I want to talk about the danger of over walking, and it's probably not what you expect.

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So I want to talk about the danger of overwalking. Actually, there are multiple dangers of overwalking, but there's one in particular where I want to land this episode.

That's probably not what you would expect.

The most obvious danger of overwalking would be what could be termed overuse injuries and I don't

know how common this is and I'm not a doctor not a licensed personal trainer this

podcast is for education and entertainment purposes only but certainly there are scenarios and I would

imagine most of those scenarios are where you go from not doing as much to doing a

lot in terms of walking in a short amount of time so it could be when you're getting started.

Maybe even after you've been walking for a little bit and you decide to ramp it up really fast,

and that could lead to some overuse injuries, some soreness, maybe some muscles that aren't quite behaving the way they should or maybe they actually are

behaving the way they should. It's just that you're doing too much too fast. Certainly

planar fasciitis is an injury. I guess I don't know if that could actually be called an overuse injury. I guess, I don't know if that...

I don't know if that could actually be called an overuse injury,

but it's certainly an injury that happens from walking from movement.

And sometimes these injuries, and I use that term loosely,

isn't so much from overuse, over walking. It could be walking with the wrong shoes. If you're not wearing the shoes that are really designed

for your feet, then that could lead to some soreness and even injuries.

And I've experienced that.

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