Excellent. We practice "walking" in my core-stability mat workout (horizontal!) and I practice walking as a restorative exercise. I learned so much from this video, love the reminder about Central Pattern Generator, as well as some new local parks. My favorites: Reservoir Woods and Harriet Alexander in Roseville, and Sucker Lake in Shoreview (beautiful, unplowed land with a name that seems designed to chase people away!).
I’ve been a ‘walking guy’ for over a decade. Currently I’m doing five miles every day (unless the ambient temperature + humidity are creating Black Ice on the pavement - then I take the day off and do stretching exercises instead.) My fave walking trick is to build play lists on my iPhone with every song set to play at a tempo of 116BPM which is the ideal cadence for my height/stride length. At 116BPM I can complete my daily 5-miles in 75 minutes or 15-minutes per mile. Each person probably has a slightly different ideal cadence or pace - but give it a try - find some music with a beat (dance music like disco perhaps) that suits your physiology, put your earbuds on and let the beat of the music determine/reinforce your cadence…
We have evolved soles of our feet which are exquisitely sensitive to pressure allowing another way to feel pleasure. I was in a park with islands and branching walkways. I watched a dog come to a junction and pausing before deciding which way to go. At that moment I realized it had an internal map of the park which it was consulting.
What a beautiful trail to walk and rejuvenate your eyes, body, and brain!
Excellent. We practice "walking" in my core-stability mat workout (horizontal!) and I practice walking as a restorative exercise. I learned so much from this video, love the reminder about Central Pattern Generator, as well as some new local parks. My favorites: Reservoir Woods and Harriet Alexander in Roseville, and Sucker Lake in Shoreview (beautiful, unplowed land with a name that seems designed to chase people away!).
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Good video. Amazing at how much is happening in brain and body when we do the simple act of walking.
I’ve been a ‘walking guy’ for over a decade. Currently I’m doing five miles every day (unless the ambient temperature + humidity are creating Black Ice on the pavement - then I take the day off and do stretching exercises instead.)
My fave walking trick is to build play lists on my iPhone with every song set to play at a tempo of 116BPM which is the ideal cadence for my height/stride length.
At 116BPM I can complete my daily 5-miles in 75 minutes or 15-minutes per mile. Each person probably has a slightly different ideal cadence or pace - but give it a try - find some music with a beat (dance music like disco perhaps) that suits your physiology, put your earbuds on and let the beat of the music determine/reinforce your cadence…
We have evolved soles of our feet which are exquisitely sensitive to pressure allowing another way to feel pleasure.
I was in a park with islands and branching walkways. I watched a dog come to a junction and pausing before deciding which way to go. At that moment I realized it had an internal map of the park which it was consulting.