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walking backwards?

azredhead57 Posts: 1,651 Joined: 2003/04/11	2003/05/08, 11:41 AM Does anyone else do this? A couple of times a week at the end of my cardio sessions (treadmill or walking) I walk backwards for 2-3 minutes. Of course it is at a much slower pace so it is also part of my cool down. Has anyone else ever heard of this? Victoria
azredhead57 Posts: 1,651 Joined: 2003/04/11	2003/05/08, 12:07 PM I think, just like switching up anything else, it surprises your leg muscles and for a few minutes they are saying "what's going on here?"....lol. It does seem to warm up the front of my leg right above my knee. When walking backwards we are putting our toes down first and rolling to the heel, which is the opposite from regular walking. I just do it for something different and like you said, to see where I've been.
kirby00 Posts: 238 Joined: 2002/11/05	2003/05/08, 03:26 PM Woah. Excellent timing, azredhead. I just saw someone doing this last night and was kind of confused because, let's face it, she looked really weird on the treadmill. And kinda like she was going to fall over at any time - course she was *not* putting toes down first (were you in marching band???). Anyway, thanks much for the explanation! -Krb
Kalanchoe Posts: 400 Joined: 2003/02/18	2003/05/09, 07:57 AM I've heard of that. Apparently, (and especially if you run big distances A LOT), minute splinters of bone detach themselves from the shin (this is NOT shin splints by the way) This isn't as drastc as it sounds, just painful and a hinderence to running, but walking backwrds like you are doing, azred, sort of makes the splinters go in reverse and reattach themselves to your leg. -------------- *My body only feels good when it burns! *Little voice telling you to quit? Put your fingers in your ears! *\"Life shrinks or grows in proportion to one\'s courage\" Go to this website to read about the film i am in! I co-direct the ending and will be directing the sequel! www.roughcutpictures.20m.com
drio Posts: 288 Joined: 2003/04/22	2003/05/09, 02:39 PM This may be totally unrelated.. but the eliptical trainer I use sometimes has a program which switches your direction from time to time. It feels really odd going "backwards" on it.. and after a little while.. the burn kicked in. I think I was only going backwards for a short duration.. but my muscles told the story the next day. Owie. -------------- Dont wait! Procrastinate NOW! =)
sandysford Posts: 1,139 Joined: 2002/11/18	2003/05/09, 03:00 PM Just a little trivia about walking backwards!! Walking Backwards - China's ancient Mountain and Sea scripture records the exploits of an itinerant immortal who could walk backward faster than the eye could see. Walking backwards has been popular ever since. The movement exercises muscles that are not used in ordinary walking, especially in the back, waist, thighs, knees and lower legs. Some people believe walking backwards is akin to a karmic reverse, allowing you to correct mistakes and sins of the past. A version of the walking backward exercise is the "walking backwards while rolling magnetic balls around your hands movement." The magnetic balls electro-magnetically massage acupuncture points in the palms and give aging wrists good exercise
azredhead57 Posts: 1,651 Joined: 2003/04/11	2003/05/09, 03:41 PM So let's all get out there and walk backwards and really confuse the rest of the world!! You're right though drio it doesn't take long before you start to feel it.
roni0906 Posts: 1,008 Joined: 2002/01/24	2003/05/09, 08:41 PM Never walked backwards, but I go backwards on the eliptical. I usually do 20 min forward 10 minutes backward then finish with a forward motion again. Walking backward up a hill is really good for the quads....feel the burn -------------- Lisa Just laugh about it....