A walking expert says you don’t need to walk 10,000 steps a day for most health benefits – here’s why Fitness is a personal venture, and your daily step goal should be too – here’s how to set one, according to an expert.
If study after study keeps landing on 8,000-or-so steps as a worthy daily target, where does the 10,000 steps a day goal stem from?.
If you went for a 30-minute walk you would probably get around 3,000 steps, so if you take your baseline daily activity and add one session of planned exercise, you’re close to that 10,000-step goal.”.
“There is evidence to suggest the Japanese population, similar to the US and probably the UK, does about 5,000-6,000 steps per day on average,” Dr Aguiar says.
Below we debunk the 10,000 steps a day myth, and explain how to settle on a daily step goal that works for you.
