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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Walking backward, which keeps her joints healthy despite the pressure from lifting. “I haven’t rolled my ankles since starting weightlifting,” Balbontin says of the common injury.

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.

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.

But changing the movement direction changes the muscle activation. “In retrograde walking, you are landing on your toe first and then rolling off your heel,” she says.

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.