Did something really strange today..

I walked somewhere. About three miles there and three miles back. **** me it was boring. I really can’t see the appeal of walking whatsoever. I won’t be making that mistake again. Not when I could have just ridden my bike as usual. Plus my back is now really sore.

It’s a ver good exercise…..particularly if you’ve got an injury or a bad back…… 😆

Walk quicker.

Plus my back is now really sore.

Have you been fitted?

loddrik, your experience is my experience.

What’s up with pavement walking and getting a sore back?!?

What’s up with pavement walking and getting a sore back?!?

Bad shoes, bad posture.

I got one of those pedometer things from work so I went for a 3 mile walk one lunchtime a couple of weeks ago and was rewarded by getting to watch a grey seal catching and devouring a big salmon.

Which was nice.

I guess it spends where you walk.

Bad shoes, bad posture.

What about naturally (or even preternaturally) short hamstrings?

I could never even touch the metre stick during the sit and reach exercise in primary school.

Whatever the case, I find walking very uncomfortable, and I am pretty sure it has little to do with posture and/or shoes.

Clearly you need more practice

Plus my back is now really sore.

You should get that looked at. Walking is underrated, get out and do more.

29″ shoes would have made the walk come alive…

Sorry. 😀

They don’t look big enough for salmon, let alone a seal. Or is it some **** up tamagochi thing?

I have size 6.5b feet.

Walking is awesome!

I guess it spends depends where you walk.

FTFM.

Note that in my case it was a path around a half-developed industrial estate next to the Tyne.
(Newburn for those that know it).

Walking is great, I walk to and from the pub 😆

I got one of those pedometer things from work so I went for a 3 mile walk one lunchtime a couple of weeks ago and was rewarded by getting to watch a grey seal catching and devouring a big salmon.

Smartphone right – Youtube link?

DrP

Smartphone right – Youtube link?

Of the seal and salmon? Wish I had.

Unfortunately the various tender attentions of my daughters mean the camera on my phone no longer focuses. 👿 It would probably just have come out as a small dot anyway.

When I’m not so busy I’l bring the DSLR into work and go for another walk, see if I can get him.

Weird.

I miss the simple joy of walking places/nowhere in particular (unimpeded and pain-free) more than any other thing in life*

*excepting maybe youth itself.

The fact that your back hurts after a short stroll is also worrying.

I really can’t see the appeal of walking whatsoever.

I can see how that would happen if..

A) You live in a dull and uninteresting place,where it rains all the time .
B) You struggle at multitasking,so find it difficult to walk and think at the same time.
C) You hate everything and a quiet walk just makes it worse .

Sore back – take some of those chips of your shoulder, might improve your posture

I like walking.

Depends where you walk. Locally for me, it’s dull.

Last weekend however, we did about 30 miles of the Cornish Coast path, in lovely sun. Saw seals, dolphins, birds of prey and amazing dramatic scenery.

Had I done this on my bike (not permitted unfortunately) I would have missed 90% of it.

I love walking. Walk about 25 miles a week including my just under 2 miles each way commute. Walking around / through cities is the best way to get around.

Wish I could walk, currently psyching myself up for the 260odd meter round trip to the shop 🙁

I can only walk with a dog. Otherwise boredom stops my legs working.

errr – do anybody else’s thighs twitch after walking more than a mile or two?

What tyres for walking 😕

Walking with a 100% focus on exercise could be soul/sole destroying. Purely looking at a pedometer or clock whilst doing it wouldn’t be great.

It is good low level/low stress exercise though.

Maybe use the time to listen to podcasts, speak to absent friends on the phone, listen to an audio book, do it with a friend.

Maybe walking isn’t for you?!

What about naturally (or even preternaturally) short hamstrings?

Is that even a real thing? If you’re just talking about lack of flexibility, that can be worked on!

I doubt anyone’s posture is 100% perfect, even those who are conscious of it & work on it – let alone anyone who’s never thought about it. Walking is a great exercise for it though. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if someone who biked everywhere but never walked were somewhat unbalanced (physically speaking 🙂 )

No-one able bodied is born with hamstrings so short that they can’t walk properly!

Many people certainly develop them in life though!

I went for a 3 mile walk yesterday. My bike came with me for company…

You just need the right company.

Then we went for a ride. 🙂

What tyres for walking?

I find walking dull and tedious which is a shame since I have an energetic dog now. Need to train her to walk whilst I ride really it’d be way more interesting.

I find that with walking you have more opportunity to notice the smaller details in your environment. It’s not the same as riding really and can’t be compared but is just different.

I miss it to be honest, I used to love going hillwalking. Can see me finally getting my boots cleaned and proofed whilst I convalesce.

No bother if you are an Amazon bod.

The workforce here will peak at 2,500, more than doubling in the next few weeks. Matthew Healy started five weeks ago after a period on job seeker’s allowance. He was given the job of “picker” – the people who grab the stuff you order – and now walks about 10 miles a day. “I pick the larger items,” the 20-year-old says on the floor. “Anything from ironing boards to bags of dog food. It’s good exercise – I’ve already lost more than a stone.”

After 3 years with a fecked ankle I am really looking forward to the cast coming off so I can walk again.

Having said that, I did manage to walk along one of the bike trails in Lordswood during the summer (thanks to Tramadol) and it was amazing how long it took to cover the same distance as on a bike.

I sometimes used to go for a quick 30-40 minute ride during the day to refresh my mid sometimes. I can’t imagine getting to and from anywhere interesting in the same time walking.

In all the years I’ve been going to Saunton Sands I’d never walked all the way along it.
On Monday in glorious sunshine I thought “bugger going home, I’m going to walk as far as the eye can see”.
Not usually one for a long walk but it was stunning.
I think I’m OK to walk if it’s beside the sea or a river, but apart from that I think it’d get a bit boring?

loddrik – Member I walked somewhere. About three miles there and three miles back. **** me it was boring. I really can’t see the appeal of walking whatsoever. I won’t be making that mistake again. Not when I could have just ridden my bike as usual. Plus my back is now really sore.

I fail to see how actually walking can make your back sore, mine has started to play up standing around or moving short distances then standing, like at an exhibition or gallery, but actually walking?
And boring? I would suggest that you’re not very interested in what exists around you; maybe if you raised your head and stopped staring at a point three feet in front of your toes, and started looking at what surrounds you, it might help.
I walk miles, and I’m endlessly fascinated by the world around me, I look at the architecture, the clouds, trees, plants, the view…
Maybe if you carried a camera and looked for photo opportunities, you’d stop being bored.

I quiet like walking, I walk a few miles a day when I’ve got the time, just from the office to the co-op to get lunch, there’s nothing to look at really, just rows of houses, but it’s okay – especially if I listen to the radio – just tune out my brain for a bit..

I’m endlessly fascinated by the world around me, I look at the architecture, the clouds, trees, plants, the view…

Me too. I just find it infinitely more interesting on a bike.

As to why my back hurts after walking, I’m sure it’s down to me not really walking anywhere, plus an accumulation of bike related knocks over the years.

I’ll just make sure I use the bike in future. It doesn’t hurt, unless I go over the bars…