It is my opinion not FUD, I clearly mean well, and you read a lot of non existent negativity into my post and didn't understand the points made as written - the overall guiding principle should be whatever works for a particular individual.

> It won't fuck up your joints if you very gradually increase your total exercising volume.

Congratulations on more or less paraphrasing my point.

Somebody who is a couch potato who takes Nike commercials overly seriously is not unlikely to push too hard and injure themselves - extremely common for beginners. We are saying the same thing. Ease into it.

By developing the walking habit first you've also carved out time for such things, the most important thing is consistency.

Even minimal but consistent effort is better than going for a few runs here and there and not forming a routine around it.