I love walking. Including in the rain and in the cold (as long as it's not too extreme), maybe not so much when it's too hot
I once had a semester where I was between two uni campuses located less than a kilometer one from another and it made me walk to a fro a ridiculous amount. Never felt better.
When I lived in NYC, walking through Manhattan by night was one of the highlights.
During the pandemic I tried make myself feel better by walking whenever we weren't in fucking quarantine or whatever it was called but my heart wasn't in it even though I knew I needed it.
I noticed that since the end of covid I've been averaging 10k steps a day. Since my week in Paris last month it's closer to 15k mostly because I discovered there was an institute on a remote corner of my campus I didn't know and that a couple of the participants of the Paris conference were from and now I go there to have coffee. Which btw I thought I quit before Paris but that, along with my vegetarianism, went out of the window.
But walking is more important for feeling good than abstaining from coffee imo.
I'm the same way. I love to walk. I own a car, but I only use it a few times a month. I walk to pretty much everything I do from grocery shopping to going to shows to grabbing something to eat. When I feel depressed or anxious I walk. When it's a nice sunny day, I walk. When it's so cold that I know hardly anyone will be out, I walk. During COVID, when I didn't want be near other people, I would drive out to parks and cemeteries at the edge of the city and walk. I average 10,000-15,000 steps per day and it's not unusual for me to get 20,000. It's such an important thing for me feeling good that if I don't do it start to feel restless.
I try to get my five a day in. First thing in the morning and last thing at night for sure, then frequently in the day when I can manage it.
Oh, walk.
Not as much as I should. I'm like Jans in that I like wintery and stormy walks. But yes I don't walk as much as I should tbh.
I love walking as well. I recently upped my morning walks to doing them every weekday. It's a great opportunity to kinda be alone with my thoughts, I find I get a lot more creative thoughts when I'm walking.
My workplace is easily within walking distance as well, but I only walk there on cooler days as I wear a full face of makeup every day and I don't want to sweat it all off before I even get there. It also cuts into my time for getting ready, which in turn cuts into my time for productive stuff. So bus it is most days. C'est la vie.
I'm not sure exactly but other than the walking I do in my daily life routines, I try to take a walk outside just for the exercise & scenery for at least 45 minutes each day. Some days I'll go for an hour or more if I can. The longest I've ever done was 210 minutes with a 15 to 20 minute break in-between.
I try to get in a 20 min walk every day. Especially now that I'm working out with a trainer and on the days that I'm sure. I feel like the morning walk helps to wake me up and warm me up so that I don't feel as stiff/sore throughout the day.
I love walking, have embraced it as an alternative to cycling since I came to the UK. I make a point of walking for at least an hour every day, in any weather condition. During covid I tried to convince my friends to come with sometimes but they're cowards when it comes to weather :p
I don't mind walking, but find I get lost in my own thoughts when I do so and hardly pay any mind to the surroundings.. So I don't feel I get that much out of it to be honest. It's physically healthy of course.
I love trips in nature with the kids, but then we're doing lots of other things besides just walking, like looking for bugs and perhaps going for a swim.
I love walking and try to get a walk in most days. Even a short walk during work lunch break does me wonders. During Covid-19 lockdowns I tried to take a short walk every day, and I think it saved me from going insane during those periods.
I do longer nature walks as well, up to 2 hours, and take trips to different places in Ireland to go walking. I love forest walks in particular as you can feel some sort of connection to your surroundings, and hear all these different nature sounds around you.
I wanna see the the gods dang swollen legs on you lot
Does walking to the fridge count? :-\
Quote from: SGR on Jun 15, 2023, 02:55 AMDoes walking to the fridge count? :-\
Depends on how many times per day, what distance the fridge is relative to your starting point, what route you take to the fridge (e.g. out the front door, down the street, around the block, back through your front door, and to the fridge), what size steps you take etc, etc.
Quote from: Guybrush on Jun 13, 2023, 09:27 PMI wanna see the the gods dang swollen legs on you lot
Tbh 10 to 15k steps spread evenly throughout the day is not something you feel in any way. But the cumulative impact on your wellbeing is palpable
Had the laziest day in a long while. Was on my computer the whole day, went out to get a protein shake and a carton of eggs and that's that
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What do you use to have your steps counted? An apple watch or just using your phone?
Just the iphone
I used to use Samsung Health to do the same thing but I haven't logged into it in ages.
I go for a short walk every day.
The health app in my iphone is weird. I spent 2h 43m in bed in January of 2020? Also I never bother weighing myself but no way I weighed anything near 70kg at any point in my adult life, that's the weight of a concentration camp survivor for my height.
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Quote from: robhr on Jul 09, 2023, 05:53 AMI go for a short walk every day.
Even in the dead of winter?
Quote from: jadis on Jul 09, 2023, 07:55 AMEven in the dead of winter?
Even in the dead of winter.
Well if it's -40 with a stupid wind chill I may skip it.
I used to walk a lot in England, perhaps 4 hours a week on average, with my greatest achievement being the day I walked for about 8 hours non-stop over hills like these:-
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("non-stop" because if we sat down for 10 mins, it got uncomfortably cold and we had to move on to keep warm.)
During the pandemic, on another continent, I walked about an hour a day at a casual pace, through streets like these:
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Because I now know my local streets to the point of boredom, lately I prefer to zip through them by bike. No hill work, no gear changing: yesterday I covered 6 miles, which is my usual max before a certain amount of saddle discomfort sets in.
Quote from: jadis on Jul 09, 2023, 07:46 AMThe health app in my iphone is weird. I spent 2h 43m in bed in January of 2020? Also I never bother weighing myself but no way I weighed anything near 70kg at any point in my adult life, that's the weight of a concentration camp survivor for my height.
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70kg is probably the default weight until you change it.
I started up using Samsung Health again and now I know that it is 2 miles for me to walk to my gym. 2 miles there and 2 miles back and if I do 20 mins on thd elliptical that is a crazy amount of cardio.
Quote from: DJChameleon on Jul 14, 2023, 12:27 AM70kg is probably the default weight until you change it.
I started up using Samsung Health again and now I know that it is 2 miles for me to walk to my gym. 2 miles there and 2 miles back and if I do 20 mins on thd elliptical that is a crazy amount of cardio.
I see. I guess assumed it was more omniscient than it is because it knew my height. Maybe it's easier for it to figure out one's height from how high you normally hold it and things like that?
Quote from: jadis on Jul 14, 2023, 11:16 AMI see. I guess assumed it was more omniscient than it is because it knew my height. Maybe it's easier for it to figure out one's height from how high you normally hold it and things like that?
Nah I wouldn't give it that much credit. I feel like those are just default settings until you put in what your regular height and weight are.
Quote from: DJChameleon on Jul 14, 2023, 11:37 AMNah I wouldn't give it that much credit. I feel like those are just default settings until you put in what your regular height and weight are.
It's my exact height though, would be weird if that was just a coincidence. Iphones have height-measuring features (https://support.apple.com/en-il/guide/iphone/iph341d4a993/ios), my guess is that they register your height even when you don't explicitly ask them to. They do it for so much of our data anyway, why not here...
Quote from: jadis on Jul 14, 2023, 01:51 PMIt's my exact height though, would be weird if that was just a coincidence. Iphones have height-measuring features (https://support.apple.com/en-il/guide/iphone/iph341d4a993/ios), my guess is that they register your height even when you don't explicitly ask them to. They do it for so much of our data anyway, why not here...
It makes sense I just don't like to think the technology is advanced enough to do that 🤔
A good day
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I do love walking but I have recently struggled with it over here with the heat. It means I've not been able to take my dog and I feel weird & guilty going without her.
I walked the West Highland Way in September 2021 which is 96 miles. I done it in 6 days and it's probably the hardest and best thing I've ever done!
I just had a look at the West Highland Way on google: it looks absolutely spectacular! Well done, FETCHER.
I hope the weather was decent for you, as wind and rain can be a real problem otherwise. I still rememeber my friend's comment once when we were stuck in Ambleside for two stormy days. As we finally ventured out on the third morning he said, "Well, at least it's only drizzling."
Such is the spirit of the British holidaymaker! ;)