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nagden

nagden

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Normandy, France
I am a regular cyclist, normally 10 to 12 hours a week, but until now I have not done a lot of walking. We have just taken on 2 rescue dogs. Yesterday was their first walk. We did a 2 kilometre walk and at the end my legs felt really heavy. I have read how important walking is for general fitness and endurance but did not realise how bad I was. Has anyone else experienced this?
 
Drago

Drago

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Location
Suburban Poshshire
I love walking. I walk Mini D to school, walk the dog, walk to the shops, the doctor. I enjoy the walk itself but recently I've started listening to podcasts on some of my longer perambulations.

Two downsides;

I've screwed my achilles while jogging, so I've had to curtail the walking distance as bit or it gets painful.

And now on the edge of town and walking everywhere I'm notndoing a minimum 14 mile round trip on the bike for shops, doctors, etc, my cycling legs have suffered significantly.

But being a habitual walker and having spent virtually my entire working life in jobs that entailed a lot of walking my legs are otherwise well hardened to it.
 
Mo1959

Mo1959

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Location
Perthshire,Scotland
I do lots of walking too. I have owned dogs in the past so didn’t have much choice, but even since losing my last one 7 years ago and deciding I didn’t want another, I still do lots of walking. Just out of interest I just checked my Strava profile and I’ve walked 1,860 miles this year. Probably hit 2,000 for the year. It’s amazing how it mounts up getting one or two walks in a day.
 
sevenfourate

sevenfourate

Devotee of OCD
Location
Lowestoft, Suffolk
Mo1959 said:
I do lots of walking too. I have owned dogs in the past so didn’t have much choice, but even since losing my last one 7 years ago and deciding I didn’t want another, I still do lots of walking. Just out of interest I just checked my Strava profile and I’ve walked 1,860 miles this year. Probably hit 2,000 for the year. It’s amazing how it mounts up getting one or two walks in a day.
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Wow - 2000 miles for the year is really good going Mo. That’s awesome ! Do you have common and favourite routes. Do you love exploring new places or ?
 
biggs682

biggs682

Itching to get back on my bike's
Location
Northamptonshire
I enjoy a good walk but have you ever tried pushing a wheelchair on anything other than sealed surfaces it's hard enough for me the pusher but swmbo gets all shaken up sitting in the chair which then makes it uncomfortable and enjoyable for her.

So we tend to stay on local footpaths but would love to be able to do some forestry walks.
 
tyred

tyred

Legendary Member
Location
Ireland
I enjoy a good walk and I tend to walk a lot. I usually start the day with an approximately four mile walk. I tend to walk everywhere in town as this is not a bicycle friendly town.

I definitely believe it is good for maintaining general fitness, probably more so than cycling. Despite my bike mileage being much less than usual this year for various reasons, I still did some long day after day rides with luggage on several tours without issue. I believe this was because brisk walking had maintained decent fitness.

The other thing at this time of year is that it's much easier to keep warm and dry while walking than cycling so I'd probably be more likely to go for a walk than cycle in iffy weather.
 
sevenfourate

sevenfourate

Devotee of OCD
Location
Lowestoft, Suffolk
tyred said:
……..I believe this was because brisk walking had maintained decent fitness.

The other thing at this time of year is that it's much easier to keep warm and dry while walking than cycling so I'd probably be more likely to go for a walk than cycle in iffy weather.
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Fully agree on both of those. And am a keen Winter supporter of the last notion…..today being a prime example 😁
 
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SpokeyDokey

SpokeyDokey

67, & my GP says I will officially be old at 70!
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Location
Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
nagden said:
I am a regular cyclist, normally 10 to 12 hours a week, but until now I have not done a lot of walking. We have just taken on 2 rescue dogs. Yesterday was their first walk. We did a 2 kilometre walk and at the end my legs felt really heavy. I have read how important walking is for general fitness and endurance but did not realise how bad I was. Has anyone else experienced this?
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Cycling is great for cycling and certain muscle groups but walking is a different action entirely - takes some getting used to.

Cycling is crap for upper body strength & development.

Best exercise plans would probably include walking, cycling & resistance training using weights. Or similar.

I have 4 older friends who think they are super fit as they walk miles & miles & miles. But their upper bodies are quite scrawny and their flexibility is appalling.
 
HLaB

HLaB

Marie Attoinette Fan
Location
That little part of Scotland known as Peterborough
Mo1959 said:
I do lots of walking too. I have owned dogs in the past so didn’t have much choice, but even since losing my last one 7 years ago and deciding I didn’t want another, I still do lots of walking. Just out of interest I just checked my Strava profile and I’ve walked 1,860 miles this year. Probably hit 2,000 for the year. It’s amazing how it mounts up getting one or two walks in a day.
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Not all my walks are tracked but I've only tracked 300miles this year :bravo:
 
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