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Re:To Lose Weight with Exercise, Aim for 300 Minutes a Week by blindm on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @11:23AM (#25360271)
Walk to work instead of driving?
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Re:To Lose Weight with Exercise, Aim for 300 Minutes a Week by tlamponi on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @11:28AM (#25360350)
But walking is rather easy and does not really count as demanding exercise, at least if there's almost no elevation change.

Also, I only need about 12-13 minutes for my walk to work, so I get only 25 per day - surely better than nothing but not enough to really counter work sitting at a desk 8 to 10 hours a day.

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Re:To Lose Weight with Exercise, Aim for 300 Minutes a Week by shaftoe on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @11:27AM (#25360331)
Pre-COVID and WFH becoming normal, I had a short commute. Only 6 miles.

Many places, walking to work is a joke.

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Re:To Lose Weight with Exercise, Aim for 300 Minutes a Week by DeRock on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @11:49AM (#25360605)
Well, 6 miles sounds about right for a 30min bike commute to work. Do that each way and you’ll have a daily hour of exercise without having to step foot in a gym.
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Re:To Lose Weight with Exercise, Aim for 300 Minutes a Week by subprotocol on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @11:26AM (#25360315)
This. I know many folks who have a 30min - hour commute each way (pre-pandmaic). If they lived a bit closer, and spent that time walking to/from work instead of driving, there you go.
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