sharke
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Walking backwards
I added backwards treadmill walking to my gym routine yesterday. Apparently it helps with a whole host of ailments and conditions including lower back pain, bad knees, tight hamstrings, injured ankles and feet. It also improves balance and coordination, and burns significantly more calories than walking forwards.
I must say I felt great after 15 minutes walking backwards on a slight incline, and I'm wondering if it could become socially acceptable outside (providing I wore some kind of mirror attachment).
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/03 01:38:32
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in general going backwards with anything is not recomended 
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/03 01:40:37
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Walking sideways is good, too. It helps stretch the hamstrings.
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/03 01:41:31
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There is something vaguely Satanic about it.
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/03 01:45:56
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sharke
There is something vaguely Satanic about it.
Satanic? Goofy or uncoordinated, perhaps. 
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/03 01:51:55
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I do the sideways running in a gym class I sometimes go to. It's really hard on the legs.
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/03 01:59:37
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humans are not generally from crab or crawfish family.
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/03 02:03:39
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We're not dogs either but that doesn't mean I can't wag my tail occasionally.
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/03 02:07:07
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Walking backwards on a treadmill would make it easier to scope out the talent in the gym I guess...
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/03 02:10:18
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sharke
We're not dogs either but that doesn't mean I can't wag my tail occasionally.
you have a tail? how cute, can I see it
post edited by offnote - 2012/10/03 02:11:23
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/03 02:28:43
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craigb
Walking backwards on a treadmill would make it easier to scope out the talent in the gym I guess...
Shhhh.....
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/03 02:31:18
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sharke
We're not dogs either but that doesn't mean I can't wag my tail occasionally.
you have a tail? how cute, can I see it
It's actually more of a nub.
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/03 02:31:20
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This (posting) is my exercise.
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/03 02:32:32
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bapu
This (posting) is my exercise.
so you may actually see the "strange reading on my scale" thread...
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/03 02:36:03
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Craigb (ITHRN) will show you a pic of me in my WW outfit. You be the judge.
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/03 04:57:46
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/03 05:18:45
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Walking backwards up a steep hill is one of the exercises that really surprise you.
"Do I have muscles in such places? Obviously I do, 'cause I feel cramps!"
If you do it carefully and really move your hips pushing yourself upwards, it's a really good addition to your normal walk-jog routines.
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/03 05:22:44
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If you can not walk backwards, than you have a difficulty subtracting numbers... did you know? The two are related...
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/03 08:22:27
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Linear Phase
If you can not walk backwards, than you have a difficulty subtracting numbers... did you know? The two are related...
30+ years of playing darts and 20+ years of skating backwards... No wonder I can subtract easier than falling out of bed!
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/03 08:45:11
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Little Michael Jackson made a career of walking backwards.... or did it just look that way?
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/03 09:10:49
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Moonwalking? I usually wind up running after I've been mooning... usually because someone is chasing.
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/03 09:19:09
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I imagine that I'm walking, flipping, biking, and roller blading backwards on a tightrope 100' above a pit filled with sharks outfitted with landmines on their heads.
It's a form of mental gymnastics.
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/03 10:38:18
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Pffft.......I'm having a difficult time just walking forward(s). My thinking however, is questionable.
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/03 11:00:47
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Today I'm going to try backwards weight lifting. Someone will pass me the weight and I'll simply put it down.
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/03 11:27:48
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sharke
Today I'm going to try backwards weight lifting. Someone will pass me the weight and I'll simply put it down.
 When I used to work out regularly at the gym (to stay in shape for cricket/B-Ball), I always ran on the treadmill for 20min (to sweat it out) and then lifted weights (for the whole body) for the next 1 to 1.5 hrs........ Yeah, it was a long gym day and did this 4x a week, but I have to say that I was in the best shape of my life. This was my routine for close to 10 years.......then I got married and had 3 beautiful children. I realized that I get my best sleep while watching Dora the Explorer.
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/03 11:46:52
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Mesh
When I used to work out regularly at the gym (to stay in shape for cricket/B-Ball), I always ran on the treadmill for 20min (to sweat it out) and then lifted weights (for the whole body) for the next 1 to 1.5 hrs........
Yeah, it was a long gym day and did this 4x a week, but I have to say that I was in the best shape of my life. This was my routine for close to 10 years.......then I got married and had 3 beautiful children. I realized that I get my best sleep while watching Dora the Explorer.
I was told it was best to do it the other way around, i.e. weights first cardio after. I love strength training and the feeling it gives you later, but I have to be careful about how much weight I lift because of an ongoing back problem, as well as the occasional bout of golfer's elbow in one arm and tennis elbow in the other (which I'm sure have been partly caused by years of playing classical guitar). I see these guys in the gym who are straining themselves so ridiculously hard with such bad form, I feel like going up to them and saying "one word...HERNIA."
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/04 00:28:56
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I find it best to watch the girls on the exercycles and let the guys use the weights somewhere else. Yeah, that's the proper workout!
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/04 00:38:54
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craigb
I find it best to watch the girls on the exercycles and let the guys use the weights somewhere else. Yeah, that's the proper workout!
I'm a YMCA cheapskate, and unfortunately my exercycle views consist mainly of 200lb 60 year olds, with all due respect to 200lb 60 year olds.
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/04 00:47:45
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Do they play Village People songs in the gym too?
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Re:Walking backwards
2012/10/04 01:00:51
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I have no idea, it's virtually impossible to hear through my giant mustache.
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