{"id":65,"date":"2017-04-17T01:00:53","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T01:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/caloriesoncampus\/?p=65"},"modified":"2017-04-20T16:54:08","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T16:54:08","slug":"a-new-workout-walking-backwards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/caloriesoncampus\/2017\/04\/17\/a-new-workout-walking-backwards\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Workout&#8230;Walking Backwards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know most of you are probably extremely confused by this title, because it is something that most people don&#8217;t commonly think of. But, I am telling you, walking backwards for a workout is so beneficial.<\/p>\n<p>At first it feels a little strange to do this, but right away I could feel it was forcing my leg muscles to work very hard. When I first started doing this, I started on a very low speed to get the hang of it. As you feel more comfortable, you can increase your speed. When I run on the track, I even run backwards from time to time because it forces your body to workout in a new and different way.<\/p>\n<p>Another version of this that I really love to do is walking backwards on a 10 incline. While you&#8217;re doing this workout, it may feel like you&#8217;re not burning that many calories but I have found that this is a great way to burn a large amount of calories.<\/p>\n<p>While researching online for new workouts, I found an article that discussed the benefits of running or walking backwards which is why I really got into it. Here&#8217;s an image that discusses some of the benefits:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/caloriesoncampus\/files\/2017\/03\/ecd82a6d1169f0e31f0e2d5ff78ad6fa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-66 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/caloriesoncampus\/files\/2017\/03\/ecd82a6d1169f0e31f0e2d5ff78ad6fa-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"ecd82a6d1169f0e31f0e2d5ff78ad6fa\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/caloriesoncampus\/files\/2017\/03\/ecd82a6d1169f0e31f0e2d5ff78ad6fa-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/caloriesoncampus\/files\/2017\/03\/ecd82a6d1169f0e31f0e2d5ff78ad6fa.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I found it to be extremely interesting that running one lap backwards offers the same benefits as running six laps forwards. You may feel a little weird doing this but why not try it if it will help get your body in shape?!<\/p>\n<p>I have found that after doing this workout, the back of my legs are extremely sore which is how I know it is really working my muscles. If you&#8217;re willing to try something new, I suggest giving this a try!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Happy Eating,<\/p>\n<p>Anne<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know most of you are probably extremely confused by this title, because it is something that most people don&#8217;t commonly think of. But, I am telling you, walking backwards for a workout is so beneficial. At first it feels a little strange to do this, but right away I could feel it was forcing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7226,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[293492],"tags":[440357,441616],"class_list":["post-65","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-workouts-2","tag-new-workouts","tag-running-backwards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/caloriesoncampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/caloriesoncampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/caloriesoncampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/caloriesoncampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/caloriesoncampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/caloriesoncampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/caloriesoncampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/caloriesoncampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/caloriesoncampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/caloriesoncampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}