[redangus]

The 8000 steps is you DAILY goal. You don’t do that in 30 minutes. Your 8000 steps covers your whole day of movement with some of it done in the 3 faster/3 slower style.

[Jane Long]

Well, my daily steps are more than that....and, I get most of them in, at one workout time.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

The 8000 steps is you DAILY goal. You don’t do that in 30 minutes. Your 8000 steps covers your whole day of movement with some of it done in the 3 faster/3 slower style.

Not quite right. The researchers were comparing two different walking programs, one program being the Japanese method of 3 min fast/3 min slow for 30 minutes and the other being a program of 8,000 steps over the course of a day but at a lower intensity throughout.

In any case, the important thing is to be doing some form of exercise regularly.