"You take a step away from your cell door to use the bathroom, and you just see a shadow speed walk by.
Just after noon on a Wednesday in November, Adam Grant wrapped up a lecture at the Wharton School and headed toward his office, a six-minute speed walk away.
The mood in the audience on Tuesday evening, the end of the shows, was just as flat, as the models, their hair puffed, did their customary speed walk in mostly dark, slim clothes.
Their stories hit close to home for the councilwoman, who grew up in the district and still remembers the "speed walk" to and from school, when she would try to avoid a group of men who stood outside one particular bodega.
The results indicated that walking speed, walk ratio and trunk acceleration variability were not dependent on age (R2 < 2%).
The following dependent variables were assessed: preferred walking speed, walk ratio (step length normalized by step frequency), gait instability (local dynamic stability, Lyapunov exponent method), and acceleration variability (root mean square [RMS]).
The primary outcome was MMSE as a measure of global cognitive function with secondary outcomes of 50-ft speed walk, Timed Up&Go, and Activities-Specific Balance Confidence (ABC) scale.
Main Outcome Measures: The physical performance battery was composed of the 50-foot speed walk, 5-minute walk, repeated trunk flexion, sit to stand, loaded reach, rollover tasks, and Sorensen upper-body lift.
I'll pass, rock my combat boots and speed walk instead.
Day 1 - Moderately easy walk 3 min., speed walk 2 min. Repeat for 30 min. total.
"We are behind, and those that are behind must either speed walk or run.
