![]() ![]() One common question that often arises is how many calories are burned by walking a specific number of steps. It not only helps to improve cardiovascular health and maintain a healthy weight but also provides numerous mental and physical benefits. Walking is a simple and accessible form of exercise that can be easily incorporated into our daily lives. ![]() LOUD WALKING is cathartic, burns calories, strengthens vocal cords and – as an added bonus – creates a distraction for people who might be silent walking, allowing them to ignore, for a few loud moments, our tragic erosion of truth, the hysterical ninny-ness of modern-day society and the messy innards of their tired minds.įollow USA TODAY columnist Rex Huppke on Twitter Facebook facebook.How Many Calories Burned Walking 12,000 Steps ![]() Is 'Barbie' anti-man? I won't see the movie, but I will definitely yell about it! LOUD WALKING is destined to be the next TikTok health trend You’ll need to get into an aerobic/screaming rhythm along these lines: Step, step, step, step … “SO THERE ARE ACTUALLY PEOPLE SAYING CLIMATE CHANGE IS A HOAX WHILE WILDFIRES ARE RAGING AND THERE HAVE BEEN DAYS LATELY WHEN SMOKE FROM THOSE FIRES TURNED SKIES APOCALYPTIC AND MADE IT UNHEALTHY TO GO OUTSIDE!!” … step, step, step, step … “AND MORE THAN HALF A POLITICAL PARTY’S VOTERS SAY THEY’RE FINE WITH A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO’S FACING 91 STATE AND FEDERAL CHARGES, WHAT KIND OF UPSIDE DOWN NONSENSE IS THAT?!?” … step, step, step, step … “THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY GOING HUNGRY BUT THE THING WE CHOOSE TO ARGUE ABOUT IS THE ‘BARBIE’ MOVIE?” … step, step, step, step … “I’M JUST TRYING TO GET THROUGH MY DAY AND GET SOME EXERCISE AND NOW SOME PERSON ON MY PHONE IS TELLING ME I’M DOING IT WRONG!!” I’m talking full-throated, angrier-than-a-bear hollering. Next, while maintaining a brisk pace, start yelling about how messed up everything is. ![]() You start out by what previous generations just called walking. This GOPer has power to shut government down?Īnd best of all, it’s so simple even someone who has been walking wrong this whole time can figure it out! This silent walking alternative is easy and cathartic and really, really loud MTG's climate change 'conspiracy': Marjorie Taylor Greene peddles Burning Man conspiracy. Unlike silent walking (booooo!) or regular walking (with one’s preferred distraction), LOUD WALKING helps keep your heart healthy while letting your mind vent every ounce of rage and frustration put there by a world that seems determined to not make sense. I have a much better idea, an influencer-ready health trend that better fits the times. And now you want us to abandon that shield? Why try silent walking when you can try this instead? As humans evolved and became increasingly worse at being humans, we invented portable music and other technology to insulate us from the nightmares of our own making. So along come the silent-walking enthusiasts, asking us to drop the Beyonce playlist that keeps us sane or the podcast about a serial killer we use to calm our nerves. We all drink from a firehose of frightening news, and we’re constantly watching people tell us things like, “You could be walking better.” Our brains are rattly rooms filled with grumpy spiders and insecure clowns. Heck, Jimmy Buffett just died.īeyond 'Margaritaville': Jimmy Buffett was great storyteller who touched me with his songs You want me to spend a few quiet moments in my own head? Really?Īnd it’s not like the inner environment is any more pleasant. We’ve got record-high temperatures and hurricanes. Have you seen our inner and outer environments lately? They’re HORRIFYING. Psychologist Amanda Darnley spoke to about silent walking and said that by “removing distractions,” the practice “allows the participant to become more aware of their inner and outer environments.” What is silent walking? A gateway to realizing the world is falling apart before our eyes. Worse yet, the trend might pose a danger to American walkers accustomed to using music or audio books to drown out the unspeakable horrors of the modern world. If this sounds like a sneaky way for influencers to tell you you’re walking wrong, it is. That way, according to all the people posting about how much they LOVE silent walking, you exercise your body while also focusing your mind. The idea is to go on a walk without any distractions – no phone notifications, no music or podcasts – and let your mind just think about stuff. So there’s a new TikTok health trend called “silent walking,” and like most reasonable Americans, it makes me furious. ![]()
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