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Good luck!8/20/2008 10:28:11 AMjstant01 @ 8/20/2008 10:28:11 AMhttp://www.walkytalk.com/forum_topics.asp?forum_id=5&topic_id=21&post_id=239#posts-239 What are some solutions or helpful hints for the problem of shinsplints?8/19/2008 6:13:04 PM @ 8/19/2008 6:13:04 PMhttp://www.walkytalk.com/forum_topics.asp?forum_id=5&topic_id=41&post_id=238#posts-238 This is my first time to post and I have a question that I would like to have answered. How many steps, at an average stride, does it take to travel a mile? If anyone could also help me with a calorie question, I would also appreciate it. How many calories do you burn in a mile and could you help me with a formula for the number of calories for a 5'6" male...160lb. to maintain that weight? Thanks J.D.C.8/19/2008 5:59:19 PM @ 8/19/2008 5:59:19 PMhttp://www.walkytalk.com/forum_topics.asp?forum_id=5&topic_id=21&post_id=237#posts-237 There's been a lot in the news lately about using "intervals" while walking. Basically, some doctors are recommending that you walk as fast as you can for 30 seconds, then slow down to recover, then walk as fast as you can again, etc. Does anyone have experience with this? Does it really burn fat and help you lose weight more quickly? I've never done it - I just warmup and get up to the quickest pace possible and keep it for however long I'm walking. I've lost 190 pounds doing that, but if doing intervals will help me get the last 60 off more quickly, I'm willing to try it. How about you, Jodi? Did you ever use intervals?8/14/2008 3:07:29 PMjstant01 @ 8/14/2008 3:07:29 PMhttp://www.walkytalk.com/forum_topics.asp?forum_id=5&topic_id=64&post_id=236#posts-236 Here's a bit of my set list and they have great beats for a good walking speed for me...also, they're mostly from the 80's. The Fixx "One Thing Leads to Another" {I start EVERY walk with this song, because of the beat, but also because of the lyric - one thing -footstep - leads to another.) Frankie goes to Hollywood "Relax" Squeeze "Tempted" Duran Duran "Rio" Cascada "Big Bad Love" Cascada "Shut Up" Laura Branigan "Gloria" Sheena Easton "Telephone" Dexie's Midnight Runners "Come On Eileen" Rick Springfield "Don't Talk to Strangers" or "Jesse's Girl" Toni Basil "Mickey" Cool Down: Air Supply "Making Love out of nothing at all" [Cascada is amazing and really euro-tech! All of her songs have the same beat and the song titles are really simple to find on iTunes.) Enjoy! 8/14/2008 8:26:06 AM @ 8/14/2008 8:26:06 AMhttp://www.walkytalk.com/forum_topics.asp?forum_id=5&topic_id=61&post_id=235#posts-235 Thanks to John and Waliing Barbie, I'm walking again. I found a new housing development that I can walk through each day. There are three huge uphills and then (happily) three huge downhills. Also, another thing I look for is automatic sprinklers - I just walk right though! There is no traffic (or very little) and it remains a safe place, as the woods are off of the road. Thanks for the inspiration!8/14/2008 8:08:01 AM @ 8/14/2008 8:08:01 AMhttp://www.walkytalk.com/forum_topics.asp?forum_id=1&topic_id=52&post_id=234#posts-234 to the person who unfortunatley got bitten by a dog...carry some mace!!8/12/2008 7:28:09 PM @ 8/12/2008 7:28:09 PMhttp://www.walkytalk.com/forum_topics.asp?forum_id=1&topic_id=25&post_id=233#posts-233