10,000 steps a day, so how did this magic number come about? The 10,000 steps a day target came about from a Japanese brand, Yamasa Tokei Keiki Co. Ltd, which produced the first commercial pedometer back in 1965. The device called “Manpo-kei”, which translates to “10,000 steps meter”. This was a marketing tool for the device and has seemed to have stuck across the world as the daily step target. It’s even included in daily step targets by popular smartwatches, such as Fitbit today.
However, studies from Harvard Medical School has shown that we don’t actually need 10,000 steps a day. The more steps people walked, the lower their risk of dying was, before levelling off at around 7,500 steps a day.
So why am I doing this challenge? Of course it’s for health sake. I think hitting 10,000 steps a day is relatively easy as compared to finding time to go for a jog or physical activity for most people. No special attire or gears that we need to put on, we can do it anytime and anywhere. It can be as simple as walking around our estate for an extra 15 to 30 mins just before we go back home. In the process, I am hoping that I may be able to loss some excess weight as well. I’m not a fitness junkie nor nutritionist, and I’m not here to debunk the 10,000 steps benefits nor object to it. But rather, I’m here to see what it does to my body in the next 30 days, and hopefully for the better. “)
Over the next 30 days, I will be clocking at least 10k steps every day. I will be documenting my progress here over the next 30 days starting from 1st May 2021.
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