The benefits and drawbacks of walking backwards

Walking backwards is also a fashionable exercise method, and there are many people who are curious about what benefits this form of exercise can bring and whether there are any disadvantages to regular practice. Here we will see what the benefits and disadvantages of walking backwards.

The benefits of walking backwards

Relieve cervical discomfort

Walking backwards can relieve or prevent pain in the shoulder, cervical spine and other parts. Usually used to forward movement of the lumbar spine, reverse walking movement, can be relaxed, reduce the burden on the lumbar spine.

Walking backwards can relieve lumbar pain

Walking backwards can keep the lumbar muscles rhythmic tightening and relaxation, thereby improving blood circulation in the waist, tissue metabolism, prevention and treatment of functional low back pain effect. And backward walking can stimulate the infrequent muscle activity, promote blood circulation, on the prevention and control of lumbar pain are a certain effect.

Maintain the body posture

Walking backwards can be better to maintain the body's posture, unlike when walking forward the body leaning forward posture. It is conducive to the correction of bad habits such as chicken chest hunchback.

Walking backwards can lose weight

Walking backwards to lose weight is a relatively new method of healthy weight loss. Walking backwards itself is a kind of exercise, it is natural to have the effect of sports weight loss, plus walking backwards than walking forward to consume 78% more energy, so walking backwards can consume more energy, better consumption of fat in the hips and belly.

Walking backwards can lift the buttocks

Because backwards walking is actually equivalent to buttocks exercise in the back kick exercise, backwards walking for how long is equivalent to the back kick for how long, to enhance the hip elasticity has a very good effect.

Prevent Alzheimer's disease

Walking backwards can enhance memory and prevent the premature arrival of dementia. Walk backwards compared to normal walking is the need for more focused attention, for the elderly, walking backwards is not lost as a way to prevent dementia exercise.

Regulate balance

Walking backwards is an unnatural activity, which can exercise the brain's judgment of direction and the coordination of the body. And backward walking for the body's balance requirements are very strong, to walk without seeing the road behind the situation, long-term, the body's balance will naturally enhance.

Can exercise the knee joint, ankle joint

Walking backwards, the legs to force straight, the knee can not bend, which increases the knee joint, femoral muscle to withstand the strength of gravity, which will make the muscles around the knee joint, ligaments, femoral muscle have been exercised. Because backward walking toe is false landing, mainly by the ankle and heel bone force, and make these corresponding parts of the function has been exercised.

The disadvantages of walking backwards

There are safety hazards

Walking backwards in the process can not always pay attention to the situation behind the road, to a certain extent, there are safety risks, easy to fall or run into obstacles and other accidents.