Inc.com just reported that the magical 10,000 steps a day for good health isn’t all that magical. This was based on a University of Massachusetts Amherst study that found that while more is generally better, “7,000 steps seemed to be an important inflection point. Taking that many steps reduced participants’ chance of premature death by 50 to 70 percent.” Trudging beyond that 7,000 step mark didn’t produce all that much benefit.
We’re not statisticians but that 50 to 70 percent seems like a pretty good reduction! And those last 3,000 steps were rough.
- Jet Cannon