Studies suggest that over 115 million people walk for fitness in the United States alone, meaning that if you are trying to form a team of walkers, you should have a huge pool of people to choose from.
If you are putting together a walking team, whether for general fitness or for a special relay event or charity walk, one of the most fun parts is coming up with possible walking team names.
It can be surprisingly difficult to come up with catchy and unique team names for walkers or team names for walks that you’re going to do as a group.
In this article, we’ve put together a list of funny walking team names and some other more serious and varied team names for walkers to give you some ideas for what to call your own group.
We will cover:
- What Makes a Good Walking Team Name?
- Ideas for Fun Walking Team Names
- How to Come Up With Creative Walking Team Names
Let’s get started!
The Honest Truth: Why Naming Your Walking Group Quietly Doubles Adherence
The “what should we call ourselves” decision feels trivial — but in walking-group research it’s one of the most reliable predictors of whether the group still exists in twelve months. Here’s the actual evidence on group walking and why a name does more work than it looks like it does.
1. Group walking has a stronger adherence signal than any other entry-level exercise
The Hanson and Jones systematic review of 42 outdoor walking-group trials concluded that organised walking groups produce wide-ranging, clinically meaningful improvements in blood pressure, BMI, total cholesterol, depression scores, and resting heart rate — and crucially, drop-out rates were significantly lower than for solo-walking interventions of equal duration1Hanson S, Jones A. Is there evidence that walking groups have health benefits? A systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2015;49(11):710–715.. The combination of social accountability and a fixed pace held by the group is what most exercise interventions chronically lack — and a named group is what makes the difference between “we sometimes walk” and “we are the [name] who walk on Tuesdays.”
2. Naming creates a commitment device — that’s real behavioural science
The behavioural-economics literature on commitment devices repeatedly finds that giving an activity a label — and pairing it with a recurring time and place — meaningfully increases adherence rates compared with nominally identical “I’ll go for a walk” intentions2Milkman KL, Minson JA, Volpp KGM. Holding the Hunger Games hostage at the gym: An evaluation of temptation bundling. Management Science. 2014;60(2):283–299.. The mechanism is simple: a named, scheduled commitment makes the social cost of skipping visible. “I missed Park Striders this morning” carries weight; “I didn’t go for a walk” doesn’t.
3. Walking pace + group identity = better health outcomes than either alone
The biggest single-study cohort on group walking — over 67,000 adults followed across multiple years — found that brisk walking pace (relative to one’s own habitual pace) is independently associated with all-cause mortality reduction at any total step volume3Stamatakis E, Kelly P, Strain T, Murtagh EM, Ding D, Murphy MH. Self-rated walking pace and all-cause, cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality: Individual participant pooled analysis of 50 225 walkers from 11 population British cohorts. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2018;52(12):761–768.. Group walking tends to pull you to a brisker pace than solo walking, because the group sets a working rhythm — yet another reason a labelled, scheduled group beats a solo “I walk most days” pattern. If you’re still figuring out the “how fast?” question, our guide to average walking speed works through the brisk-pace thresholds.
4. The duration that actually matters: hit 150 minutes a week, together
The WHO physical-activity guidelines’ 150 minutes per week of moderate-intensity activity threshold is the cardiovascular and mortality-risk inflection point most groups should be aiming for4Bull FC, Al-Ansari SS, Biddle S, et al. World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2020;54(24):1451–1462.. Three group walks of 50 minutes each, at a brisk pace, lands you there with no extra effort. Two midweek 30-minute walks plus a longer weekend walk works just as well. The point is: with three scheduled group sessions and a name to anchor the identity, you’re hitting the threshold without having to think about the threshold at all. If you’re building toward more, our walking-6-miles-a-day guide walks through the ramp.
5. Names that actually stick share three qualities
The names below come from looking at what works in real walking groups: place-anchored (“Riverside Striders”), pace-honest (“The Slow Pokes” or “Brisk Bunch”), or in-joke (“The Steppy Crew”). All three categories outlast purely generic names because they’re memorable, printable, and identity-loaded. Whatever you pick, write it on a group chat title, on the back of a hat, and on a shared calendar event. The name is doing more behavioural work than you’d guess — but only if it’s visible.
What Makes a Good Walking Team Name?
Good walking team names encapsulate the personality and vibe of the team members and are easy to remember and understand.
It can also be good to come up with funny walking team names or team names for walkers that describe the goals of the group or favorite (or least favorite!) parts of the sport.
There certainly aren’t any official rules regarding what a walking team name has to include unless you’re forming a team for some sort of official organization that has its own stipulations.
The best team names for walkers are catchy, memorable, and something the team members feel proud about or connected to.
The name could refer to the benefits of walking, the culture and personality of the group of walkers (perhaps you are all moms, or all living with diabetes and working on your health, are all teachers, or all work for the fire station or police department), or accomplishments of the walking club (perhaps you summit the highest peaks in your state or country).
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Incorporating these elements into a walking team name can help it be more meaningful.
Depending on what kind of walking team you are forming—a serious, health-related walking team planning on walking for fitness or disease reduction, a race walking team for competitive events, a fun relay team for a one-off walking event, or a team for a specific charity event—you may want a walking team name with some gravitas or more of a funny walking team name.
You might want the walking team name to incorporate something about the specific event, charity, or uniting feature or characteristics of the walkers on the team.
For example, if you’re forming a team of walkers who are cancer survivors who are walking in a charity walk to support a cancer foundation, you might want to highlight that you are all survivors in your team name. For example, you might do a name like Walking Warriors or Conquering Kilometers for Cancer.
If you are doing a walk for heart disease, you might want to include something about the cardiovascular benefits of walking in your walking team name, like Hearts and Soles, Pumping Hearts, and Pumping Legs.
Let’s take a look at our long list of walking team names to spark your creativity.
Ideas for Fun Walking Team Names
Here are over 150 ideas for funny walking team names and catchy team names for walks:
- Walkaholics
- Sole Striders; Heart and Sole Trainers; Sole Sisters
- JabberWalkies
- Walking Shoesters; Gumshoes
- Walking Talkies; Walk It Talk It; Walkers and Talkers
- Pedominators; Pedometer People
- Steady Steppers; Sporty Steppers; Sporty Striders
- 10,000 Steps a Day; 10,000 Steps a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
- Wild Walkers; Wacky Walkers; Wistful Walkers; Working Walkers
- Walking, Walking, Talking, Talking
- Running Our Mouths, Walking Our Feet
- Walking On a Dream
- We Walk the Line
- Walkers Unite
- These Sneaks’ Are Made For Walking
- Site Seers
- Touring Our Own City
- Walk the Day
- Step Counters
- Spry Striders; Spry Steppers
- Tough Trekkers; Techie Trekkers
- Walk On; Walk It Out; Walk On Through
- Walkathoners
- You Can Find Us Walking
- And Miles to Go Before I Sleep
- Ambitious Amblers
- Trail Trampers; Trail Trotters; Hearty Hikers
- Treadmill Treaders
- Naughty Nordic Walkers; Nerdy Nordic Walkers
- Start Striding
- Sneakers Not Heels
- FitBitches (play on FitBit); FitBitters; FitBit Fanatics
- Every Step Counts
- Gait Keepers
- Lunch Break Walking Club
- Steps Before Sunrise; Sunset Striders; In Steppers
- Walkers Texas Ranger
- Walk This; Walkmen
- Red Hot Chili Steppers
- Sneaker Sisters
- Hot Steppers
- Miles and Smiles; Laughing for Miles
- Footprints of BelAire
- Footprinters
- Walking On Sunshine
- Insteption; Asockolypse Now
- Game of Strollers; Game of Sole; Stroller Strollers (moms pushing babies walking teams); Stroller Striders; Stroller Sisters; Stroller Steppers; Step and Stroll
- Scrambled Legs
- Trekkies; Trekkers; Tireless Trekkers; Intrepid Trekkers; Intrepidly Trekking
- Walking Dead
- Walkabouts
- Trek by Trek
- Trail Travelers; Trail Trippers; Trail Trekkers; Trail Trotters; Trail Mavins
- Wanderers; Wild Wanderers; Walking Wanderers
- Lost In Pace; Pacers; Proud Pacers; Powerful Pacers; Pace Setters
- Night-Walkers
- Walkers of Fame
- Morning Milers
- Trail Blazers
- Path Plodders
- One Foot At a Time
- Jabberwalkies
- Not Fast and Furious
- Walk Forrest Walk
- Legs Miserables
- The Holy Walkamolies
- Agony of De Feet
- Fit Feet; Fast Feet
- Sporty Speed Walkers; Speedy Speed Walkers; Power Walkers; Powerful Power Walkers; Power Up Power Walkers; Empowering Power Walkers
- Cirque De Sore Legs
- Motley Shoes
- Hill Walkers
- Hard Walkers (play on hard workers)
- Walkables
- Mileage Mavens
- Heart and Solers
- Dead Sea Strolls; Dead Sea Strollers; Strolling Along
- Drop It Like It’s Trot
- Fear and Strolling In Las Vegas
- My Feet Are My Only Carriage
- Walk the Walk; Walking the Walk
- The Stretchers
- Blister Sisters; Ignorance Is Blisters
- Baby Got Track
- Pavement Princesses
- The Summiters
- Stride Rite
- We Don’t Need a Lyft
- Walking Club for Non-Runners
- The Snails; The Sloths
- Jolly Jaunters
- Heart Beaters
- Scenic Routers
- Studly Stutters
- Strutting Strutters
- Ambling Amblers; Rambling Amblers
- The Morning Club
- The Kilometer Club
How to Come Up With Creative Walking Team Names
Ultimately, there’s no secret sauce to coming up with a good walking team name. An important first step is to think about what type of personality or vibe you want the walking team name to embody:
Do you want a humorous or funny walking team name?
If so, think about puns or word plays that involve words related to walking (walking, trekking, hiking, stepping, striding, strolling, etc.).
See if you can come up with a way to change a movie title, song title, food, TV show, book, etc., to modify the title or normal word to use a walking-related term instead.
Do you want the name of your walking team or club to refer to the culture of your team?
For example, are you all moms or dads that push strollers, or do you all meet and walk during your lunch break?
If so, you might want to come up with a fun walking team name that plays on this uniting quality.
Examples include Trekking Teachers or Teachers By Day, Walkers By Night, or Lunch Bunch Walking Club.
If you are forming a relay team for a walking event or a group for a charity walk, you might want to incorporate some aspect of the race or location into your relay team name.
Incorporating your town or city name or the type of event you are training for (5k, a charity walk, a 24-hour walking marathon, etc.) can also be a good way to get a more unique walking team name that hasn’t already been taken.
Do you want your walking team name to have more of a serious tone?
If so, it can be good to think about the physical and mental health benefits of walking and incorporate those, or at least steer clear of puns and jokes related to walking.
In general, the best team names for walkers are short, catchy, easy to remember, and either positive, focusing on the benefits of walking or the determined attributes of your walkers, or clearly making fun of yourself (maybe that you might not be runners but you do enjoy a good walk).
If you plan to design T-shirts or other gear for your walking team, having a short walking team name and one that could work well with some sort of cute or catchy logo is ideal. Think about character count and possible pictures or icons that you could use as your logo based on your potential team name.
What is the name of your walking club or team? How did you come up with it? What is the funniest walking team name you have seen or heard? Let us know!
If you would like to look at some of our ideas for running team names, check out our long list here.
