Health

Get to stepping!

According to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it is recommended that you get a minimum of 150 minutes of moderate exercise per week. You can achieve this by exercising for 30 minutes 5 days / week. Moderate exercises are activities that increase your heart rate up to 50-60% higher than its rested rate. Examples of moderate exercise: brisk walking, biking, swimming, dancing...

Simply walking regularly, can help to maintain or improve your overall health. Walking can also help with reducing your risk of heart disease, diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure and depression. If you are not able to have a regular exercise schedule, using a device to count your steps throughout the day can be a great way to track your daily activity. The number of steps that you should aim for is dependent on your goals, age, health and other factors. Remember, any consistent increase is better than none at all, so get to stepping! See the chart below to assess your steps.

• Sedentary is less than 5,000 steps per day.

• Low active is 5,000 to 7,499 steps per day.

• Somewhat active is 7,500 to 9,999 steps per day.

• Active is more than 10,000 steps per day.

• Highly active is more than 12,500.