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Scientists Identify The Optimal Number of Daily Steps For Longevity, And It's Not 10,000 (www.sciencealert.com)

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Conventional wisdom would have us believe the journey to a long and healthy life begins with 10,000 steps.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Part of what was confusing for me was that there was this person, Bob Marshall, who was known for counting a lot of things while out hiking, and then logging the data. Something like "at 458 paces I came across a stream in which there were four large boulders and a log jam just upstream of the crossing consisting of five logs and 17 branches. At 1,209 paces I saw a Robin's nest with three eggs..." He was almost certainly on a spectrum but he died nearly 100 years ago.

Anyway, looked at some apps, I hike for work in season and would like to match that now. These programs seem ideal for that since I am limited to the streets mostly rn.