{"id":66315,"date":"2024-09-30T07:42:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T07:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=66315"},"modified":"2024-09-30T07:42:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T07:42:35","slug":"a-walking-expert-says-you-dont-need-to-walk-10000-steps-a-day-for-most-health-benefits-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2024\/09\/30\/a-walking-expert-says-you-dont-need-to-walk-10000-steps-a-day-for-most-health-benefits-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"A walking expert says you don\u2019t need to walk 10,000 steps a day for most health benefits \u2013 here\u2019s why"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-66316\" src=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/walk-walk-walk-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/walk-walk-walk-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/walk-walk-walk-1024x644.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/walk-walk-walk-770x484.jpg 770w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/walk-walk-walk-360x226.jpg 360w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/walk-walk-walk.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dropcap-element-slot\">W<\/span>alking 10,000 steps a day is one of world\u2019s most common\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/fitness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">fitness<\/a>\u00a0goals. But a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/walking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">walking<\/a>\u00a0expert says this lofty target might not be needed to enjoy many of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">health<\/a> benefits associated with a regular stroll.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/other\/a-walking-expert-says-you-don-t-need-to-walk-10-000-steps-a-day-for-most-health-benefits-here-s-why\/ar-AA1r82dT?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=a49449bb61934113bb84bdb6a488dafc&amp;ei=89\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Walking 10,000 steps a day is one of world\u2019s most common\u00a0fitness\u00a0goals. But a\u00a0walking\u00a0expert says this lofty target might not be needed to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-66315","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/8000-steps.png","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66315"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66318,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66315\/revisions\/66318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}