{"id":5874,"date":"2021-10-23T20:31:13","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T15:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yogaaatral.com\/?p=5874"},"modified":"2022-09-22T18:56:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T13:26:36","slug":"benefits-of-reverse-walking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yogaaatral.com\/en\/benefits-of-reverse-walking\/","title":{"rendered":"The Benefits I Experienced After Reverse Walking for A Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reverse walking may seem strange to hear about initially but learning about reverse walking benefits will make you take your steps backwards. It is believed that 100 steps of reverse walking can equal 1000 steps of forward walking, that is, conventional walking. Though having tried to do reverse walking a few times in the past years I never went past the second day. This time though, I decided to do reverse walking for one week without break and started backward walking last sunday and successfully completed a week today. Reverse walking benefits are immense but first I will share my experiences after backward walking for a week.<\/p>

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What Happened After I Did Reverse Walking for A Week?<\/strong><\/h5>

I did reverse walking in our terrace. My goal was to reverse walk for one week for 20 minutes each day.<\/p>

Day 1:<\/strong> On the first day I was slightly off balance in the first couple of rounds. It worked like this. I had to reverse walk 32 steps to reach one end of the particular part of terrace and returning to the starting point completed one round. After the initial trouble with balance, I was able to walk the next 15 minutes with better balance. The last 5 minutes was when I felt I was walking off the path. Unlike forward walking this tired me sooner. I felt the most impact on my thighs on day one of reverse walking. I had walked 1664 steps in 20 minutes of reverse walking on day one.<\/p>

Day 2:<\/strong> The second day of backward walking was much better as I was able to balance right from the word 'go'. After 10 minutes of casual reverse walking I started reverse jogging prompted by my husband. I was able to reverse jog only for about 4 minutes. The first minute was quite tough. After 4 minutes of backward jogging I completed the remaining minutes in reverse walking. I did not keep track of my steps today as I did reverse jogging as well.<\/p>

Day 3:<\/strong> Today we completed 40 minutes of outdoor walking<\/a><\/strong>, returned home and performed reverse walking in our terrace. Today I was unable to reverse walk beyond 15 minutes. While it was tiresome after regular walking, we decided to end it after 15 minutes as we were already behind our schedule for the day's workout.<\/p>

Days 5 and 6:<\/strong> These two days went really well with backward walking becoming more comfortable. I was able to reverse walk more easily and with more confidence. The number of steps were increasing with each day. I did not experience thigh pain.<\/p>

Day 6:<\/strong> The day started with low back pain. I started the day's exercise with 20 minutes of reverse walking. By the time I completed 20 minutes my low back pain disappeared.<\/p>

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Day 7:<\/strong> Today I experienced a sense of satisfaction after completing reverse walking for a week as planned. There was noticeable difference in speed on day 7 compared with day 1. The number of steps increased to 2240.<\/p>

Here is what I experienced after one week of reverse walking:<\/p>