Repeat the toe-to-heel walking pattern, and have someone slowly increase the speed of the treadmill. Most people can manage walking backward at about 2 miles per hour.

Walking backwards could improve cardiovascular fitness, reduce joint pain and increase focus. Here's what happened when one writer tried it every day for 30 days.

The heel-toe pattern of forward walking creates a greater impact to be absorbed by your knees and lower back; however, when walking backward, the pattern of toe-to-heel allows the impact of your ...

Retro walking, the term for walking backward, works different muscles and also helps you gain strength. Here’s how to get started, according to experts.

Retro walking outside is another option, and one Wickham recommends. “While the treadmill simulates walking, it’s not as natural. Plus, you have the potential to fall.

The same Indian Journal of Physiotherapy study explains this: walking backwards is unique because of 'the toe-heel' movement, 'versus the heel-toe foot contact pattern' of walking forwards, so ...

And while walking forwards, as an easy, low-impact way to move, has many benefits, you may be pleased to find out that walking backwards can also give you the same health mileage.

Energy expenditure when walking backwards is almost 40% higher than walking at the same speed forwards (6.0 Mets versus 4.3 Mets - one metabolic equivalent (Met) is the amount of oxygen consumed ...

Research on backwards walking is limited, but a 2013 study published in Northern American Journal of Medical Sciences did find that it is helpful for improving symptoms for people with knee ...

During the 19th Century, the activity of "retro-walking" was little more than an eccentric hobby, but today research is revealing it can have real benefits for your health and brain.

Retro walking, the term for walking backward, works different muscles and also helps you gain strength. Here’s how to get started, according to experts.

Retro walking, the term for walking backward, works different muscles and also helps you gain strength. Here’s how to get started, according to experts.