Hi friends. As we get close to a new year, this is when people start thinking about their

New Year's goals, their New Year's resolutions, whatever you want to call it. And of course,

one of the most popular goals or resolutions, one of the most popular areas, is the area of

fitness, fitness and health. And I suspect more than a few people are considering

setting a goal of reaching 10,000 steps every single day. It's a pretty popular question on Google.

Actually, there are quite a few questions around 10,000 steps that Google gets asked quite frequently.

So I'm going to save you the time. I'm going to save you the trouble if you are considering

a goal of 10,000 steps a day. Today, this week, on walking as as fitness we're going to answer every question you've ever

thought about regarding 10,000 steps and probably even some you haven't considered. Hi, this is

Dave. Welcome to walking as fitness, a podcast designed to help you transform your life by walking more

and walking more intentionally.

You ready?

Everything you ever wanted to know about 10,000 steps a day.

Let's get started.

All right, the first question, how far is 10,000 steps?

Well, the average person takes about 2,000 steps to walk a mile. That means walking 10,000 steps. Well, the average person takes about 2,000 steps to walk a mile.

That means walking 10,000 steps is about 5 miles.

Now, obviously, the length of your stride can change that.

For example, it takes fewer than 2,000 steps to run a mile because you're covering more

ground with each stride, and you simply don't need as many steps.

My wife, Ava, is noticeably shorter than me and when we walk together, our step totals never match.

That's because her stride is shorter and she needs more steps to match my pace or I need fewer steps to match her pace. But for most of us,

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