Slow walking

Mike Painter said:

Does anybody know of any studies about walking at a very
slow pace? I used to do security work at a music
festival and after an hour or so of a very slow pace I
was beat. At the time I was doing about 5 miles almost
every night in something under an hour and ended up no
where near as tired.

Have you ever tried to stand in one place ("walk at 0 MPH"😉
for an hour?

I find that more tiring than doing most moderate activity
for an hour.

I don't think it takes a "study" to explain why. First,
there are psychological factors. The "scientific" term is
"boredom". Second, there is the physics of gravity and
momentum. When we move around (laterally, at least), we
distribute the weight to a variety of places. Thus, no
single point bears as much as weight as it would when we are
standing still.

I would guess that walking a beat at "a very slow pace"
is just a little less tiring than standing still for
similar reasons.

And by the way, I would think simply being at a (loud) music
festival is tiring all by itself. Sound can be very
debilitating. The military uses blaring loud- speakers as
one way to wear down an adversary.

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Mike Painter said:

Does anybody know of any studies about walking at a very
slow pace? I used to do security work at a music
festival and after an hour or so of a very slow pace I
was beat. At the time I was doing about 5 miles almost
every night in something under an hour and ended up no
where near as tired.

Have you ever tried to stand in one place ("walk at 0
MPH"😉 for an hour?

I find that more tiring than doing most moderate activity
for an hour.

I don't think it takes a "study" to explain why. First,
there are psychological factors. The "scientific" term is
"boredom". Second, there is the physics of gravity and
momentum. When we move around (laterally, at least), we
distribute the weight to a variety of places. Thus, no
single point bears as much as weight as it would when we
are standing still.

The physics would include the lack of inertia among other
things, but boredom would not enter into it. Unless you
don't like listening to music while walking around looking
at your choice of very attractive people. And it's much more
tiring than standing in place for an hour or more - even
with the same "boredom" problem.

Quoted message said:

I would guess that walking a beat at "a very slow pace" is
just a little less tiring than standing still for similar
reasons.

And by the way, I would think simply being at a (loud)
music festival is tiring all by itself. Sound can be very
debilitating. The military uses blaring loud- speakers as
one way to wear down an adversary.

This is world music. It is a rarely loud, and when we leave
the place is cleaner than when we got there.
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