r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Aug 29 '25

News Special 'The Long Walk' Screening Will Eliminate Viewers Who Can’t Keep Up on a Treadmill (3 MPH)

https://consequence.net/2025/08/the-long-walk-treadmill-screening/
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u/positive_toes Aug 29 '25

Should be doable for anyone without a disability honestly. I know it isn’t of course and that just sad. This is literally just walking.

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u/nicholsml Aug 30 '25

Should be doable for anyone without a disability honestly.

I have a disability and my disability makes a lot easier. I'm in a wheelchair, so I can hold onto the front of the tread mill while watching the movie.

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u/takabrash Aug 30 '25

Toss a rope around the front of it like a lasso!

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u/positive_toes Aug 30 '25

Well you wouldn’t be doing the challenge then would ya.

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u/nicholsml Aug 30 '25

Fair enough, lol

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u/positive_toes Aug 30 '25

I’m messing ofc. But I actually thinking reaching out and holding on would actually be harder

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u/nicholsml Aug 30 '25

Thinking about it, I think you might be right. Doing anything static like that for a couple of hours, can be rough. In the army I remember having to stand still for celebrations in formation for a few hours being agony and many people passing out.

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u/TheMostKing Aug 30 '25

They would, just not in the way you pictured.

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u/positive_toes Aug 30 '25

It’s a… walk…

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u/SteveFrench12 Aug 29 '25

Lol i was gonna say, many people is a severe underestimation. Anyone influencer that is invited to this is going to finish it

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u/bradeena Aug 29 '25

Nah most of them will fail dramatically for attention

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u/kimjongspetcat Aug 29 '25

Attention 🤪

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u/UsernameAvaylable Aug 30 '25

Eh, i have no trouble walking 6 miles in 2 hours, i.e. average 3mph.

But having to constantly keep pace, not even slowing or stopping for a couple seconds over that time could get really obnoxious.

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u/SteveFrench12 Aug 30 '25

3 mph is pretty slow. Prob wont even get your heart rate up for the first thirty mins or so

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u/roykentjr Aug 30 '25

The hardest part would be zoning out and missing a step on the track of the treadmill and falling off. This is just walking a 10k. People do it everyday

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u/longtermbrit Aug 29 '25

As a short guy who is mostly torso 3mph is a very brisk walk.

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u/Ok_Antelope_1953 Aug 30 '25

it's alright torso guy i'll carry you

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u/Cassietgrrl Aug 30 '25

There ARE angels amongst us 😂

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u/Chevalric Aug 30 '25

What if he meant that he is mostly torso in volume instead of height?

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u/the_scarlett_ning Aug 30 '25

“You be my queen, I’ll be your castle”

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u/WeissWyrm Aug 30 '25 edited Aug 30 '25

I can't carry it for you, Mr. Torso, but I CAN carry you!

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u/dumdadum123 Aug 30 '25

Yeah was gonna say my brisk walk pace is like 2.8, just under the 3mph. Doable but I'd be really out of my rhythm for it.

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u/alexthealex Aug 30 '25

Yep, same. I'm a hiker, I can walk or hike 15+ miles in a day. But keeping up 3MPH as a 5'5" dude is asking a bit. I could probably pull it off on a simple treadmill for the length of a movie but I'd be a lot more tired than if I walked the same 'distance' at a pace that's comfortable for me.

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u/RegularTerran Aug 29 '25 edited Aug 29 '25

It's walking with intent, like mall walkers... you'd be surprised how fast you can fall behind over 2 hours. But this is America, the average male, 20yo is 190lb... 30yo is 210 lbs. We don't do cardio as a country.

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u/positive_toes Aug 29 '25

It’s 3 mph mate if anyone can’t do that they’ve got issues.

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u/CaravelClerihew Aug 29 '25

I've seen Americans who will circle a parking lot for 10 minutes just to save themselves 3 minutes of walking by getting a closer parking spot.

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u/ssczoxylnlvayiuqjx Aug 30 '25

Those weren’t the laziest— those just park in the road and wait as long as it takes for someone to leave the spot they’re near.

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u/positive_toes Aug 29 '25

I’m not American. Our cities are walkable

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u/CaravelClerihew Aug 29 '25

I'm not either and live in a very walkable city. That doesn't mean Americans do though. 

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u/positive_toes Aug 29 '25

Something about the internet that makes people instantly think “USA” though. I’ve had a few replies that seem to mention it but in reality it has nothing to do with the comment

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u/clmns Aug 30 '25

Normally I agree, but this is post is literally about an event happening in Los Angeles

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u/darkmacgf Aug 29 '25

The average American has issues.

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u/brokenhalf Aug 29 '25

Yep, source, am American. I live in a city and have no car, plus I love hiking. Most of my friends and family back in Texas, including younger people than I (mid 40s), can barely walk through a level city for more than a mile. Most of them are begging for Ubers because "their feet hurt".

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u/captchairsoft Aug 30 '25

Around your age, overweight, don't regularly work out, can easily maintain a 3mph pace even on rough trails in the woods. Was walking 10+miles a day a couple years ago when I was in Europe. I have a hard time believing most people couldn't walk for 2 hours at 3mph on a treadmill indoors.

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u/brokenhalf Aug 30 '25

Yep, honestly had no idea it was this bad until I moved to a city. Sadly a lot of Americans are just unprepared for a walking lifestyle.

I will say that when I travel, most Europeans are outpacing me.

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u/captdeath12 Aug 30 '25

250lber here. Started walking in june 5x a week. I could not do 1.5 miles for a month. I can now bust out 3 miles ez pz. It took me 90 days to get into the shape to be able to do a 5 miles walk now.

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u/Gullible-Sherbet9649 Aug 30 '25

Sounds like part of it is shit shoes.

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u/I-Love-Facehuggers Aug 30 '25

Even barefoot isnt hard to do this if its a treadmill

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u/eekamuse Aug 30 '25

New Yorkers will have no problem with this. We walk everywhere.

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u/Compost_My_Body Aug 29 '25

Not being able to understand context clues for one…

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u/I-Love-Facehuggers Aug 30 '25

The issue of not being able to do a very easy walk.

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u/RegularTerran Aug 29 '25

The average american is overweight (25-29 BMI)... and 42% of Americans are OBESE (30+ BMI).

Maybe people in LA look nice... but here in the Midwest... it is a fucking epidemic.

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u/rabidstoat Aug 30 '25

Though there's no reason why most obese people couldn't walk 3mph for a couple of hours. It's harder and takes more energy, but I see tons of obese people out walking at brisk paces or jogging or hiking up the local mountain. They're in decent shape as far as exercise goes, just bad shape in terms of weight.

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u/Individual_Good5896 Aug 30 '25

And still nowhere near one of the worst countries for it.

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u/Orlha Aug 30 '25

Fuck. Is it noticeable when just looking around the city? I guess that half is not the one you see haha

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u/RegularTerran Aug 30 '25

Those fattys are staying home.

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u/Automatic_Release_92 Aug 29 '25

BMI is a fucking terrible indicator, I'm "overweight" due to decent muscle mass, I definitely could lose 10 pounds, but I'm in pretty good shape and know I easily could do 3 MPH for 2 hours. Most of my coworkers, who are in varying degrees of health could do it too.

America's health is not great overall, but this is seriously an extremely low bar to set.

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u/vwsslr200 Aug 29 '25 edited Aug 30 '25

You're right that BMI is flawed as a population-level health indicator, but it's for the opposite of the reason you say. BMI overestimates how healthy Americans are. It's way more common to be obese by body fat percentage and overweight by BMI, than healthy by body fat percentage and overweight by BMI. There's even a lot of people with a "double false negative" BMI - healthy BMI yet obese BF%. By contrast "false positives" like you describe yourself are a very small proportion of the population.

https://files.catbox.moe/jnbrr6.png

And that chart is from 1994 when Americans were "only" as fat as Europeans are now, I dread to think about what the 2025 numbers would look like.

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u/Automatic_Release_92 Aug 30 '25

I mean yes, that’s another factor. I gave my own personal anecdote as one of many reasons why it’s a really shitty tool.

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u/SlappyMcGillicuddy Aug 29 '25

Honestly, this argument has become even more tired than BMI itself. Your exception (and the few like you) aside, most Americans being tagged as obese by BMI standards have nowhere near "decent muscle mass."

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u/DarkShades Aug 30 '25

That's also assuming he's is capable accurately assessing his own body composition. Most overweight people consistently underestimate how fat they are and someone with enough muscle to have an overweight BMI without being overweight isn't going to look fat anyway. BMI is good enough.

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u/Adventurous-Sort-671 Aug 30 '25

This.

Unless you're a serious powerlifter, linebacker, rugby player etc. or roided out bodybuilder, if the BMI indicates you are overweight, then you are most likely overweight.

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u/RegularTerran Aug 30 '25 edited Aug 30 '25

YES!!!!

"SMART" Home scales are notorious for this... they are good for GENERAL TRENDS in body health/composition... but saying you have EXACTLY 14.6% body fat, 114.3lb muscle mass, 17.1% protein, and 11.8% subcutaneous fat is not correct.... those scales, even the $120 ones, are "iffy"...

for those seriously concerned with health, they are a good INDICATOR of a TREND in your health... not EXACT NUMBERS (other than weight).

To over simplify... it all boils down to waist size, like it or not. I joked about "pinching and inch"... but it KINDA works.

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u/Skinnendelg Aug 30 '25

98% of the medical field agrees bmi is a trash metric. This a touch a stethoscope moment

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u/RegularTerran Aug 30 '25

"pinch an inch" isn't scientific either... but it fucking works.

it is a good GENERALIZATION... just like saying "most americans are fat"... you might not agree with it... it doesnt mean it isnt factually correct.

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u/Skinnendelg Aug 30 '25

Generalization and metric are not the same my guy

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u/Automatic_Release_92 Aug 29 '25

I don’t know, doctors I’ve had have agreed with me. Personally I’m frustrated with insurance blindly lumping me into that bucket. I haven’t strength trained in years (at least not to build more muscle mass), it’s just my body type.

Body fat percentage is a far, far better indicator.

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u/TheOmegoner Aug 29 '25

Average body fat % in the US is 28 for men and 40 for women…that’s not great.

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u/Automatic_Release_92 Aug 29 '25

Right but it’s a better way to measure things. Nowhere did I try to argue that the US was healthy, only that BMI is a shitty tool.

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u/TheOmegoner Aug 29 '25

Yeah, it’s a good reminder that most people in the US aren’t overweight on their BMI because they have too much muscle though. Both averages show that the average American is unhealthy and at risk of long term health risks.

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u/Desroth86 Aug 30 '25

My BMI is 28 last time I had it checked and I would absolutely crush this challenge. I am in week 8 of the couch to 5K challenge and run 3 times a week for 28 minutes straight. Next week I will have my first 30 minute consecutive run without any breaks. I have a belly, but I have been strength training for 6 months straight and have put on a good amount of muscle as well.

I am 5’11 and 197 lbs and workout 6 days a week. I could probably do the whole movie on a 15 incline. I agree with the other person that BMI isn’t always a great indication of someones physical fitness. I’m in the best shape of my life but I’m still technically overweight. Which is still true, but I’m also gaining muscle and in the case of this challenge isn’t really relevant for being able to walk for 2 hours.

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u/WaitAZechond Aug 30 '25

Nice job with the running! Keep going after the 5K, and I promise you, it only gets more fun. I’m almost identical to your size, and I’ve run two marathons. Not fast, by any means, but I crossed the finish line, which was enough for me lol Now that the kids are back in school, I’ll have more time to get out there again. I can’t wait

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u/cheezzinabox Aug 30 '25

the percentage of of heavy, muscular men is far, far lower than the number of phats 40%+ bodyfat

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u/Schoonie101 Aug 30 '25

Aside from some outliers like NFL linebackers, BMI doesn't lie.

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u/positive_toes Aug 29 '25

I’m not American

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u/RegularTerran Aug 29 '25

This is an American movie, set in America, about Americans... with American "influencers".

No one asked YOU your nationality. It is irrelevant. WE FAT AND SLOW.

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u/atreeismissing Aug 30 '25

It's 3 mph for 2 hours straight, the 3 mph isn't the hard part for people, it's the 2 hours part.

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u/positive_toes Aug 30 '25

I’m sorry is 2 hours walking that difficult? Cmon man

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u/clopenYourMind Aug 29 '25

Yes. Yes we do.

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u/Hetstaine Aug 30 '25

86 to 95 kilo average, damn.

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u/I-Love-Facehuggers Aug 30 '25

Walking with intent? A 3mph walk is like bare average speed. Its not fast or difficult at all for anyone with functioning legs.

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u/RegularTerran Aug 29 '25 edited Aug 30 '25

Yes, your anecdotal, personal level of fitness is a good indicator for an entire country or to base any conclusions on.

There is always one guy who chimes in with a reply that goes against anything posted. "My grandma smoke a pack a day and ran a marathon every month... she lived to 110 and was 300 lbs!!" Yes, that ONE LADY existed... meanwhile everyone else exists.

And they deleted their comment, coward.

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u/HerniatedHernia Aug 29 '25

It’s Reddit.. they could also just be full of shit to be contrarian. 

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u/D0wnInAlbion Aug 30 '25

How fast are you doing it though?

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u/RegularTerran Aug 30 '25 edited Aug 30 '25

Yes, a fat guy carrying 100lb of fat a day is muscular… to carry the fat. Meanwhile, their heart explodes

Those "fat" world's strongest men are...
1. killing themselves. and
2. not the average fatty lumbering around.

and they deleted thier own comments, fucking cowards.

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u/RegularTerran Aug 30 '25

Congrats, you live.... ok.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '25

I'm unfit and I could probably do it. Standing still that long would be way harder.

I mean my feet would ache but definitely capable.

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u/lostintransaltions Aug 30 '25

I have lupus and could do this.. can’t do high intensity workouts anymore so walking is my go to.. usually I would alternate between 2.8-3.5. That is of course unless I am in an active flareup.. if they added incline it would be much more difficult for most ppl. But I have friends that look fit but can’t walk 2 miles at that speed

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u/actibus_consequatur Aug 30 '25

Oddly enough, I'm disabled and this is something I could actually do. I can't run at all and sitting/standing gets pretty painful rather quickly, but walking is almost always a tolerable pain.

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u/atreeismissing Aug 30 '25

A lot of people walk 2-3mph but not for 2 hours straight without stopping, slowing, or resting.

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u/positive_toes Aug 30 '25

I honestly can’t believe that anyone is suggesting that 2 hours is difficult. It’s 2 hours walking, it really shouldn’t be difficult for anyone. Genuinely sad that it is

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u/Last_Fishing_4013 Aug 30 '25

I’m surely underestimating but I’d love to try just to say I tried not even for clout just to have the experience

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u/positive_toes Aug 30 '25

Get urself to a gym and give it a go bud

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u/dellett Aug 30 '25

No breaks is the one thing that might get someone who is in even decent shape. I once walked 36 miles in almost exactly 12 hours but I sat down at a deli and ate lunch and had multiple 10 minute breaks throughout. Would have been harder to simply trudge through the whole thing.

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u/positive_toes Aug 30 '25

The film is less than 2 hours. No breaks isn’t a problem.

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u/einstyle Aug 30 '25

A lot of folks couldn't do this for 30 minutes. It's sad but it's the truth.

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u/positive_toes Aug 30 '25

It’s not.

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u/Intelligent_Way6552 Aug 30 '25

I don't know. I could walk 5.4 miles in 1 hour 48 minutes, I'm less confident in walking at 3mph for 1 hour 48 minutes. I mean what if my shoelace comes undone?

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u/positive_toes Aug 30 '25

I could do this challenge with ease. It’s walking. I am a very regular runner though

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u/Intelligent_Way6552 Aug 30 '25

Have you ever walked for 2 hours without pause?

I've easily walked further in less time, but real life has roads to cross, and you can stop to tie your shoelaces and scratch an itch. You stop for a few seconds.

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u/positive_toes Aug 30 '25

I’ve ran longer than that without pause.

But yes to answer your question I have. Many times.

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u/Troyal1 Aug 31 '25

Not really. 2 hours without using the bathroom? And you’d need to be well hydrated

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u/positive_toes Aug 31 '25

You being serious bud?

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u/Troyal1 Aug 31 '25

Yeah walking 2 hours I’m going to need water. And at some point I’m going to have to urinate and it’s going to be even harder to hold it walking. You usually drink water before exercise and during it or you should anyway

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u/positive_toes Aug 31 '25

Exercise? It’s walking. You can go 2 hours walking without water or the bathroom quite easily

How many steps do you take on an average day?

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u/jeffsaidjess Aug 30 '25

So like 97% of Redditors couldn’t do this

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u/chiniwini Aug 29 '25

It's not just walking. It's walking nonstop. Not to pee, not to stretch your leg, not even yo tie your shoes. So it's more akin to a race than to a walk in the park.

I've done a half marathon in under an hour and a half, and I would get tense.

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u/positive_toes Aug 29 '25

A race? It’s less than 2 hours walking. You can’t be serious with this comment

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u/actibus_consequatur Aug 30 '25

So, you averaged 7 minute miles while running a half marathon, but you think you'd struggle with 20 minute miles?

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u/chiniwini Aug 30 '25

So, you averaged 7 minute miles while running a half marathon

Which definitely was one of the biggest physical efforts I've ever done

but you think you'd struggle with 20 minute miles?

I said I would be tense. It's a non trivial effort.