This way of walking would ameliorate your physical fitness
We all know that walking contributes to general good health. Nevertheless, how to do it could help you improve your fitness. Indeed, according to a recent study published in the British Medical Journal and relayed by The Sun, walking in a “silly way” would burn more calories but would also reduce the risk of dying young.
Walking 11 minutes bizarrely reduces risk of death
To do this, you would have to walk in an exaggerated way like the character of John Cleese in the famous sketch “Monty Python”. In other words, swing your legs and arms in the air to walk.
Otherwise, for the method to be fully effective, “it would take 11 minutes of mindless walking a day”written in the British Medical Journal Professor Glenn Gaesser of the University of Arizona in the United States, author of the study. According to him, “this could reduce the risk of death by 10%.” For good reason, “this approach requires much more energy expenditure than regular walking. Walking 11 minutes a day like Mr Teabag would be the equivalent of 75 minutes of physical activity a week.”
The “Tea bag” gait is equivalent to an intense sports exercise
To reach these conclusions, the scientists studied 13 healthy adults, specifically six women and seven men, aged 22 to 71. To carry out the study, the participants had to perform three types of walk:
a walking with their usual gait and at the chosen pace;
a by walking at best with the “Tea bag” approach ;
a third trying to walk like Puteythe other actor present in the sketch.
All subjects wore electronic instruments to measure their oxygen consumption, energy expenditure and exercise intensity. Ultimately, a single step has generated more energy expenditure: that of “Tea Bag”.
“For both men and women, walking like Teabag resulted in significantly higher energy expenditureabout 2.5 times more than normal walking or walking like Putey,” the researchers say. “This walking showed greater energy expenditure that is equivalent to vigorously intense athletic exercise.”
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However, the authors of the study point out that “at present, it is not possible to generalize the results of this research and therefore to suggest this walk in a more general way.”
However, as a reminder, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends walking at least 10,000 steps a day. For its part, the High Authority for Health speaks of “150 minutes per week of physical activity spread over three to five sessions” to reduce cardiovascular disease.
