backward walking is it good for you walking backwards forces you to take short and frequent steps which could potentially increase the endurance for your lower leg muscles my friends Aruna Kumar never strains his body even for normal walking he walks in the direction of the wind so that it can make him move forward the only thing that has gone backward in his life or his thoughts a recent study showed that energy expenditure when you walk backwards is 40 percent higher than walking forwards at the same speed my friends Aruna Kumar agrees for walking backwards only if his wife tripura sundari joins him for walking when she walks forward he walks backwards to stay away from her so for exercise when you're walking forward it has to be brisk if you cannot walk fast careful backward walking with short and frequent steps might not be a bad idea whether it is brisk forward walking or careful backward walking it has to be 150 minutes per week share this video with your friend who can do backward walking like Michael Jackson's Moonwalk