A week ago I made a post about tips for using gym machines. Similar to this post, but concentrating on the treadmill and on walking, Wendy Bumgardner has written an article on about.com:walking that teaches walkers what NOT to do when practicing on a treadmill:

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Wendy Bumgardner at About: walking has written a post that explains what to take into consideration when shopping for your walking shoes.
The report includes a description of the different shoe types and shapes, how to test their flexibility, some trying tips, a speciality store locator (USA only) and reviews of the top picks for each […]

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I’ve found this review of the Nike Free 5.0 written by David from Urban Semiotic. In his own words:
"The whole idea behind the “Free 5.0″ Nike’s is that, even though you are wearing shoes, it feels like you are going barefoot. Nike pulls off that idea in a grand and incredible way.[…] I was […]

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Wendy Bumgardner at About.com has written an interesting article about how to get started with a pedometer. It has two parts. The first one explains how to set up your pedometer by entering your step/stride length. She gives some tips for measuring these parameters. The second part is a roundup of different pedometer models focusing […]

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Gary Valle at Photography On the Run has written an interesting post comparing these two Forerunners. What’s interesting about it is that he’s done the same route with both devices and he shows a Google Earth photo with the two GPS traces overlapped.

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