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Do you need to walk 10,000 steps a day? A walking expert weighs in
Techradar ^ | 08/09/2024 | Harry Bullmore

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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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Outdoors; Society
KEYWORDS: day; exercise; health; need; steps; treadmill; walk; wellness
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To: chrisser

Download a pedometer on your phone as a free app. Keep the phone in a front pocket.


21 posted on 08/10/2024 7:24:37 PM PDT by Fai Mao ( The US government is run by pedophiles and Perverts for pedophiles and perverts.)
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To: chrisser

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.


22 posted on 08/10/2024 7:25:16 PM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: chrisser

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.


23 posted on 08/10/2024 7:27:16 PM PDT by Obadiah
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To: chrisser

Step counter app for your phone


24 posted on 08/10/2024 7:28:39 PM PDT by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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To: Ransomed

Walk only uphill and you’ll be in heaven.


25 posted on 08/10/2024 7:29:19 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Ransomed

To school every day in 3 ft of snow.


26 posted on 08/10/2024 7:42:01 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Jyotishi

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.

Freegards


27 posted on 08/10/2024 7:45:17 PM PDT by Ransomed
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To: chrisser
What’s the best way to measure step count

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:>)

28 posted on 08/10/2024 7:45:34 PM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Perfect alibi

1 Timothy 4:8 King James Version
“For bodily exercise profiteth little:......”


29 posted on 08/10/2024 7:48:53 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: ChicagoConservative27
This is a really stupid routine. There is no cardio benefit and maybe even a negative effect due to suppression of cardio exercise. And, walking results in falls and the more unnecessary walking one does, the more likely for a fall (the leading cause of death for seniors). And, only certain populations are generically engineered for walking.
30 posted on 08/10/2024 7:49:26 PM PDT by anton
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To: anton

How exactly is one ‘generically engineered for walking’?


31 posted on 08/10/2024 7:53:54 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: kiryandil

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.


32 posted on 08/10/2024 8:02:42 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: Ransomed

Great idea, thanks. Will give it a try.


33 posted on 08/10/2024 8:12:08 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: HIDEK6

I’ve got a blue handicapped parking placard. Effing up knees and hips too!


34 posted on 08/10/2024 8:13:01 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: anton
walking results in falls

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.

35 posted on 08/10/2024 8:17:05 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: jimtorr

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.


36 posted on 08/10/2024 8:25:03 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: SamAdams76

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.


37 posted on 08/10/2024 8:34:01 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

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.


38 posted on 08/10/2024 8:36:25 PM PDT by jimtorr
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To: jimtorr

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.


39 posted on 08/10/2024 8:39:27 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I believe the correct number of necessary steps is 10,723.


40 posted on 08/10/2024 8:50:47 PM PDT by alternatives?
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