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I'm admittedly biased as I'm tall and have walked everywhere all my life. 2 miles only takes me 25 min. In that case the whole journey is really 4 miles. I was
by ck425 6y ago
I'm admittedly biased as I'm tall and have walked everywhere all my life. 2 miles only takes me 25 min.
In that case the whole journey is really 4 miles. I was thinking in terms of a continuous or largely continuous journey (such as walking to the shops and back) being 2 miles.
That said longer journeys can be treated as exercise. Why go to gym for an hour each day when instead you can spend that hour going to places you're going to go anyway.
- WanderPanda 6y agoWorking out at the gym and walking to the grocery store are very different exercises considering heart rates involved etc. Also in many cases the air will not be very good on the way to the grocery store vs. when you go for a run on a track that you specially chose for running.
- balfirevic 6y agoAlso, you can do actual strength training in the gym.
- foldr 6y agoThat's true if you take the gym seriously. A lot of people would probably get more health benefits from putting that energy into walking more and doing some simple isometrics from time to time. Most people are just spending way too much time sitting on their butts, and a few sessions at the gym isn't really counteracting many of the effects of that.