Myth Steps: Why 10,000 a Day?

If you’ve been beating yourself up about reaching 10,000 a day, you’re the victim of a marketing ploy. Here’s how many steps you actually need.

Don’t Run — Walk!

Somewhere around mile three of a Saturday morning jog, with your knees barking, your lungs burning, and your motivation fading like a cheap bumper sticker in the Florida sun, a thought occurs to you: “Why am I doing this when I could just walk instead?”