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TL;DR doing 3x 10min brisk walks every day is (a) easier and (b) healthier than aiming for 10k steps each day Rob then split them into two groups. One was aske
by baxtr 9y ago
TL;DR doing 3x 10min brisk walks every day is (a) easier and (b) healthier than aiming for 10k steps each day
Rob then split them into two groups. One was asked to hit the 10,000-step target - around five miles - in a day, while the other group was asked to do three sessions of "Active 10" - which adds up to around 1.5 miles - more like 3,000 steps.
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The Active 10 group actually did 30% more 'moderate to vigorous physical activity' than the 10,000-step group, even though they moved for less time
- yodsanklai 9y agoTL;DR ad for "something called, Active 10"
- mrob 9y ago10 minutes brisk walk counts as a single "Active 10", and the goal is to do three Active 10s per day. This study compared people who did 10,000 steps with people who did three Active 10s.
- lucozade 9y agoThe editorialised TL;DR An experiment was set up for a TV show using a very small sample to achieve a particular outcome. Sure enough, said outcome was achieved. I appreciate it's not intended to be science, it's a TV show. And I'm sure that there are likely to be actual studies that do actually show that the effect is real. I understand all that (though a link would have been nice, it is the internet after all). But for some reason I find it bloody irritating. Don't know why. Maybe I'm not getting enough exercise.