Posted on 08/08/2025 4:19:56 AM PDT by dennisw
Japanese walking is becoming the latest fitness craze - taking over trendy workouts like Pilates, yoga and spin classes.
The exercise consists of bursts of slow and fast walking which increases your heart rate. Also known as the '3-3 walking workout', you walk with intensity for three minutes, then slow down for the next three.
This is repeated five times, totalling 30 minutes.
It was developed by Professor Hiroshi Nose and Associate Professor Shizue Masuki at Shinshu University in Matsumoto, Japan, to help elderly people get the health benefits experienced by athletes undertaking high-intensity interval training.
The three minute benchmark is when the researchers found most of the older citizens tended to get tired.
It is advised to take longer strides in the fast intervals while bending the elbows and swinging he arms to help maintain the correct form.
Participants of the study found that those walking at varying speeds experienced a host of healthbeneits, including weight loss and lower blood pressure. Thigh strength and physical fitness also improved.
A later 2018 study by the same researchers found that over a ten-year period, those who did interval walking reported greater to age-related injuries and illnesses.
The Japanese walking method has also been hailed for helping to regulate blood pressure and boost your VO2 max - a numeric measure of your aerobic capacity which reflects how well your heart, lungs, and muscles work together to deliver and use oxygen for physical activity.
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No but you should be walking like an Egyptian, it’s the latest.
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.
Ha ha.
I despise marijuana and the legalization movements. Bad for your mind and health. Great for increasing the numbers of numbnutz Democrats, liberals and socialists.
Steven Tyler agrees that you should Walk This Way.
Yes. The best exercise is the one you actually stick with.
Southern Culture on the Skids prefers walking like a camel.
From the UK’s Dept of Silly Walks?
Bkmk
“It’s like you’ve dreaming about Gorgonzola cheese when it’s clearly brie time baby!”
“…is a form of cardiovascular exercise that alternates short bursts of intense activity with brief recovery periods.”
Yes it’s called “Boxing”.
Half hour walk is the ideal length of time.
It’s not new. Its called Fartlek Training.
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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.
Keep moving, people.
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“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.
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