An influencer claims to have invented a new fitness trend that involves going outside without headphones – 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 nearly 50,000 followers to try “silent walking.”
She explained: “My sweet boyfriend told me to go without distractions.” No Airpods, no podcast, no music: just me, me and me.
“I thought to myself, my fear could never fucking make it.” The first two minutes are chaos. Your thoughts will race, you will be afraid.
“But after two minutes something happens where your brain just goes into this flow state and you can suddenly hear yourself.”
A TikToker has claimed to have invented a new workout trend that involves going outside without headphones
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 sidewalk and claimed they had committed 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 are undeniable” but that it is “rare these days to be outside without being distracted.”
The new trend has taken the platform by storm and is now actually referred to as the “wellness trend”.
A TikToker says walking with her “saved her life” after her divorce and that she “needed to improve her ability to walk in silence.”
Another young woman posted her own video of her walk, describing the 30-minute activity as a “session.”
Another podcaster named Arielle Lorre said she was proposing a new “walk concept” called “The Silent Girl Walk.”
A TikToker says walking with her after her divorce “saved her life” and that she “needed to improve her ability to walk in silence.”
Another young woman posted her own video of her walk, describing the 30-minute activity as a “session.”
The user personally thanked Mady and said: “Mady Maio, you started something great!!”
Another user said in their comment: “It’s literally the best!!” “I go for walks all the time and love the time I spend taking silent walks.”
However, as expected, many people made fun of the brave new trend, saying Mady was taking credit for something she’s always done.
One said: “Generation X went silent before it was cool.”
Another said: “Oh my god…this isn’t new…get over it.”
The trend is the latest youth trend to emerge from the social media company, which has been ridiculed for some of its results in the past.
Last year, a trend encouraged Gen Z workers to do the bare minimum at work to avoid burnout, which became known as “quiet quitting.”
The social media sensation encouraged employees to reject the idea of ”doing more” at work and still receive the same salary.