FAQs

FastWalker is a movement, training platform, and community built around the athletic power of Race Walking.
Our mission: Awareness, Training, and Community — all centered around improving your level of fitness or getting you ready for an upcoming competitive walking challenge designed to push your athleticism, endurance, and speed to the next level.
We want to help you walk faster, train smarter, and connect with others.

Absolutely. Especially when you walk with high intensity like a Race Walker.
It delivers cardiovascular, muscular, and endurance benefits without the joint stress of running.
Olympic Race Walking is one of the most underrated athletic disciplines on Earth — and we’re here to change that.

Delivers aerobic benefits equal to running
Builds stronger bones (unlike swimming/cycling) because it’s weight-bearing
Helps prevent osteopenia, osteoporosis, and osteoarthritis
Improves blood pressure, cholesterol, BMI, flexibility, and endurance
Boosts cardiovascular health and aerobic capacity
Reduces resting blood pressure over time
Supports better sleep, cognitive performance, and mental health
Puts healthy stress on your heart that builds long-term strength

Casual walking = great for 10,000 steps, but limited in intensity
FastWalker-style walking or true Race Walking = intense, technique-driven, heart-pumping training
You’ll raise your heart rate, build strength, and walk away healthier
The difference? Fast Walking or Speed Walking or Power Walking and true Race Walking is athletic, not just recreational.

Most people walk at 2–3 mph (20–30 min/miles)
FastWalker begins at 4 mph (15 min/miles)
Turning heads at 5 mph (12 min/miles)
Elite level: 10 min/mile or better = approaching Race Walking territory
Olympic Race Walkers: 6–7 min/mile for long distances
World Record Mile (Race Walk): 5:33 by Olympic athlete Tom Bosworth of Great Britain

Yes. Unlike running, it avoids impact injuries
It's weight-bearing, which running shares — but without the impact
Ideal for long-term joint health, endurance building, and cardiovascular gains
It's a smarter path to long-term fitness for many athletes

Training tips, drills, and technique breakdowns
Guidance on how to increase pace safely and effectively
Resources to train for:
FastWalker-hosted events
Triathlons (Ironman, Sprint)
Marathons
Spartan/Mudder-style endurance races
Goal: Train to walk faster for better health, wellness and longevity…. and even some bragging rights.

Anyone who wants to:
Get in the best shape of their life
Improve endurance, strength, and aerobic capacity
Gain bragging rights in local walking groups
Turn heads at fitness events by walking at fast speeds
You don’t need to be a runner to train like an athlete.

It means you're not just a walker — you're an athlete
You’ve trained to go faster, stronger, and further
You feel fitter, more confident, and healthier than ever
You’re joining an elite, fast-walking movement

Yes — it has been an Olympic event since 1904
Elite race walkers walk faster than most people can run
Sadly, it’s often misunderstood — but FastWalker aims to change the narrative
Sub-6-minute miles are no joke. We celebrate that intensity

Local Clubs where you can train with others who push their pace
Compete for fastest-walker bragging rights
Stay motivated, stay accountable
Be part of a nationwide network of athletic-level walkers
Join others when you’re traveling for business or vacation
Start your own club and post it.

Because walking doesn’t have to be slow
Because you're capable of more
Because this is the future of fitness — powerful, low-impact, and athletic
Because walking fast can change your life, and FastWalker is here to guide the way