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Daily walks too, rain or shine.
by dukeofdoom 2y ago
Daily walks too, rain or shine.
- bloopernova 2y agoA dog makes it much easier to find the motivation to walk. Mine needs about 5 miles of walks a day; after a few months of building up to that I feel pretty good each day. I still suffer from back pain and sciatica and other crap, but it feels like I have more capacity to cope with things nowadays (as compared to how shitty I felt in the year between our previous dog passing and adopting our current dog) Moving also helps digestion, fresh air is great, vitamin D from sunlight on skin does wonders for you, and you can turn over work problems as you walk. When I worked in the Renaissance Centre in Detroit, I used the many flights of stairs (39 floors in the outer towers) in addition to walking. Walking is great, but those stairs really got the blood pumping and muscles working. I never did stay long enough to train up enough to tackle the central tower's 73 flights of stairs. I think some firefighters ascend the central tower in full protective gear as a commemoration of the world trade centre attacks.
- gcanyon 2y agoI worked in the Century City Twin Towers about twenty years ago. There was a firefighter who would come out to the building every month or so and climb the stairs, basement to roof, with 100lbs of gear/hose on his back. Twice. That's something like 1400 feet of vertical. He did it just for the exercise, and to be prepared in case he had to actually do it someday.
- jerlam 2y agoStairs are great exercise, and a bit too unsafe/unnatural to do in a gym. Requires a lot more coordination than walking. It's too bad that in most modern buildings, the stairs are only to be used in case of fire, and usually locked from the outside and alarmed.
- chubot 2y agoThat’s honestly awesome — someone who takes his job seriously. And I don’t doubt that he may need to call on that ability, and that achieving and maintaining this habit has all sorts of great side effects in his life, physically and mentally
- agumonkey 2y agoI don't have a dog. But I occasionally have a squirrel. But they're evanescent
- senkora 2y ago> Mine needs about 5 miles of walks a day That's a lot of walking. Mine gets about 2 miles a day and it takes about 60 minutes. Sometimes I do a 2 mile jog with him which he loves. If you don't mind me asking, how long do you spend walking your dog? Is it a fast pace and/or do you count dog park time somehow?
- bloopernova 2y agoGenerally we'll do a couple of half mile 10 minute walks in the morning. Then a longer hour mid afternoon which usually covers about 3 miles. My mile time varies from 16 minutes to about 19. Lastly, at night we walk a slower pace, taking 30 minutes to do a mile. Where I live, there's lots of options to change routes and to see/smell new things. I unfortunately can't run: scar tissue messed up some left foot tendons. To let my dog run, we go to tennis courts, baseball fields, and throw a ball for him.
- senkora 2y agoThanks for the response! Your dog is lucky to have you