With Trends Like 'Japanese Walking,' Is Walking Actually Exercise? We Asked Personal Trainers

Given the "hot girl walks" and "Japanese walking" trends, we reached out to personal trainers to find out if walking is actually enough exercise on its own.

You've heard of "hot girl walks," but what about "Japanese walking"? It's also known as interval walking training, and The Washington Post reports that even though this technique is now going viral on TikTok, Japanese walking came about after a 2007, Japan-based study concluded that high-intensity interval walking training may help protect against age-related decreases in muscle strength and peak oxygen uptake as well as increases in blood pressure.