The FastDay Forum

I can't find a thread which involves people like me, walking for fitness. I get injured very easily which has always been the case no matter what size I was but I know the problems are exacerbated at my current size.

So, walking seems to be a safe low impact exercise for me. I was doing well and then got overconfident and started jogging and got myself a foot injury so I've had to have a couple of weeks off.

But I'm back to it this week. I have the 5k race for life on 1sy June which I'll be walking, and then a 10k starlight walk at the end of June. So I'll be aiming to do 2 5k walks a week with one or 2 pilates sessions which really help me stretch everything out.

Do any of you do walking for fitness or is it all fit runners around these ere parts?

@slummy.to.yummy Not exactly; like you I have dipped my toe into jogging but have to be cautious because of the aged knees so some days when the weather is poor or I feel whacked or wary of the knees I will trudge around my jogging route. However if the weather is half-way decent I would rather go for a ramble. I like the fun of navigating a walk I have never done before, from a book or worked out by me from a map - literally some pastures New.

[carieoates]

Hello slummy to mummy, we do have a fitbit group which consists of walkers, runners and general keep fitters.
It's a group within the fit bit community on the fitbit.com site.
Come and join us. Only prob is you need a fitbit to join the leaderboard and .com group.
Here's the link to our current monthly group thread on here.
fastonbury-glamping-grounds-f34/we-re-fab-fitbit-april-brilliance-t11928.html

I'm a walker, I also run a bit too, but haven't felt like running for a couple of weeks.
My husband retired last summer and we now walk nearly every day, usually between 5 and 8 miles and usually via a pub.

As @carieoates said there is a 5:2 group on the Fitbit website - for which you will need a Fitbit, but you are more than welcome to pop in and chat with us there. If you decide to get a Fitbit, which is basically a pedometer on steroids, be warned it can be very addictive

I walk a lot. I do other exercise too (eg skating, cycling, various sports) but don't run. Unless it's chasing something like with soccer! The walking isnt really fitness though, it's just because I walk a lot, I do walk fast, and my fitbit claims a lots of it as "very active" although I think it may be a bit generous with that.
Come and join us in the fitbit thread, even if you're not on the fitbit leaderboard.

I also walk a lot. If I'm on my own then I try for a really brisk walk as I find it invigorating and I always feel better and fitter after it.

Ballerina x

Hi @slummy.to.yummy

I just bought a book called "Walk Slim"

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Walk-Slim-MagBook-Health-Fitness/dp/1781060274

as I do not really want to pay to go to a gym / classes and am looking for something I can do alongside my pilates DVD

I am hoping that a combination of both activities will help me shift those pesky lbs, improve my overall health and tone me up

Good luck with your both your 5k and 10k walks

I've just started trying to be a runner, but for years I have walked and I LOVE IT!!

I am a bit like cblasz in that I have just started running but I do walk as well.

Thanks all, it's nice to know others use walking as a fitness tool too.

I don't have a Fitbit as I have a Garmin Forerunner so I'll keep using that to track miles.

I'm back to being able to do a 5k walk now after a little foot injury so I want to build on that to get me up to 10k in the next few weeks.