✅ 10,000 steps / day encourages the accumulation of incidental and planned activity throughout the day.
💡 The magic number “10,000” dates back to a marketing campaign conducted shortly before the start of the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. A company began selling a pedometer called the Manpo-kei: “man” meaning 10,000, “po” meaning steps and “kei” meaning meter.
Since then, there have been numerous studies that have compared the health benefits of different number of steps. These studies have shown, unsurprisingly, the higher the number, the better the health benefits.
Health benefits of walking 10,000 steps / day include:
✅ Helps promote weight loss
✅ Helps improve sleep
✅ Helps improve muscular and cardiovascular fitness
✅ Helps improve bone health
✅ Helps prevent and manage mental health problems
✅ Helps lower rates of heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes, colon and breast cancer
✅ Helps improve mobility and balance
Need help achieving your 10,000 steps? Here are some tips:
➡️ Incorporate walking int your daily commute
➡️ Walk between errands
➡️ Take the stairs
➡️ Have a walking meeting
➡️ Find a walking buddy
➡️ Make multiple trips (carrying groceries from your car to inside your house)
➡️ Take an extra lap around the grocery store
➡️ Get off the bus one or two stops early
➡️ Park further away from your destination
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