The step goal of 10,000 is the recommended daily step target for healthy adults.
From recent research, it’s understood that:
• For the younger population (60 and below), around 8,000-10,000 steps per day are needed for optimal health and reducing the risk of illness and mortality.
• For the older population (60 and above), walking 6,000-8,000 steps a day is beneficial.
• Even for less active individuals (average age 72 for women), 4,400 steps per day show benefits compared to those who only walk 2,700 steps a day.
A 2022 study indicates that adding 1,000 steps a day is linked to a 12% reduction in the risk of illness across different age ranges.
Modern lifestyles, technological advances, and sedentary habits contribute to a lack of movement and physical activity. Adding more steps each day is crucial. While we all have busy routines, it’s essential to remember our responsibility for our bodies.
Incorporating activities like walking to work, parking farther away, using stairs, and adding aerobic exercise can make a difference. Various technological tools, like health apps and smartwatches, can help track daily steps.
Setting a goal to add 1,000 steps each day is a good start. To put it in perspective, 1 km is approximately 1,400 steps, and 8 km is around 10,000 steps.
A total of 10,000 steps equals 4 to 5 miles.
In summary, walking 10,000 steps a day offers benefits such as improved fitness, reduced risk of illness and mortality, increased calorie expenditure, lower risk of heart and vascular diseases, weight maintenance, better mood, longer lifespan, and assistance in weight loss.
Take care of your health and try to increase your daily steps.
Just do it!
