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Something relevant : I like walking. Really like. Google Maps report suggests that I walked 100 mi (160 km) in December of 2017. It takes time and I basically c
by sAbakumoff 9y ago
Something relevant : I like walking. Really like. Google Maps report suggests that I walked 100 mi (160 km) in December of 2017. It takes time and I basically commute from the start point to back the same point. While one can consider this as the time wasting, I am trying to get the most out of it by : not assisting google maps for directions, finding path on my own; listening to NPR podcasts; contemplating poker hands I recently played;
- mistersquid 9y ago> Google Maps report suggests that I walked 100 mi (160 km) in December of 2017. Just to put some numbers on this, walking 4mph (a mile every 15 mins) is unusually quick. Most people will work up a real sweat. A normal pace for many people is 17 minutes per mile. If you walked 100 miles at 4mph, that comes to 1500 minutes or 25 hours. 25 hours/month walking is a sizable chunk of time. This is fantastic if you consider it time well spent.
- rsynnott 9y agoI normally end up walking about 200km per month; mostly to and from work. It’s fairly habit-forming; I really feel the need to walk at least a few km every day, these days. I don’t see it as time wasting at all.
- kawera 9y agoI've been walking ~60km per week for a few years now to/from work and I enjoy it immensely - listening to music, talking on the phone, taking pictures, people watching... oh, and programming in my head ! Can't imagine going back to driving.
- emptysands 9y agoAlso better than driving to a gym and then walking on a treadmill for exercise.
- dredmorbius 9y agoProductive use of a gym is often the strength training equipment and specific cardio or other conditioning opportunities, as well as the environment itself. That is: a gym is a laboratory (workspace) for improving the physical condition and performance of your body. That's not to say you can't make poor use of a gym (or a laboratory, for that matter). Or that all conditioning must occur at a gym (labs are complemented by fieldwork). But well-used, they're a vital adjunct to a fitness regimen. That said: if it's possible to get there under your own power (walking, cycling), so much the better.
- sincerely 9y agoI can't imagine most people who have gym memberships are spending their time there /walking/.
- lsc 9y agoI find it much easier to do cardio while reading... this is difficult while walking outside, pretty easy while on a treadmill or elliptical.