Is Walking Good for Your Heart?

Frank2500 · 01-02-2007, 12:59 PM

I was just curious. I walk pretty much six days a week back and forth to school and work for several miles and then hop on buses and trains to get around in the city. Those of you who've been working out for quite a while, do you think regular walking, (if you haven't done much cardio in a while) is good for your heart as well and can help prevent heart disease? How about if you go to the gym at least three days a week to lift weights and work out without necessarily doing cardio...is that any good for your heart either?

Jimbo2k · 01-02-2007, 01:27 PM

Any exercise is good for your heart.

Skilla_Staz · 01-02-2007, 03:02 PM

Well, to an extent.

But to answer the question, yes, walking is good for your heart. It builds up your cardiovascular strength which will cause you a butt load fewer problems than you would if you never exercised. Plus, you won't get winded walking up the stairs.

donjuanjovi · 01-02-2007, 04:34 PM

Walking has been shown to cause certain types of cancer in lab rats and should be avoided at all costs...... Or maybe that was tobacco

PleasureKing · 01-02-2007, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by donjuanjovi

Walking has been shown to cause certain types of cancer in lab rats and should be avoided at all costs...... Or maybe that was tobacco

you had me going there.....

True Wolf · 01-03-2007, 01:17 AM

Haha me too...

01-02-2007, 12:59 PM	#1
Frank2500 Master Don Juan Join Date: Nov 2006 Age: 35 Posts: 565	Is Walking Good for Your Heart? I was just curious. I walk pretty much six days a week back and forth to school and work for several miles and then hop on buses and trains to get around in the city. Those of you who've been working out for quite a while, do you think regular walking, (if you haven't done much cardio in a while) is good for your heart as well and can help prevent heart disease? How about if you go to the gym at least three days a week to lift weights and work out without necessarily doing cardio...is that any good for your heart either?

01-02-2007, 03:02 PM	#3
Skilla_Staz Master Don Juan Join Date: May 2006 Location: Omaha, Nebraska Age: 24 Posts: 2,250	Well, to an extent. But to answer the question, yes, walking is good for your heart. It builds up your cardiovascular strength which will cause you a butt load fewer problems than you would if you never exercised. Plus, you won't get winded walking up the stairs. __________________ Squat: 315x3 Bench: 175x3 Deadlift: 365x3 Weight: 150 ----- Height: 5'9 I would rather DIE on my feet, than LIVE on my knees

01-02-2007, 04:34 PM	#4
donjuanjovi Senior Don Juan Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Toronto Age: 26 Posts: 490	Walking has been shown to cause certain types of cancer in lab rats and should be avoided at all costs...... Or maybe that was tobacco __________________ "Men live on the brink of mysteries and harmonies into which they never enter, and with their hands on the door-latch they die outside." Ralph Waldo Emerson "Sometimes the best gain is to lose"

01-03-2007, 01:17 AM	#6
True Wolf Don Juan Join Date: May 2005 Location: WA Posts: 192	Haha me too... __________________ - True Wolf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's a dog eat dog world, don't be the poodle! - True Wolf

01-02-2007, 01:27 PM	#2
Jimbo2k Senior Don Juan Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 446	Any exercise is good for your heart.