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Re:Daily steps and all-cause mortality by ajsnigrutin on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @10:03AM (#30919101)
Hitting a daily goal means more walking for many. "walk for however long you feel like" means nothing... having 3k steps on the pedometer, while the goal is eg. 10k steps (or 7k i guess now) means many people will go for a walk, which is good for them.

I know it's just gamification of exercise, but if it works, I'm all for it.

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Re:Daily steps and all-cause mortality by kwhitefoot on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @11:05AM (#30919957)
I have a pedometer app on my mobile. When I go for a walk I try to walk further than the weekly and monthly averages. I turn it into a silly sort of a game. So instead of trying to beat some externally imposed limit I just try to be a little better than myself. So far it's working and I generally do more than 6 ksteps per day.
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