Why Is Everyone Going Crazy for This TikTok Walking Workout?
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A TikTok posted by 23-year-old social media personality Lauren Giraldo, in which she stumps for something called the “12-3-30” workout, currently has 2.7 million views. It’s the most popular fitness trend to hail from the platform in 2021, and likely won’t be the last. TikToks had the youths sweating all quarantine.
What’s fascinating about this particular craze, though, is the sheer banality of the workout. In opposition to routines that usually find popularity on the app think HIIT scorchers, ClassPass-esque step aerobics “12-3-30” just urges people to get on a treadmill. Elevate the machine to a 12% incline, set the speed to 3.0, walk for 30 minutes. Giraldo actually first shared the tip in a day-in-the-life YouTube video back in 2019. She’s kept the regimen up ever since, hitting the treadmill five days a week, and reports it helped her lose 30 po
Forget Foam Rollers. A Deep Tissue Wheel Will Fix Your Spine.
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At this point, the recovery fitness boom is fully under way.
The most popular connected fitness machines, like Peloton or MIRROR, offer restorative yoga and mat Pilates classes. Fitness wearables like WHOOP don’t just track daily effort they keep track of rest, too, in order to give users an idea of how much their bodies can take. And the world of recovery toys has grown from the old guard (ice packs, lacrosse balls, foam rollers) to a dizzying array of massage guns, compression sleeves and herbal-infused balms.