How Harmful Is Occassional Long Distance Walking/hiking?

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It is not harmful at all. It is therapeutical.

I'm avoiding all forms of cardio like a plague, but walkig has been incredibly helpful in dealing with my health issues.
 
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It is not harmful at all. It is therapeutical.

I'm avoiding all forms of cardio like a plague, but walkig has been incredibly helpful in dealing with my health issues.

What distances you find most benefit yielding?
 

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What distances you find most benefit yielding?
The longer the better, but not so long you overwork yourself, run out of fuel / glycogen and trigger a stress reaction.

That would be very individual, depending on your health and physical condition.

Keep it at moderate pace, enjoy the walk and the nature around, snack often.
 
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I agree, it can get quickly boring if moving through same environment. I am lucky enough to live in small country which has walkable paths stretching around it. So I am sort of walking around country lol. Starting the route I left before and moving forward. Lots of old villages, forests, fields, rivers and lakes on a way.

that sounds wonderful.
 

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If you feel good while doing it, and better after doing it, chances are it’s not harmful
 

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Normal walking you cannot really overdo. What i would recommend is to occasionally do jumping jacks and flail your limbs around to center your fascia. Any activity we do optimize our geometry to that activity over a long time. And we don't want to be specialists but generalists unless we compete at a certain sport that needs maximum performance from that specific usage.

Optimizing for a certain thing means postural damage in general unless you are extremely careful.

you are spot on with This Comment. Will definitely flail my limbs and jump around more when I walk about - should give the neighbors something to talk about if nothing else :lol:

but yeah This is why computer Office jobs are so toxic. Everyone should be getting up once every hour and jump around for a bit. Would make the work Day more fun as well
 

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