Walking backwards heightens your sense of balance and hearing as you cannot depend on vision to steer you. Seen here is G. Deo, who holds five Malaysian backward-walking titles. — Photos: Filepic
Last month (June 2021), I wrote about how it is not strictly necessary to walk 10,000 steps a day for better health.
Due the way our human brains are wired, we all assume walking always refers to forward motion.
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