25 miles per week

mr_putin · 2014-04-14 22:13:43

i walk four miles per day , six days per week , takes me fifty minutes per day would this be considered to be an adequete level of exercise for a 35 year old , i cant do much more as i have long term back pain so weights or stretches cause me too much pain , as does running , i was always a fast walker so i build up quite…

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mr_putin

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i walk four miles per day , six days per week , takes me fifty minutes per day

would this be considered to be an adequete level of exercise for a 35 year old , i cant do much more as i have long term back pain so weights or stretches cause me too much pain , as does running , i was always a fast walker so i build up quite a sweat

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#2 15-04-2014 07:14PM

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Resistance training does not necessarily mean you have to use actual weights, you could be doing dips & chinups & pushups -of course you might want to get checked out first.

I had a bit of a strained back and found pullups helped I would just hang from the bar for a while.

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