An influencer claims to have invented a new exercise trend which consists of walking outside with no earphones – and hundreds of TikTokers are now following in her footsteps.
LA-based podcast host Mady Maio, 28, claims to have started the ‘movement’ and told her almost 50,000 followers that they should try ‘silent walking.’
She explained: ‘My sweet boyfriend challenged me to walk without distractions. No air pods, no podcast, no music: just me, myself and I.
‘I was like f*** no, my anxiety could never. The first two minutes are mayhem. Your mind is racing, you’re going to have anxiety.
‘But something happens after two minutes where your brain just gets into this flow state and suddenly you can hear yourself.’
A TikToker has claimed to have invented a new exercise trend which consists of walking outside with no earphones
LA-based podcast host Mady Maio, 28, claims to have started the ‘slow walking movement’
Amazingly, Mady’s video racked up over 500,000 views and seems to have inspired others to take up her wellness trend.
One user shared a clip of them strolling along a pavement claiming they were committing to ‘one silent walk a day’.
Another podcaster named Arielle Lorre said she was proposing a new ‘walk concept’ called ‘the silent girl walk.’
Arielle said that the ‘benefits of being in nature were indisputable’ but that it is a ‘rare thing to be outside these days without being distracted.’
The new craze has taken the platform by storm and is now being genuinely spoken about as a ‘wellness trend.’
One TikToker, says walking her ‘saved her life’ after her divorce and that she had to ‘build up her ability to walk in silence.’
Another young woman posted her own video of her out walking and described the 30 minute slice of activity as a ‘session.’
Another podcaster named Arielle Lorre said she was proposing a new ‘walk concept’ called ‘the silent girl walk’
One TikToker, says walking her ‘saved her life’ after her divorce and that she had to ‘build up her ability to walk in silence’
Another young woman posted her own video of her out walking and described the 30 minute slice of activity as a ‘session’
Thanking Mady personally, the user said: ‘Mady Maio you started something great!!.’
Commenting, another user said: ‘It’s literally the best!! I walk all the time and love my silent walking time.’
However, as expected, many people have mocked the brave new trend and said that Mady has taken credit for something that has always been done.
One said: ‘Gen X was silent walking before it was cool.’
Another said: ‘omg… this is not new… get over it.’
The trend is the last youth craze to spiral out of the social media company which has been mocked in the past for some of its output.
Last year a trend encouraged Gen Z workers to do the bare minimum at work in order to avoid burnout in what became known as ‘quiet quitting’.
The social media sensation encouraged staff to reject the idea of going ‘above and beyond’ at work, while still getting paid the same.