I’ve put my power-walking program back on track after taking a few days off to rest and to give myself a break from the routine it’s become. The break was very helpful and one day last week I put it to the test. I wore a pedometer to see how many steps I had taken to work. It totaled a few thousand, which inspired me to wear the gadget for a full day, and was somewhat amazed that I had covered a total of 11,575 steps. This included my first step out the back door, to work and back (twice), the entire day in my office, to the post office and back (twice), around the house and beyond. It’s not what I would call a typical day, but with a total of over 11,000 I think it’s safe to say an average day is in the neighbourhood of 10,000 steps for me. We ran an article in our newspaper (Similkameen News Leader) in mid-February about keeping fit in the winter, which made reference to a recommended 10,000 steps daily for overall fitness. The article calculated that 2,000 steps equally one mile, which is slightly more than three feet per stride and although my power-walking stride is wide I decided to use three feet as my stride length. Three feet times 11,575 steps is 34,725 feet or 6.57 miles or 10.58 kilometres. Wow! I had no idea I had walked such a distance in a day. No wonder I’m seeing results in my power-walking program. It also gives me another goal to shoot for in that if I walk an average of 5 miles (8.04 kilometres) per day, in a five-day work week I’m covering 25 miles (40.23 kilometres). I don’t think I was even running that distance when I quit because of the pounding on my joints. It gives me a completely different view of power-walking versus jogging/running and so far I like how it stacks up. If 10,000 steps a day sounds like a lot, it really isn’t. You’d be surprised what distance you cover in a regular day. I know I was and it’s inspired me to find ways to incorporate power-walking as a regular part of my fitness program.
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