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10,000 Steps
Walking 10,000 Steps per day is enough exercise to
improve your overall health and fitness. Sadly, many of us only walk
about 3,000 steps a day. Put on your pedometer and work your way up
to 10,000 steps per day.
Obesity is on the rise in almost all western
nations and part of it is to blame on our sedentary lifestyle. The
average person now only takes between 3,000 and 5,000 steps a day.
Combined with our diet of sweet and fatty foods full of refined
flour and sugar makes for a potentially deadly combination. Lack of
exercise and high-calorie diets result in heart disease, diabetes
and an ever-growing list of other ailments.
How do we rectify the situation? By eating
healthy, balanced meals and walking 10,000 steps a day. 10,000 may
sound like a large number, but you can easily get there by
incorporating just a few of the tips below. Some of them will add
hundreds of steps to your daily count, others even thousands. Pick
one of the tips to start with and make it a daily habit. Then move
on and add another way to add more steps to your day. Don't forget
to keep track of the amount of steps you take with a
pedometer.
- Park your car at the far end of the parking
lot and walk.
- Spend 15 minutes of your lunch hour going for
a brisk walk.
- When you go to check the mail, walk to the
mailbox, back to your front door and then to the mailbox again
before picking up your mail.
- When running errands or shopping, park the
car in a central location and walk the rest of the way whenever
possible.
- Go for a walk around the block after dinner
with your partner.
- Find a walking buddy and schedule regular
weekly walks.
- Set up a treadmill in front of the TV and
walk while you watch your favorite show.
- Join a Gym
and use their treadmills when it's too cold or wet to walk
outside.
- Pace around the room while you are talking on
the phone.
- Take a stroll through your yard.
- Walk around the playground while your kids
are playing.
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