Interesting article on 10,000 steps

Psychopasta
Psychopasta Posts: 37 Member
edited November 24 in Fitness and Exercise
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-42864061

This is just aimed at people wanting to improve general fitness of course. They're not claiming that walking more makes you put on weight :-)

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  • niblue
    niblue Posts: 339 Member
    That study seems far too small to be useful, particularly as the most interesting thing would be whether the change in activity levels stuck and what effect it then had on health/fitness etc. The main point though is that for people that aren't active then either aiming for 10,000 steps a day or for some other regular activity that's more cardio is going to to help, but only if that change in activity levels is a long term thing.
  • Jthanmyfitnesspal
    Jthanmyfitnesspal Posts: 3,522 Member
    Thanks for posting.

    To the authors: Yes, there are better exercise plans than simply getting 10000 steps around the office. One of them might be 3x10minutes of vigorous walking. Another might be training for a 5k. (Duh.)
  • _mr_b
    _mr_b Posts: 302 Member
    Doesn’t matter what the target is, the sentiment is the same - do more exercise.

    As for the article, it’s just saying that it’s better to do 30mins of proper exercise than just to 10000 steps around the office - I thought we knew that already.

    Also due to the lack of proper evidence it strikes me as a bit of tabloid-esque click-bait.
  • MegaMooseEsq
    MegaMooseEsq Posts: 3,118 Member
    The 10k steps goal seems a lot more popular than the 3x10 plan, so I'm glad to see the 3x10 getting some attention (it worked for me!). I think it's fairly instinctive to people that more steps is better for your health than less, but lots of people think that ten minutes at a go isn't long enough to get the benefits of exercise. My steps have actually dropped since I started working out more vigorously, although I do still try and move around more to fight the effects of being sedentary than for exercise or weight loss.
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