Chances are you've heard about the 10,000 steps per day health guideline for walking—and that may be because it's actually been around for a while. While that sounds pretty simple (and in a lot of ...

Walking 7000 steps a day may be just as powerful as hitting the much-hyped 10,000-step goal when it comes to reducing the risk of early death and disease. A sweeping global review of 57 studies shows ...

Getting in 9,000 to 10,000 daily steps cuts risk of death by more than a third and reduced cardiovascular disease risk by at least 20 percent, but even smaller increases showed benefits, researchers ...

From pricey wearable devices to your phone, it has never been easier to track your daily physical activity, or lack of it. And if you're like many Americans and spend nine-plus hours sitting every day ...

A large study shows that even brief, irregular walking patterns, such as a few active days a week, can meaningfully lower the risk of death and heart disease in older women, challenging the ...

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I'd previously set a challenge of 15,000 steps a day for a week and completed it, pleased with the results. So I challenged myself again: To walk 30,000 steps daily for two weeks. Getting in enough ...

You don’t need to walk anywhere near 10,000 steps to lower your risks of heart disease and early death, according to a new study of women in their 60s and older. In a new study, walking as little as 4 ...

Share on Pinterest Do we need 10,000 steps a day to see cardiovascular benefits? A new study finds fewer steps may be sufficient. mrs/Getty Images Past studies show that older women, especially those ...

A few years ago, in 2020, during the pandemic, I started exercising in the only space I had: my living room. No gyms. No studios. Just a yoga mat and free YouTube workouts. Over the course of a year, ...