speed walking
Americannoun
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Origin of speed walking
First recorded in 1985–90
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Now, a research group from Tohoku University Graduate School of Engineering has replicated human-like variable speed walking using a musculoskeletal model -- one steered by a reflex control method reflective of the human nervous system.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2024
She is almost always scribbling, at least when she’s not speed walking, her head tucked into a yellow legal pad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2024
So Ms. Hollabaugh dutifully began using an exercise bike, speed walking on a treadmill and walking her dogs several miles a day.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2022
I suggested a walk-and-talk office hour, speed walking around my local park.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2021
She speed walks through rows of junior parking, her hips swishing back and forth like those people who do Olympic speed walking.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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