Ben Greenfield argues morning fasted walks in sunshine count as real workouts and boost mental clarity. He leaves his phone at home, carries a Post-it to jot down thoughts, and uses walking for breathing work and thinking instead of high-intensity training.
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Podcast. I'm a fan of morning fasted exercise and there was this study in the Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness. Now I don't actually do morning fasted high intensity training unless I am traveling, say I'm at a conference and I know my tiny little window of time that I'm getting an exercise session in is right then in the morning. And if that's the case, then I'll do whatever burpees in the hotel room or go down to the gym and do some sprints and do some weight training. But I typically tend to do easy fasted workouts like, you know, walking in the sunshine and that type of thing. However, regardless.
Walking in the sunshine's a workout. Come on.
It's tough. I wear a backpack and a training mask and drag a giant infrared light behind me.
Sorry, I was being facetious because it's just one of those things that people are always like, just dismiss walking.
I know. And walking. So good.
So good.
Walking is when I get a lot of my thinking done. I walk with a post it note and a Sharpie in my pocket. I leave my phone at home because I don't want to be tempted by it. And all I do is just practice, breath, work and think. And that's how I walk. And then if something comes across my mind that I want to get off my mind, I write it on the post it note and then take care of it when I get home.
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