guys gals and nonbinary pals let me tell you how much better an existential crisis is while walking vs curling into a ball at home

this isnt even a joke post or anything

10/10 would recommend

Alright, you have convinced me to finally install a pedometer app on my phone. I've been needing a libertarian detector as well anyway.

Im glad that's working so well for you! I was always skeptical about exercise for weight loss because one summer I trained for and ran a half marathon, and my weight stayed exactly the same. But I moved to a new place this year, and I can walk to work every day now, and I've had the same experience. I feel pretty good even when I don't do any structured exercise, I've lost a couple of pounds, abd honestly the walk to work is the best part of my day sometimes.

I walk to work everyday and on Sundays when I don't have any place to be I will feel like utter garbage if I don't do some kind of exercise.

yeah everyday activity is so important. I've had some rough patches as per consumption habits / mental health in my life and I'm pretty sure if I didn't go everywhere by bike (and even that's only like 30km or so a week) it'd have gotten so, so much worse.

about how many minutes and how many miles per day are you walking?

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Chalk up another win for stupid mental health walks.

It's true, I get around that many steps at work each day and could barely keep weight on for ages

I fucking love walking any day I can avoid being in a car is a good one- though and eat my own cooking 6/7 days and I actually found it hard to keep my weight up with my normal activity levels before I started shamelessly dumping olive oil on everything I eat.

Just moving is great. I think walking (or equivalent) I good amount everyday is more important than any other point of fitness. Lifting is great, and getting at least 10 minutes of raised heartrate (cardio) is also very important.

But time, energy, and attention are limited, and if you have to pick one thing to try to do everyday, walking a few miles would 100% be what I'd recommend. I don't have a problem with weight, but I do have one with blood pressure and cholesterol (despite and home cooking; genetics is a bitch), and making myself walk or bike for at least a half hour everyday has helped my blood pressure a lot.

Yeah. I've personally found the same to work. I'd normally throw an 80LB weight vest on because it increases the calorie burn but since I was just walking didn't increase the effort much. Ofc, pick the weight based on your build otherwise it's gonna be hard on your knees.

Taking a 10,000 step walk obviously helps with weight loss. Around 3,000 steps is 2 miles and 10,000 steps is a 7 mile walk.

Great work

I think walking outside is probably better

Definitely. It can feel more difficult to do in the winter or summer if you're in a place with extreme climates, but if you just start doing it, you'll quickly find yourself figuring out how to dress for cold, windy winter walking, and acclimatizing your body for hot, humid summer walking. You *can *do it, and it eventually will feel fine and normal... but it does suck at first if you're not used to the elements.

and I have found it clearing my mind too.

The best part. I try to leave my phone at home when I go out, I find that I have a lot to think about, and feel more calm at the end of the walk.

How to get more steps when its snowy and icy 6 months out of the year and I live in an upstairs apartment?

I actually don't mind getting out in the cold its kinda fun in a way (though isn't it maybe bad for your lungs to exercise in super cold air? idk). but climbing over snowbanks and falling on ice slicks isn't my idea of a nice walk. I have studded tires for my bike so that still gets use, but its an ebike and I don't usually go that far, so its not as much exercise as I might like. Barely enough to keep me sane lol

maybe I'll get slip on cleat things for the ice... but historically it's been kinda hard to make time to go for loooong walks. Last winter I was walking to the bus (like a mile because buses here suck) and fell so hard I fucked up my laptop inside its bag. And I was being super careful, it was just so icy (fuckers that don't clear and deice their sidewalks get the wall)

walking rules, all my comrades love walking

seriously some of the absolute best exercise you can get

Walking (or biking) to get around town is the most underrated fitness trick. Walk to and from work and you can get 10k steps in without much time or financial cost, mentally feels good, and gets you noticeably fitter.

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Just dropping in to say, much agreement. While I was blessed with an insane metabolism, I can still vouch for the power of a 20 minute walk or run home from your garbage job. This was also kind of a gateway drug, as I was running for up to 2 hours every other day within the year.