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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summer i swim 3 days a week, in fall, winter and early spring I walk.
its been around for decades, before the Japanese renamed it.
walking is not best, plenty of people walk too much, create tightness, to the point of tears, causing foot problems ankles, knees, hips. this 10K step thing is likely orchestrated by Orthopedics to get more business. People need variety of exercise or body usage to be healthfully fit.
walking is not best, plenty of people walk too much, create tightness, to the point of tears, causing foot problems ankles, knees, hips. this 10K step thing is likely orchestrated by Orthopedics
I’ve never heard that about walking. Jogging yes, I’ve always considered jogging to be the biggest waste of time there is.
The Japanese stole this from the Egyptians 1000 years after King Tut.
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