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🗓️ 9 November 2025
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Discover a little-known Japanese walking technique that outperforms 10,000 steps a day. It boosts fat burning, lowers stress, improves mitochondria, and transforms your metabolism—all in just 15–30 minutes. Perfect for anyone who wants sustainable results without punishment workouts.
*Chapters*
00:00 – 00:46 My 300 lb journey & the surprising Japanese method
00:46 – 01:54 Why mainstream fitness advice fails for fat loss
01:54 – 02:37 Walking as the most underrated fat-burning tool
02:37 – 04:03 The problem with steps & the Japanese breakthrough
04:03 – 05:52 How interval walking works & how to do it
05:52 – 09:12 Outdoor hacks that maximize results
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| 1:19.0 | vegan and I apologize for all the people I yelled at during that time but one of the most |
| 1:24.0 | powerful fat burning methods I've ever seen is a particular walking method |
| 1:28.5 | invented by the Japanese. It even beats walking 10,000 steps a day, and it doesn't take very much |
| 1:33.4 | time. It charges your mitochondria, it lowers inflammation, and it improves blood flow in about |
| 1:39.4 | 15 minutes. And most importantly, instead of spiking your stress hormones like a long workout, it actually |
| 1:45.9 | lowers your stress hormones. And there's a reason walking is better than chronic mid-intensity |
| 1:51.0 | cardio, like running on a treadmill. Let me explain. Fitness culture teaches you that fat loss |
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