Mall walkers even wore shirts and badges, and there was formal programming. ANNETTE SMITH: The hospital would come over here and give everybody pedometers and information about healthy living and ...

Walking together for about five years, (from left) Bill Taylor, Larry Furstenau and Bob Munoz use the Conestoga Mall in the morning to get their exercise in during the winter months.

Magby has been walking in the mall since 1995, and has made a number of friends through it. Those friends and his family recently helped him celebrate his 99th birthday with a party on July 20.

For a group of local mall walkers, it has become a team sport. Every morning just before Hamilton Place Mall opens its doors, they begin arriving near the mall entrance.

Mall walking is a nationwide hobby, whose participants are most often folks who have retired. Malls usually open their doors about an hour before shops open to allow the public to walk around.

Mall walking appears to be picking up new (and younger) fans on TikTok, but it’s worth acknowledging that not every community will have access to a mall or comparable shopping center.

Even as the weather cools, Texas can still be too hot, humid or rainy for regular outdoor exercise. Several malls offer room for indoor walking with a side of window shopping.

March 13, 2025 at 4:45 pm PDT. Mall rats, lace up. Your time has come again. The time-honored tradition of mall walking—utilizing the long, climate-controlled corridors for fitness—is back.

For one group of mall walkers, the activity is about more than just exercise—it’s about community. “This is my family right here,” said Jacqueline Weary, who turned 95 years old on Saturday.

Mall walkers were concerned that their walking time would be limited to those two hours. The mall is clarifying: The sign ...

A group of women who've been walking their local mall together for decades share the ways their commitments to movement, and each other, have enriched their lives and health.

The mall belongs to the walkers. We spot a woman who looks to be in her 40s or 50s power walking with small, yellow dumbbells in her hands. Anita Snyder points out an older, white-haired man she ...