Walking 10,000 Steps a Day -- Five Mental Tips

Oct 25
10:18

2009

Dr. Kirk Mahoney

Dr. Kirk Mahoney

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You might believe that walking 10,000 steps a day is all about physical fitness. But this article goes beyond the physical by providing five mental tips to reaching and sustaining this daily goal.

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Walking 10K steps/day is as much mental as it is physical. You can reach and sustain taking 10K steps/day by remembering the following tips.

Tip #1: Remember that it is good for your brain.

Walking 10K steps/day can improve your mental acuity. It also can lower your stress. And it has been reported to decrease your risk of dementia.

Tip #2. Remember that it is good for the rest of your body.

Walking 10K steps/day can cut your body-fat percentage. It can improve your circulation. And it can reduce your risk of heart attack.

Tip #3. Remember that it can improve your home life.

Walking 10K steps/day can calm you so that you have more patience with your friends and loved ones. It can give you time (as you walk) to think through your personal problems. And it can give you more time,Walking 10,000 Steps a Day -- Five Mental Tips Articles if your partner joins you on at least some of your daily walking, to talk with your partner.

Tip #4. Remember that it can improve your work life.

Walking 10K steps/day can give you more energy for your work. Yes, it is a paradoxical result that more physical activity leads to more energy, but it is true. It can give you time to consider -- and solve -- some of your work problems. It can make you more attentive at work. And it could even qualify you or your company for a discount on your health insurance.

Tip #5. Remember that it can help you to lose weight.

Walking 10K steps/day can help you to lose weight. Suppose that you walk 2,000 steps/day today. Then increasing this daily rate to 10K steps/day would let you burn an extra 400 Calories per day. Because you must burn 3,500 Calories to lose one pound, and assuming that your Caloric intake stays constant, switching from 2K steps/day to 10K steps/day could let you lose some forty pounds in one year.

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