Walking.... no I mean just the basics (feck) its hardwork

[Austin.J]

Know the feeling, I've only just got a car yet already stopped walking, anywere.

Drove to the post box this morning, It's 60 yards away via a small path.

[Don]

I'm not walking anywhere near enough at the minute, either. Too much working from home with no need to go out. I try to make sure I do a decent stretch every weekend but can't always.

It IS a hot and sweaty time of year to be doing it, though...

[Cactussed]

The funny thign is, from the moment you have a car, the instant you lose it, it feels like you've had your legs cut off...

[snowy slopes]

I only found out how lazy it is to have a car when it was in the bodyshop for three weeks. The bodyshop was 6 miles away across town, and i had to choose to walk there on one of the hotter days. Ever since then i have tried to walk into town(3 miles away) at least once a week, and i try to get out on my mountain bike more often also

[Huntsman]

Bloke I work with was our plant in California, feeling a little bloated and overfed he decided he'd go for a stroll.

Cops pulled him over and asked him what he was doing.

[The Walrus]

Huntsman said:

Cops pulled him over and asked him what he was doing.

He must have been going at pace for them to have to pull him over, tell hime to try out for the olympics

[spikeyhead]

I've spent the last ten months mostly living in the Netherlands whilst my car is in the UK. Haven't been this fit in years. The two mile stroll into town is just that, a gentle stroll, will think nothing of taking the bike to get 25km up the road to another town.

We've all got too lazy.

What really pushes this message home is the number of "big boned" or people with "genes" that are wobbling round England compared with the very few that overeat and undermove here.

[ZesPak]

The Walrus said:

Huntsman said:

Cops pulled him over and asked him what he was doing.

He must have been going at pace for them to have to pull him over, tell hime to try out for the olympics

spotted that as well

On topic: really have to force myself now, I live about 3 miles from the city centre, and I have to force myself to take the bicycle.
And it's not that I can't do it or it's hard work, as I do 40min of cardio 4 times a week

[Neil H]

We haven't had a car for a while now, just don't need one other than rare occassions and it's a waste of money having one sat unused. Plus for most of our journeys it would be slower once you factor parking into the equation. We walk quite a lot and sometimes it is a pain but I do generally prefer it, I feel like I appreciate my surroundings more (and feel less lazy).

I hired a car recently and aside from spending over an hour driving through London on a journey that would take 30 minutes by train, I was reminded how much petrol costs these days. Feck that.

[Mr Will]

Walking just takes too long to get anywhere (in my eyes at least), but I'm becoming a big fan of cycling as a form of transport, especially around London. It's the fastest way to get about apart from a motorbike, you can "park" right outside your destination, cycle after a couple pints, and don't have to go to the gym to keep fit.

[itsnotarace]

Don said:

I'm not walking anywhere near enough at the minute, either. Too much working from home with no need to go out. I try to make sure I do a decent stretch every weekend but can't always.

Don't you get cabin fever? I've worked from home full time for 3 years now so got a dog to give me an excuse to get an hour's walking in (minimum)

[Wheelrepairit]

Walking, I remember that, happy days.

[alolympic]

I walk to work and back every day. Only 3 miles each way but about the only exercise I do. Lost a stone in weight after a while and now much fitter. Driving short distances is about lazy I reckon - unless you are in a real rush.

[fido]

I used to cycle alot before some idiot in a van didn't check his mirror before opening the door.
Then i got into cars after leaving university and it makes one incredibly lazy - driving to the gym to get some exercise (that's irony right?) - driving to the park to cycle etc. Nowadays I tend to skip a few tube stops and walk instead, not to save money but for the exercise.

[t84]

I've always been tempted to walk the 4.3 miles each way from home to work but 4.3 miles! It seems unreachable by foot!

I grew up in a small town so it doesn't help!

[Mr Will]

t84 said:

I've always been tempted to walk the 4.3 miles each way from home to work but 4.3 miles! It seems unreachable by foot!

I grew up in a small town so it doesn't help!

That's just over an hour on foot, or less than 20 mins on a bike. How long does it take you door to door (including parking, etc) at the moment?

[t84]

Mr Will said:

t84 said:

I've always been tempted to walk the 4.3 miles each way from home to work but 4.3 miles! It seems unreachable by foot!

I grew up in a small town so it doesn't help!

That's just over an hour on foot, or less than 20 mins on a bike. How long does it take you door to door (including parking, etc) at the moment?

About 15 minutes by car, 35ish by pushbike (including showering, etc)

[alolympic]

hora said:

alolympic said:

I walk to work and back every day. Only 3 miles each way but about the only exercise I do. Lost a stone in weight after a while and now much fitter. Driving short distances is about lazy I reckon - unless you are in a real rush.

Thats roughly how far work is for me. Might try it. How long did it take for the weight to come off/to notice?

I could start to tell within a few weeks. It's not just what you see though, if you walk at a fair pace, you are giving your heart a bit of a work out and that has massive long term benefits.
The other side of it is how you feel mentally. Walking is a great way to give yourself some thinking time. I get to work far more energised. My stress levels have gone down too.

There's no risk, just try it, a few times, but don't dawdle, it'll take you ages.

[soad]

I tend to walk into City Centre a lot - decent car parks are fairly expensive, street parking for longer periods attracts unwanted attention by scum (many broken glass chards to be seen). At the moment it's just a 15 minute stroll - easy enough.

I can walk 5-6 miles under an hour and half (taking it easy), but prefer to cycle it. Not much of a runner either.

[WorAl]

Since my dog died I don't walk anywhere anymore apart from when actually in town or something, circa 1 mile, which is rare and pretty poor distance. Thing is for me, I live 7 miles from the nearest village, 18 miles from the town centre and I hate cycling.

When I had dogs I used to walk about 7 or 8 miles a day with them.

I started exercising in the garden and going to the gym, but I hurt my back and have fallen out of the routine again, so so annoying being unfit when I think back to how I was before I started working in an office.