Posted on 08/10/2024 6:40:02 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Walking 10,000 steps a day is one of the most popular health goals in the world, largely thanks to the influence of the best fitness trackers.
This divides opinion in the fitness space: some claim it’s an arbitrary figure which has led to an obsession with “getting your steps”, while others argue that encouraging people to move more can only be a good thing.
As a fitness writer, and someone who has walked 10,000 steps a day for more than a year, I have a foot in both camps. The number 10,000 is nice and round, but doesn’t seem to have any scientific backing. However, I also believe that walking holds more bang for your buck than most other forms of exercise, for beginners in particular.
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Download a pedometer on your phone as a free app. Keep the phone in a front pocket.
https://www.thecalculatorsite.com/articles/health/10000-steps-in-miles.php
Looks like 3 miles is between 6,500 steps and 6,700 steps, with 4.5 miles being around 10,000 steps.
I’ve used my iPhone to track my daily steps for over 8 years. It depends on the length of your stride, but the distance you noted is in the 7k to 8k step range.
Step counter app for your phone
Walk only uphill and you’ll be in heaven.
To school every day in 3 ft of snow.
You could get a house at the bottom of a cliff and put the mailbox up at the top. Walk up to get the mail, and parachute back to the house.
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Average step in pacing for me was 2'-6" so I just divided that per mile then multiply the miles." Of course you can buy a counter, easier:>)
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1 Timothy 4:8 King James Version
“For bodily exercise profiteth little:......”
How exactly is one ‘generically engineered for walking’?
In army land nav, my pace count was 62 paces (counting on my left foot) for 100 meters over rolling terrain, so 124 steps every 100 meters. That works out to 1,240 steps per Km, or just over 5 miles for me to get 10,000 steps.
Great idea, thanks. Will give it a try.
I’ve got a blue handicapped parking placard. Effing up knees and hips too!
I walk quite a bit, and I haven't fallen for years. Walking on uneven surfaces is good for your balance, making falls less likely. Falls aren't "the leading cause of death for seniors", either, not even close to heart disease and cancer.
As for "no cardio benefit", all you have to do is walk faster.
I like going up first (get the hard part out of the way) then down. I’ve got several hikes around here (South San Francisco Bay) that I like that range from 700 ft climbs up to 1,300. There’s one 2,500 foot climb I do a couple times a year.
If I drive up to Skyline Blvd, I start off downhill and hike back up. Spectacular vistas, but I prefer the hard part first.
Well, ya made me look. I was familiar with the step counter on the phone, but lately I’ve replaced walking...about 3 miles every other day...with paddling a pontoon boat with fins on my feet. Less abusive on the joints, and I caught a decent trout, today.
I lived in Mountain View for 12 years, on Easy Street, of all places. It runs along 85 between Central Expressway and 101.
The streets were okay to walk on, but the only trail near where I lived was the Stevens Creek Trail.
When I moved back to the Bay Area permanently in summer ‘78, a good friend and colleague lived on Easy Street in MV. I moved into Oakwood Garden Apartments at Middlefield & Moffett. Easy St. was just down the street! Small world!
I usually head up into the hills for a good hill climb. Just a mile up the road to Rhus Ridge and wilderness.
I believe the correct number of necessary steps is 10,723.
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