My uncle has a dog named “Five Miles” - he walks Five Miles in the morning and Five Miles in the evening.
I used to do 5 miles a day. It was not really improving stuff that much. 3 miles seems to be the “right” amount for me. I keep the weight off, my blood work is great, and I save about 30 minutes.
Everyone should do SOMETHING to keep themselves in original, showroom condition.
7,000 steps a day?? Must be a typo. Surely they meant year.
You get 6-7000 steps a day just being an office worker.
We had a family group - all on the FitBit - our goal was five miles a day - I was the only one that could get it b/c I worked at a school, ran around all day, then had two large dogs at home that needed long walks.
After retirement, and as the dogs got older, that switched to around three miles/day. I really don’t see any difference.
Five miles/day is also time consuming and not realistic for most people.
I always lose count within the first thousand or so.
I have thousands of steps of yard work on the agenda today, but I think the heat and humidity would kill me and thus undo the bennies. It is like walking underwater...
Just don’t be a slug.
And yes, can be hard if you work overtime hours in an office and have a long commute.
Bkmk
yup and with 7000 steps a day you can still hurt plenty of body parts over time so they still get money out of you for foot, ankle, knee, hip, joint or muscle issues from excessive walking, when so many other simple forms of exercise are much. more healthful than just walking is to the body.