A CSCS trainer explains the 90-second step test, a simple way to see how your walking fitness compares to your peers.

Some folks like to count their daily steps, while others prefer exercising for a certain amount of time during a day or a week. Luckily, either approach boosts health, a new study finds. Exercise ...

How many steps have you taken today? Most of us have been confronted by that question at some point in our lives, and many of us use our step count as a metric to gauge how active we are. For years we ...

A new study suggests that both step and time-based exercise targets are equally useful in protecting against early death and cardiovascular disease. In the age of smartwatches, monitoring step counts ...

Making exercise resolutions for 2024 is easy. It’s much harder to follow through. These seven tips offer some surprisingly simple and practical ways to establish exercise habits that stick. Perhaps ...

Share on Pinterest A new study demonstrates that 8,500 daily steps is the sweet spot for weight management. Stewart Cohen/Getty Images Walking 8,500 steps per day can help people maintain weight loss ...

Ten thousand steps for exercise and health, much like ten thousand hours to become an “expert,” are magic quantifications passed down without clear origins. Some researchers sought some scientific ...

You’ve probably heard that hitting 10,000 steps a day is the key to health and longevity. This magic number feels like a medical rule, handed down by doctors across the globe. In fact, it is not ...