Walking is a great exercise for both beginners and veterans. We just need basic sportswear and it can be as intensive as we want it to be. Whether we are walking for fat loss or for Healthy365 vouchers, “10,000 steps” is the magic benchmark number for walking.
However, many of us have sedentary lifestyles and may find it difficult to hit 10,000 steps daily.
In this article, we will look at how did the “10,000 steps” come about and I will also share some tips to hit our daily 10,000 steps.
Origin Of Daily 10,000 Steps
The 10,000 steps was actually born out of a marketing campaign for a Japanese step tracker by Yamasa Tokei Keiki Co., Ltd. They produced the first commercial step tracker in 1965 and named it “Manpo-kei”. “Manpo-kei” means 10,000 steps meter in Japanese. In addition to that, “Man” (万) also looks like a human in motion....