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10,000 Steps and Counting: Those 2,000 Extra Steps

Checklist Before You Can Read This Blog: Did you buy your pedometer? Did you keep track of everything that you ate and all the steps that you took? Did you average the number of steps you take per day in a typical week? If you answered ‘yes’, you can keep reading! I hinted in last week’s blog that we were going to talk about increasing our average steps by 2,000. That’s your goal this week. Take your average from last week and increase it by 2,000 steps per day. When I first contemplated the idea of increasing the number of … Continue reading →

Count Your Steps

People, who work 16 hour days, often find it very difficult to find the time and the stamina to participate in a regular exercise program. There seems to be little desire to add the time it takes to visit the gym, go to the basement to use the equipment purchased (with the best of intentions), or to even walk the dog. We all know the facts: 60% of Americans are overweight. Sitting on the couch causes extra pounds. The statistics go on and on, including risks for heart disease, diabetes and any number of frightening maladies. This is why so … Continue reading →

Step Up: Join The Walking Craze – Book Review

Here’s an interesting book to read: Pedometer Walking: Stepping Your Way to Health, Weight Loss and Fitness. The book is an inclusive guide written by Mark Fenton and David R. Bassett, Jr. designed to get people up and moving. The book uses trivia, experts and science to educate their readers on not only how to increase their steps, but also to suggest ways to incorporate walking into their daily routines. They also provide data on how to taking walking to the next level can keep a walker interested and motivated. It’s not the ambitions that make people become more active, … Continue reading →