Conventional wisdom would have us believe the journey to a long and healthy life begins with 10,000 steps.
Saved you a click: Per the article it’s closer To 6,000
If you are 60+, otherwise it’s 8-10k
Or 7,000, or 6,000-8,000. If we’re going to nitpick there’s a lot of numbers tossed out in the article, but then somebody who reads it doesn’t really need to be saved a click.
the optimal number is probably closer to 6,000 steps per day, depending on your age.
In 2021, Paluch and her team published research based on a cohort of more than 2,000 middle-aged individuals living across the US. They found taking at least 7,000 steps a day reduced chances of premature death by 50 to 70 percent.
For adults aged 60 and older, this reduced risk topped out at around 6,000 to 8,000 steps a day. Pushing further might have other benefits, but a reduced chance of death isn’t one.
The study found that those who are younger could do well to walk a little more, but there wasn’t evidence that they’d necessarily live longer by walking more than 8,000 to 10,000 steps a day.
But if nothing else, setting our sights on at least 6,000 to 8,000 paces before bedtime could be a far easier step towards a longer life.
I think we can all agree, that we can just do 10k and be on the safe side of exercise. It’s nice to know that not reaching it won’t be as bad though.
Which is what the app on my phone is based on already. I manage it most days easily by walking from the bus station to work and back, which is ~1 mile. And that doesn’t include the time I’m actually at work, because I can’t wear my smart watch actually in the office.
Not surprising. The 10K steps idea was first set by a Japanese maker of pedometers as a marketing exercise with zero research to back it up.
The pedometers are all so imprecise though that it showing 10k may well be 6k real steps.
6k would be too easy to motivate buying pedometers, I guess.
Damn. Guess I’m gonna die. I really gotta change my routine
@pineapplelover Which way though? Increase or decrease?
You and me both, neighbor.
Causality.
Some people aren’t unhealthy because they don’t walk enough, they don’t walk enough because they’re unhealthy or have an underlying condition.
Someone in a coma ain’t walking much, but that’s not the main reason they’re more likely to die sooner rather than later.
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I don’t understand why they use steps. Who counts steps? It is more individualized than a distance, but my gosh, who is out there saying 4,981, 4,982, …? I know roughly the distance of my pace and could convert.
It really sounds like we need folks to get out and do it, tho!
