Is walking enough exercise?
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‘Getting my steps in’ is a phrase heard all too often these days, and you’ve likely became accustomed to seeing your colleague or family member pacing up and down the room to get those so-called steps in. But, what is the obsession with steps? Why does it always have to be the lucky number 10,000? And, the winning question – is it enough to count as exercise?
If you cast your mind back to the times of lockdown, gym’s closed and our exercise routines came to a sudden halt. Many of us resorted to home workouts and walks to keep up with our fitness (and generally save us from boredom). We all took full advantage of the designated once a day outdoors exercise where we walked for as long as our legs could take us – and it seems from then, walks just kind of stuck and alas, the phrase ‘getting our steps in’ was born!
Post-pandemic, now working norms have shifted, we all seem to go for a lunchtime stroll while WFH as a way to step back from the screens and look after our physical and menta...
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