Forget Pilates, yoga and spin - Japanese walking is the latest fitness craze you need to know about

UK Mail ^ | 2 August 2025 | By JADA BAS

[dennisw]

No but you should be walking like an Egyptian, it’s the latest.

[LouAvul]

The problem with 90% of Americans and an obese America is not that they're utilizing lesser effective exercise techniques. The problem with 90% of Americans and an obese America is that they utilize no exercise techniques.

Plus, we're addicted to getting most of our food from junk food/cardiovascular nightmare sources.

And, you simple minded fools. Stop smoking marijuana. You were stupid to begin with. That crap just makes you more stupid.

[crusty old prospector]

Ha ha.

[dennisw]

I despise marijuana and the legalization movements. Bad for your mind and health. Great for increasing the numbers of numbnutz Democrats, liberals and socialists.

[Larry Lucido]

Steven Tyler agrees that you should Walk This Way.

[hinckley buzzard]

Yes. The best exercise is the one you actually stick with.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Southern Culture on the Skids prefers walking like a camel.

[9YearLurker]

From the UK’s Dept of Silly Walks?

[Qiviut]

Bkmk

[Frank Drebin]

”No! No, no, not 6 minute abs! I said 7. Nobody's comin' up with 6. Who works out in 6 minutes? You won't even get your heart goin, not even a mouse on a wheel!”

[dfwgator]

“It’s like you’ve dreaming about Gorgonzola cheese when it’s clearly brie time baby!”

[TalBlack]

“…is a form of cardiovascular exercise that alternates short bursts of intense activity with brief recovery periods.”

Yes it’s called “Boxing”.

[bray]

Half hour walk is the ideal length of time.

[PGR88]

It’s not new. Its called Fartlek Training.

[Carriage Hill]

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[Scrambler Bob]

I think we see this same article every six months for the last ten years. What the heck…?
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Read it fast three times.

Then slow three times when it is posted again.

[aquila48]

[Lizavetta]

No, DON'T forget yoga, pilates and spin. All of this is good and healthful. But by all means incorporate walking into your fitness program.

Keep moving, people.

[redinIllinois]

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[Labyrinthos]

“This makes sense. This is a low key version of HIIT.”

Also a derivative of “Fartlek training,” which is a Swedish term of “speed play.” As a competitive middle and long distance runner back in the back in the 1970s, my Fartlek training consisted of running full speed for two sets of telephone poles, followed by walking one set of poles, jogging one set of poles, and then full speed again for two sets of telephone poles, over several miles.