Walk It Off
02 Nov 2020
Surely you’ve heard that taking 10,000 steps a day will keep you healthy and trim. But should this really be the goal?
10,000 steps equates to roughly 5 miles, a distance that most people do not reach on a typical day. Setting a goal like this is problematic as there are many factors involved – age, body type, health goals etc. For a mail carrier, 5 miles may be a realistic daily achievement but as a senior citizen, it is certainly not healthy to get the same amount of steps in myself.
There is no need to encourage general collective goals of this kind as people differ vastly in their abilities and requirements. That being said, increasing moderate physical actives such as walking undoubtably benefits your health. Start by aiming for an extra 1,000 steps a day, and continue increasing as you can. Every step counts towards your health and weight loss goals.
