I’ve walked 10,000 steps a day for two years – these five benefits have persuaded me to keep it up
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After two years of walking 10,000 steps per day, I’ll never go back.
By Harry Bullmore, Fitness Writer
In my eyes, walking is one of the most overlooked forms of exercise. But its innocuousness is the very reason it can unlock impressive benefits for the majority of people.
Walking is accessible, enjoyable and low-impact, but still boasts a bunch of health perks. These range from improving fitness and weight management to less expected effects like boosting your mood and emotional health. As someone who’s walked at least 10,000 steps a day for more than two years now, according to the health app on my phone, it’s the benefits in the latter camp that persuaded me to keep the habit going.
But why 10,000? Anyone with access to Google can see this fitness goal stems from a 1960s Japanese pedometer called the manpo-kei (which roughly translates as ‘10,000-step metre’). Following a 2023 study, the University of Granada claimed the figure has ‘no scientific basis’ and it instead identified...
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