Friday Favorites: Are There Benefits to Pole Walking for Weight Loss?
Does walking with poles, also known as Nordic walking or “exerstriding,”, beat our regular walking for depression, sleep quality, and weight loss?
This research was done for How Not to Diet ( ), but given the results of the studies, it never made the cut. However you walk, though, there are a lot of benefits. Check out Longer Life Within Walking Distance ( ).
Related videos include How Much Exercise to Sustain Weight Loss? ( ) and How Much Should You Exercise? ( ).
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Weight loss is 99% diet 1% exercise.
Not really. Particularly not in the sedentary zone – or the opposite, high volumes. And generally the Influence of ‘exercise’ can be much higher when done right. It even matters a lot if it is perceived as exercise/chore or fun type activity. See recent video here from Mar-25 and others.
See e,g. pro athletes, particularly in game sports. After end of career they often gain >>10kg weight quickly, become fat – with same sort of food. Before, they could eat almost anything.
@@xcast1pro athletes are definitely an exception, though, and not generalizable for the public. @groucho_marxist_asmr was definitely exaggerating by saying 99% diet 1% exercise, but the saying “you can’t outrun your diet” does apply to most people.
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But there’s also Is WEIGHED walking poles, so would those work more effectively for increased weightloss? Hmmmm
people do not need equipment to walk, what has happened to humans?
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190, 61 year old.
I walk 2 hours a day. I don’t own a tv. Who cares if its enjoyable?! Thats a stupid criteria for health. Be unhealthy for awhile. THAT is unpleasant.
I was 322 in 2021. I use a walker in the basement daily.
Walking works. Laziness is a death sentence.
Lovely topic, thanks for the talk! Especially at 5:07 – to hear that Nordic Walking can improve sleep quality made it worth watching.
Cycling makes you happy. So cycling for transportation is a three-fer. You cut CO2 emissions, you improve your physical health, and you improve your mental health. This is a far superior aspiration than to try to get people to exercise for the sake of exercise only.