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Calling All Walkers: Use This Minute Rule

May 27th 2009 22:48

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Walking is an easy exercise, but use this minute rule to make sure you’re hoofing it hard enough to get the minimum benefit.

Strap on a pedometer and make sure you’re taking about 100 steps a minute. This will help ensure that you meet baseline exercise requirements for intensity level.

The Meaning of Moderate

For maximum health, you want to aim for 30 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise on most days of the week. But what does "moderate" mean? In a study, researchers found that men needed to take 92–102 steps a minute and women needed about 91–115 steps per minute to elevate their heart rate and oxygen intake high enough to qualify their activity as moderately intense.

Watch Your Steps

If you are new to exercise or have a health condition, check with your doctor before trying to hit the benchmark of 100 steps per minute. If exercise is old hat to you, don’t let yourself get too comfortable with the number. As the researchers pointed out, this is really the minimum walking pace that qualifies as moderate-intensity exercise.

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May 27th 2009 23:57

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I'm ahead of the game on this one! I bought a cheap pedometer at a dollar store and have over 5K steps at my daily job alone!

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May 28th 2009 00:27

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Signals, that's fantastic, thanks for dropping by

Comment by Lester Caudill

May 28th 2009 12:07

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Hey Katyzzz I live in the Appalachian mountains here in eastern Kentucky and to start my walk I climb a winding path about three fourths a mile before walking another three and a quarter miles in the level to finish my walk. The uphill is the hardest, but yields the best results.

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May 28th 2009 16:31

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some dude said you need 10000 steps a day for good health. most of the time I spend it walking no where. what did that Alice in Wonderland character say: you have to run twice as fast as that to get no where?

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May 28th 2009 17:52

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May 29th 2009 04:35

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Michael this is great news and a good quip thrown in to boot.

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May 29th 2009 04:36

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Go moonglow, go.

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May 30th 2009 23:26

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Lester, that's a great way to go, I remember reading your comment, and I don't know how I missed your reply, I almost took the walk with you you described it so well.

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