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The 10,000 Step Myth?

The 10,000 Step Myth?

  The 10,000 step goal is not a myth. In 2015, I clarified the proposed “myth" of 10,000 steps, expanding our understanding that our knowledge of step counts and health has greatly expanded. However, what goes around comes around. Not only are bell bottoms back, so are more recent claims that 10,000 steps per day is a myth. Despite its seemingly random origin, getting 10,000 steps each day can provide us with numerous health and wellness...

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Is Mall Walking Good Exercise?

Is Mall Walking Good Exercise?

We have all seen them before, pacing the perimeter of the mall in a tight-laced pair of walking shoes. I have personally been lapped, twice, by a mall walker at Post Oak Mall in College Station, Texas. Mall walking hit a peak of popularity in the 1990s, yet is quickly coming back as a popular choice for physical activity. I am happy to see it's revival, but can mall walking be of any benefit? Mall Walking...

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