Jack McNamara, Lecturer in clinical exercise physiology at the University of East London, said in an article in The Conversation, (source 1) that the walking backwards might have positive effects on health problems and would be effective for weight loss. Joint protection, better stability and balanceso many advantages that are not necessarily those of conventional walking.
“Walking backwards can improve gait and balance in healthy adults and people with knee osteoarthritis,” says the expert.
The obligation to take steps shorter and more regular improves themuscular endurance all in reducing the load on our joints. As far as weight loss is concerned, conventional walking already works, but walking backwards would be more efficient: according to one study, (source 2) Energetic cost of the body when walking backwards would be 40% higher than in conventional walking, for the same speed.
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If walking backwards promises miracles, it is nonetheless unconventional and unusual. the lack…
