Walkumentary

The Walking Revolution, a new 30-minute documentary produced an American organization called Every Body Walk!, is now available online. Focused on the health benefits of walking, the film makes a strong case why physical inactivity is the biggest health problem of the 21st century — and how we can address it.

Bionic woman

Excited about my interview tomorrow with Amanda Boxtel, executive director of the Bridging Bionics Foundation and an ambassador for Ekso Bionics. Paralyzed in a ski accident in 1992, she is walking again with help from an exoskeleton. Here’s her incredible story:  

Walking in a (simulated) winter environment

I just wrapped up two fascinating days of research at the Challenging Environment Assessment Laboratory (aka CEAL), part of Toronto Rehab’s iDAPT Centre. The lab, a world leader in rehabilitation research, is home to dozens of projects aimed at making our streets, homes and workplaces safer. One of its goals is help prevent injuries before they…

Stephen King walks

Anybody who has read it may still be chilled by it: The Long Walk, by Richard Backman (a.k.a. Stephen King). The 1979 novel, the first King wrote, is about a life-and-death walking contest in America’s dystopian future. Kind of like a cross between Rollerball and The Road. King is known to be a prolific writer,…

NYC: no loitering!

I’m back in a New York state of mind, writing about my day in Harlem with Matt Green. Matt, you may recall, is walking every street of every borough, a quest that’ll take him about four years, during which he’ll walk about 8,000 miles. Along the way, he’s noticing all the little things that make…

It’s here!

A friendly man named Mike from Fitness Depot in Ottawa arrived a few minutes ago with a LifeSpan 1200-DT5 treadmill desk for me to test walk, with the folks at Flaman Fitness in London, Ont., helping to set up the loaner. (Correct me if I’m wrong, all you Edmontonians out there, but I believe Flaman…