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Walking is Fitness - 5 Benefits Of A Slow Walk

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Author: Walking is Fitness
Categories: Fitness Health
Tags: fitness, health
Views: 2 · Last viewed: 2026-10-16 14:02 UTC

Short Summary

Main recommendation: Walk slowly (around 2 miles per hour) as well as briskly, since slow walking offers distinct benefits and counts as movement that reduces the health risks of sitting. The speaker frames walking as a spectrum of options, with value in both fast and slow, long and short, uphill and flat walks.

Key Points

  • The five benefits of walking slowly, as named in the video:
    1. Easier on knees and joints; research cited suggests slower walking can reduce knee load by as much as 25%.
    2. More meditative and peaceful, letting you be more aware of your surroundings (a personal observation, not backed by research).
    3. A slow walk can be a harder workout because you lose the momentum that helps a faster walk feel easier.
    4. Research from the University of Colorado, as described by the speaker, suggests a 2 mph walk can burn more calories than a 3 mph walk.
    5. Slow walking keeps you moving instead of sitting, which the speaker says reduces the long-term risk of early death and heart disease.

Details Worth Noting

  • Concrete instructions: Walk at about 2 miles per hour for a slower, more meditative and possibly harder session; walk at about 3 miles per hour or faster for it to count as exercise according to experts; use a slow walk as a way to get up and move when sitting has been long.
  • The speaker, who says he is not a doctor or licensed trainer, has averaged about 19,000 steps a day since 2013 and records a daily 10-minute podcast, Walking is Fitness, while walking.
  • Walking's momentum helps a brisk pace feel easier; the speaker finds walking at his slower wife's pace more challenging than walking alone.
  • The calorie claim and the 25% knee-load figure are reported by the speaker from research he cites; the transcript does not give study details.
  • The video was filmed in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, at the Market Common.

Bottom Line

Slow walking is a legitimate form of movement with its own advantages, so any walking pace is better than sitting.