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Backward Walking: The New Fitness Hack?

Let me share my journey of using backward walking to strengthen my core and quads.

I see more and more fitness buffs in my gym walking backward.

Why?

Today, I’ll briefly share how backward walking improves my physical and psychological well-being.

Should you join this centuries-old ritual?

Go Retro by Retro-Walking

Check out this little anecdote from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC):

In 1915, Patrick Harmon, a 50-year-old cigar shop owner, bet $20,000 that he could walk backward from San Francisco to New York City.

Patrick Harmon walked backward from San Francisco to New York City. Google Gemini created the image.

Walking backward 3,900 miles, with the aid of a mirror to spy where he was going.

Harmon thought this was a good way to make money.

Surprisingly, he completed the feat in 290 days.

He collected his bet money and offered that the expedition had made his ankles so strong that “it would take a sledge hammer blow to sprain them.”