The average person has been determined to do around 5,000 to 6,000 steps daily. This varies greatly depending upon the individual. Those who are mainly sedentary could easily do less than 3,000. More active lifestyles could be anywhere from 10,000 to 15,000. Walking to lose weight using pedometer steps requires a daily minimum of 10,000 steps as a general guideline. Often up to 15,000 pedometer steps are suggested as a desirable target for weight loss but I like to record my steps daily and average 10,000 steps each over 7 days. This enables me to add higher calorie burning to my walking when combined with weights, cycling, interval training on the treadmill, some of which only indirectly registers on a pedometer. Calorie burning can be monitored with some pedometers but as gender, weight, height and metabolism affect this result it may be less than accurate.
It also helps in business where exercise and timetables need to be flexible. You can plan around the gym or other set program but it doesn’t matter if you miss because pedometer steps are under your control. Add in extra steps easily with a walk at lunchtime if you didn’t make it to the gym earlier.
The first requirement is to find out how many steps you do in any normal day. Increase this by 20 percent as a first target until you reach 10,000 pedometer steps daily or a level where weight loss occurs. Walking for weight loss with pedometer steps is easy!
It is far and away the easiest method for keeping on track when monitoring progress. More importantly it doesn’t give confusing information as weight scales can do when used daily. Scales, instead of offering encouragement, frequently disappoint because of various issues around muscle development, fluid retention and time of day, whereas the pedometer steps tracking system tells me exactly how much activity I have performed this day. This means that when at work, or shopping, I am aware of my physical movements and focusing on the desired target of weight loss.