There are so many benefits to walking every day — it helps strengthen your heart, bones, and muscles, increases cardiovascular endurance, boosts your mood, and reduces stress, just to name a few.

The 10,000-step benchmark started as a marketing strategy for a 1960s Japanese pedometer, not a medical recommendation. Research now shows health gains can start with far fewer steps — as low as 2,500 ...

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