Wednesday, December 21, 2011

David W. Fish: Earning 10,000 steps a day even with a desk job

So you’ve gotten yourself a pedometer and you’re now finding out that you keep on missing your daily target. Fret not. Here are some tips from yours truly, David W. Fish, to help you along your commendable goal of taking 10,000 steps a day.

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It is a good idea to start identifying where you spend most of your time. These days, it’s likely that you’re consuming a lot of time in front of a computer – be it for work or for leisure time. Though at times it is a necessity, spending extended periods of time sitting down is definitely not good for your body. Cut short your stint in front of the computer and increase the amount of steps that you take per day by regularly taking breaks—around once every hour or so—in order to keep your body healthy.

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I, David W. Fish, also think that it would be best for you to go look for other opportunities with which you can increase your average daily step count.

One thing you can definitely do is to start parking your vehicle farther away from the office and walking from there. You can also add a little more activity to your daily routine by taking the stairs instead of the elevator, even just part of the way will do if your office is too high up.

It takes a little effort but there are a lot of ways for you to constantly increase the number of steps you take every day to average 10,000 steps a day. However, once you get into the groove, you’ll find that it’s all worth the effort.

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