Walking shoes — check. Pedometer — got it. But do you have a goal?
No goal? Better set one. It doesn’t even matter if you hit the mark. People who put a target on their radar — like walking 10,000 steps a day — walk a whole lot more than people who don’t have a goal. Studies prove it.
The End Game
Walking 10,000 steps a day is an ideal physical activity goal, according to new guidelines.(Find out how many steps the average person really takes.)And in a large review of the research, scientists discovered that people with this goal — or a personalized step plan — literally walked the extra mile, logging about 2,000 extra steps a day. Plus, when people tracked their progress with a pedometer, they lost weightandimproved their blood pressure.(Use this tool to learn what your ideal waist size should be.)
A Few More Motivators
In addition to your comfy shoes, your daily-steps goal, and your pedometer, here are a few more tools to help you keep on keeping on:
Walking shoes — check. Pedometer — got it. But do you have a goal?
No goal? Better set one. It doesn’t even matter if you hit the mark. People who put a target on their radar — like walking 10,000 steps a day — walk a whole lot more than people who don’t have a goal. Studies prove it.
The End Game
Walking 10,000 steps a day is an ideal physical activity goal, according to new guidelines.(Find out how many steps the average person really takes.)And in a large review of the research, scientists discovered that people with this goal — or a personalized step plan — literally walked the extra mile, logging about 2,000 extra steps a day. Plus, when people tracked their progress with a pedometer, they lost weightandimproved their blood pressure.(Use this tool to learn what your ideal waist size should be.)
A Few More Motivators
In addition to your comfy shoes, your daily-steps goal, and your pedometer, here are a few more tools to help you keep on keeping on: