10,000 Steps a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

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Thu, February 01, 2007

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Your heart beats about 100,000 times a day. That is over 2.5 billion beats in a lifetime! One of the best things that you can do to keep your heart healthy is to be physically active. It really does not matter what type of activity you do as long as you raise your heart rate. You can run, swim, p...

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Mary Lou Baker

2/ 2/07 1:45pm

This was an excellent article ! The pedometer does motivate you, as an after school childcare counselor I wore one and found that I walked between 9-11,000 steps during a 4 hour period,,although I am not overweight, I lost inches and just felt emotionally better and less tired and slept so much better. A pedometer is a great gift to give. When you wear one, you begin to challenge yourself to do better. It works !!

billbo

2/28/07 11:20pm

thanks for the great article. i've been reading lately that it's better to exercise with intense, short burst of activity (getting your heart into the 90% zone) and then down to a lower level again, rather than just slogging it out on the treadmill at a steady 80%....are there any studies that show interval training is better than long, steady training, in terms of cardio fitness?

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