- 4,000 steps or 2 miles
- 8,000 steps or 4 miles
- 12,000 steps or 6 miles
These are daily numbers by the CDC, National Institute on Aging and National Cancer Institute publishes in JAMA. 4,840 US residents age 40 and over were tracked for ten years.
8,000 steps per day will cut your risk of dying in the next ten years for any reason including cardiovascular disease and cancer in half. Half!
12,000 steps per day will lower your risk of all cause death to 51%-65% compared to people doing 4,000 steps per day.
- More steps equals lower risk of dying.
- Sit less, move more.
- 30 minutes a day, five days per week is the Physical Activity Guideline for Americans.
Simple and clear.