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If You Can Walk at This Pace, You're in Great Shape, Doctors Say
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If You Can Walk at This Pace, You're in Great Shape, Doctors Say
We all know that walking—especially as part of a rigorous routine—can benefit your heart and boost your health. Now experts say that it can also offer crucial clues into not only your fitness levels but also your projected longevity. In fact, some clinicians are using a simple walking test to determine how likely their patients are to experience certain health setbacks. They say that if you can walk at a particular pace, you’re likely operating …
The ideal is to complete 7,000 steps per day, a more realistic goal than the 10,000 currently recommended, emphasised by the authors of the study published in The Lancet scientific magazine.
According to a study, already 7000 steps a day reduce the risk for a number of serious diseases. According to the review of the previous recommendations published in the journal "Lancet Public Health", 10,000 steps a day are not necessarily necessary to achieve a positive effect on health.
The obsession with reaching 10,000 steps a day has become a kind of religion for many, a round and forceful figure that looks like the master key to a healthier and longer life. However, this dogma of well-being, repeated until satiety by health applications and smart watches, staggers on much more fragile foundations than we imagine. The reality is that this goal, often unattainable and source of frustration for a large part of the population, …
The number can be well remembered: 10,000 steps a day should be, we have learned. But can this be kept scientifically? Australian scientists have come to surprising findings.
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