walking

[Apple fanboy]

I get an hour, but only because I negotiated it. Standard American lunch break is 30 minutes. I'm from California, so it wasn't until we moved to Arizona that I found that out.

I’d rather have 30 minutes and finish earlier.

 

[eyoungren]

I’d rather have 30 minutes and finish earlier.

If 30 minutes earlier was a critical factor in avoiding rush hour then I would have taken it. But whether I leave at 3:30pm or 4pm (I start at 7am) it makes no difference. I will still spend 1 hour and 15 minutes in traffic getting home. I do not like rushing eating, and I am a slow eater because I like to also be reading when I eat. Either browsing the 'net or a book. Considering the current stresses of my job, I want that break - not I turned around and it was back to working again.

Everyone is different, but I've just never handled eating quickly (for me) well.

 

[Apple fanboy]

If 30 minutes earlier was a critical factor in avoiding rush hour then I would have taken it. But whether I leave at 3:30pm or 4pm (I start at 7am) it makes no difference. I will still spend 1 hour and 15 minutes in traffic getting home. I do not like rushing eating, and I am a slow eater because I like to also be reading when I eat. Either browsing the 'net or a book. Considering the current stresses of my job, I want that break - not I turned around and it was back to working again.

Everyone is different, but I've just never handled eating quickly (for me) well.

So getting out for the walk helps with distressing from work.

Fortunately I only go in once a week these days. I’ve done my time of 5 days a week in the office. I’d not go back to that for a £10k raise.

 

[eyoungren]

So getting out for the walk helps with distressing from work.

Fortunately I only go in once a week these days. I’ve done my time of 5 days a week in the office. I’d not go back to that for a £10k raise.

Unfortunately, I no longer have a choice. I've been working from home since COVID, but the new boss (since the last two years) is 'streamlining' things. And the work I was originally hired to do has been decreasing.

So, I guess they asked someone else to handle what I do while giving me a different type of work and that person refused. Since what that person does requires, according to them, being in the office I was given a choice. It wasn't spelled out, but basically I could either accept coming back in to work each day or find another job.

They are giving me a raise, which helps. But there are other factors involved that do not easily allow for me to just quit. I dearly wish I could have just stayed at home, but that's not to be.

I do agree that walking helps. And I am not shooting down any of your suggestions. It's just not something I really want to do, even though I should.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Unfortunately, I no longer have a choice. I've been working from home since COVID, but the new boss (since the last two years) is 'streamlining' things. And the work I was originally hired to do has been decreasing.

So, I guess they asked someone else to handle what I do while giving me a different type of work and that person refused. Since what that person does requires, according to them, being in the office I was given a choice. It wasn't spelled out, but basically I could either accept coming back in to work each day or find another job.

They are giving me a raise, which helps. But there are other factors involved that do not easily allow for me to just quit. I dearly wish I could have just stayed at home, but that's not to be.

I do agree that walking helps. And I am not shooting down any of your suggestions. It's just not something I really want to do, even though I should.

Well I had to ‘negotiate’ working at home 1 day a week. My boss wants everyone else in 3 days at least.

 

[KaliYoni]

I don’t do this but I regularly see a person who walks around a park near me with his laptop in a chest harness like this one:
https://www.amazon.com/Laptop-Harness-Portable-Wareable-Adjustable/dp/B0CPSTTG6T

This park is adjacent to several office buildings so I also see a lot of people having walking meetings (without laptops, ha).

 

[eyoungren]

@Apple fanboy

So, I did a test today. Immediately after clocking out for lunch I drove to Walmart to pick up a few items and then to grab something from McDonalds (there at the Walmart). My intent was, that if I got back to the car in time, I would walk around that shopping center, return to work and then eat my lunch. Eating my lunch would be while I worked as there really is not enough time.

Didn't happen. After getting stuck behind someone who was having someone else order their food through their cellphone with an invalid coupon code and all the problems that came with that, I ran out of time. I left and went back to work with just enough time to clock back in.

So my choice is to either bring lunch and walk or just to directly go get lunch and bring it back (no walking).

 

[mollyc]

@Apple fanboy

So, I did a test today. Immediately after clocking out for lunch I drove to Walmart to pick up a few items and then to grab something from McDonalds (there at the Walmart). My intent was, that if I got back to the car in time, I would walk around that shopping center, return to work and then eat my lunch. Eating my lunch would be while I worked as there really is not enough time.

Didn't happen. After getting stuck behind someone who was having someone else order their food through their cellphone with an invalid coupon code and all the problems that came with that, I ran out of time. I left and went back to work with just enough time to clock back in.

So my choice is to either bring lunch and walk or just to directly go get lunch and bring it back (no walking).

can you pack a lunch? healthier than mcdonald’s and less time since you don’t have to drive to it.

 

[Apple fanboy]

So I always walk first then eat my lunch. If I’m at the office I always follow the same route which takes around 35 minutes. That leaves me 25 minutes to eat my packed lunch.

If I went to places like McDonalds for lunch I’d put 2-3 lb on a week at least.
I only eat places like that a handful of times a year and then only because I’m travelling and the options are limited.

 

[eyoungren]

For a number of personal reasons (not all of them anywhere near noble) I prefer to buy my lunch and have sufficient (for me) time to eat it. Walking, although beneficial to me, is not my priority (although it should be) - yet.

I know the solution, I just have no desire to execute on it. Until that changes, that's where I am.

 

[Richard8655]

Walking is a great exercise. 10,000 steps a day is ideal for health from what I understand. But last few years more swimming here.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Walking is a great exercise. 10,000 steps a day is ideal for health from what I understand. But last few years more swimming here.

I think 10k a day is the minimum. I think most people need to do more than that.

 

[_timo_redux_]

I try to get in a generous walk every day. My commute to work is by train; one day I realized I can walk out to a further station and thereby walk in nature. The walk adds an hour to my commute but it's worth it, not just for the walk but for photographing. On good days I do it there and back, maybe stopping at an otherwise-less-convenient grocery on the way home.

 

[Richard8655]

I think 10k a day is the minimum. I think most people need to do more than that.
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20k+ steps a day is definitely laudable. But it is asking a lot of most people these days as time consuming and effort.

 

[Apple fanboy]

20k+ steps a day is definitely laudable. But it is asking a lot of most people these days as time consuming and effort.

Results require effort. Agree it is time consuming. But like most I work behind a desk so have to put the effort in the rest of the time for fitness.

 

[KaliYoni]

According to this article, 10,000 is actually at the upper bounds of the daily recommendation:

Walking 10,000 steps a day has long been a fitness cliché. But new research suggests that the health benefits of walking ramp up until about 7,000 steps — before leveling out. And as daily goals go, that’s a little more attainable.

The analysis, published today in the medical journal The Lancet Public Health, examined data from 57 studies and found that even moderate amounts of walking were associated with a lower risk of dementia and cardiovascular disease, among other conditions, adding to a wide body of research tying walking to longevity. People who walked 7,000 steps a day (roughly three miles) also had a 47 percent lower risk of death compared with those who walked 2,000 steps, the analysis found.

How Many Steps Do You Really Need in a Day?

A new study identifies the right number to reap the health benefits of walking.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Richard8655]

According to this article, 10,000 is actually at the upper bounds of the daily recommendation:

Walking 10,000 steps a day has long been a fitness cliché. But new research suggests that the health benefits of walking ramp up until about 7,000 steps — before leveling out. And as daily goals go, that’s a little more attainable.

The analysis, published today in the medical journal The Lancet Public Health, examined data from 57 studies and found that even moderate amounts of walking were associated with a lower risk of dementia and cardiovascular disease, among other conditions, adding to a wide body of research tying walking to longevity. People who walked 7,000 steps a day (roughly three miles) also had a 47 percent lower risk of death compared with those who walked 2,000 steps, the analysis found.

How Many Steps Do You Really Need in a Day?

A new study identifies the right number to reap the health benefits of walking.

www.nytimes.com

This is my understanding too. 10,000/day is the main goal to greatly improve cardiovascular health. 20,000 is great but really quite unrealistic for most people in this age of sedentary lifestyle. Around here, medical and health authorities are asking people to walk half hour a day (3,000-4,000) to improve health and reduce disease risk.

 

[SuzyM70]

Walking has always been my main form of exercise! 🚶‍♀️ (I occasionally tried jogging over the years, but ended up with some form of injury, and I find it unpleasant and uncomfortable.) I don't have a car so I walk to the local shops, or to catch public transport.

 

[Gregg2]

I've taken a 30 minute walk almost every day for many years. It's getting more difficult because of a bad back, but I keep at it, doing other exercises to help my back. Someday, that won't be enough.

 

[JSRinUK]

I started my fitness journey by "walking" some years ago. Made it up to 6hrs at a time, at which point I realised I couldn't keep taking 6hrs out of my day to go for a walk. That's when I started "running" (which I put in quotes because my early days of running was more like "wobble-jogging" 😂 ).

These days I prefer running to walking. It just takes so long to get anywhere when walking. The most I walk now is the 2 miles to and from work.

According to this article, 10,000 is actually at the upper bounds of the daily recommendation:

Walking 10,000 steps a day has long been a fitness cliché. But new research suggests that the health benefits of walking ramp up until about 7,000 steps — before leveling out. And as daily goals go, that’s a little more attainable.

The analysis, published today in the medical journal The Lancet Public Health, examined data from 57 studies and found that even moderate amounts of walking were associated with a lower risk of dementia and cardiovascular disease, among other conditions, adding to a wide body of research tying walking to longevity. People who walked 7,000 steps a day (roughly three miles) also had a 47 percent lower risk of death compared with those who walked 2,000 steps, the analysis found.

How Many Steps Do You Really Need in a Day?

A new study identifies the right number to reap the health benefits of walking.

www.nytimes.com

I believe I read somewhere that the "10,000" steps is a bit of a myth created by old step counter devices. They had 4 LCD digits that would go up to 9999 before being reset, so the myth was created that you needed to do 10,000 steps - at which point the step counter would reset to 0 for the next day.

When it comes down to it, any form of exercise is better than no form of exercise.