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Can't I just walk like an Egyptian instead? (S)
1 posted on 06/14/2025 7:27:15 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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But Japanese have shorter legs and smaller feet, so you only need 5000 steps.


2 posted on 06/14/2025 7:35:52 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 (Don't shoot until you see the whites of their lies)
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An American Working trend can help too.


3 posted on 06/14/2025 7:38:07 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (America is under attack by the Messicans and their scum buddies who are here illegally.)
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“ Can’t I just walk like an Egyptian instead? (S)”
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First, you have to get the permission of the cops in the donut shop. 😂


4 posted on 06/14/2025 7:39:05 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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The word for the Japanese step counter is literally MANPOKEI which means 10,000 step calculator. Even if you live in urban areas and own a car, it may be used mostly for shopping trips and weekend excursions.

Normal commuting is mostly public transit, which really isn't so bad because their central cities are NOT $#*+holes like ours. In most cases, they are quite pleasant and even fun.

5 posted on 06/14/2025 7:41:24 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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Interval walking — 3 minutes fast and 3 minutes slow

Worth a shot.


6 posted on 06/14/2025 7:42:01 AM PDT by Bigg Red ( Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.)
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I do that everyday at work.


7 posted on 06/14/2025 7:42:35 AM PDT by Mmogamer (I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
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Skip The 10,000 Steps? Japanese Walking Proven More Effective Than Continuous Stroll

06/12/2025 6:05:06 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 38 replies
Study Finds ^ | June 12, 2025 | Sean Pymer, University of Hull

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4323002/posts


9 posted on 06/14/2025 7:44:35 AM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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Interval training. Been around or decades - it's not some ancient Japanese wisdom.

Many sports call them Indian Runs, Shuttle Runs, Suicide Runs, Ladder Runs, etc.

10 posted on 06/14/2025 7:49:33 AM PDT by HonkyTonkMan ( )
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11 posted on 06/14/2025 7:52:30 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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That alternating pace was originally a Scandanavian thing: “fartlek”.


12 posted on 06/14/2025 7:53:14 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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Fascinating discussion. Learning something.


16 posted on 06/14/2025 7:57:33 AM PDT by mairdie
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they’re too busy with work and other obligations to exercise at all.

They won't be busy with work or other obligations when their health starts failing b/c of a lack of exercise.

The Japanese "trend" seems to be interval walking for 30 minutes at least four days a week.

I get this every day when I walk first the small dog, then the big dog.

18 posted on 06/14/2025 8:01:40 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolutioan?)
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I prefer to walk like a camel, if I can get enough oatmeal pies.


20 posted on 06/14/2025 8:08:16 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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Bkmrk


24 posted on 06/14/2025 8:59:08 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Uncle Sugar" is being audited and having an enema.)
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Actually makes sense. I often do something similar. alternate jogging with walking. My normal walk rate is fairly brisk as it is.


27 posted on 06/14/2025 9:06:25 AM PDT by plain talk
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If you can do it, Sprinting is the best use of your time.

20 sprints of 5 seconds, that’s 100 seconds plus whatever time you take in between the sprints.

It’s like spending 2 hours in a gym.

But you have to work your way up to it before doing it, or else you will strain something.


36 posted on 06/14/2025 11:31:03 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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walking or whatever exercise/activity cannot be the answer to a crap food filled lifestyle. Crap food being mostly processed (packaged, take out etc) foods.

so stupid people keep trying to find “the answer” in so many other things, when 80-90% of it is what you eat.

I recently dropped 14 lbs in a month just by drastically cutting back on processed foods and instead prepping my own. Some times batches I could freeze. no exercise outside of daily work and life, not even lemon water or teas or other weight loss helpers. just committed to stop ingesting crap food.

Even the organic crap food is still crap.

It’s all made to make people sick and dead, while companies manufacturing get rich. kind of like the vaccines, and so many other things they tell us to do/use.


39 posted on 06/14/2025 1:50:12 PM PDT by b4me (Pray, and let God change you. He knows better than you or anyone else, who He made you to be.)
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you mean the boy scout pace?

Run 100 steps
walk 100 steps

repeat


42 posted on 06/14/2025 7:08:16 PM PDT by RaceBannon (Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for )
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