long walks each day and now I ride the ATV.

I'm going to begin walking again but don't really want to use a treadmill, I like the outdoors. Someone told me that walking and jogging use almost exactly the same amount of calories - the only difference is the cardio aspect.

Do you have any tips on good walking shoes or how fast you walk or?

[bigtiller]

I like New Balance shoes but just about any good tennis shoe will work.

I wish I could walk as fast as Woodchuckie at 5 MPH but I am happy with 3 mph. At first, the trick is not how fast or how far you can walk but how often. Try for at least 4 days a week to help develop a good habit and some time to heel when things start hurting. It took me well over a year to work up to 3 miles every day and I have enjoyed every step along the way.