7000 is enough

[Axtremus]

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2783711

“In this cohort study of 2110 adults with a mean follow-up of 10.8 years, participants taking at least 7000 steps/d, compared with those taking fewer than 7000 steps/d, had a 50% to 70% lower risk of mortality. There was no association of step intensity with mortality regardless of adjustment for step volume.”

[Mik]

Interesting. I guess I need to “step” up. I’m averaging 5000.

[Doctor Phibes]

"7000 is enough"

Correlation is not causation.

[Jolly]

Yes, and no.

It's not a bad standard, but doesn't take into account other forms of exercise, such as stationary bike, etc.

I didn't do 7000 steps yesterday. I did a hair over 3000. I also came home to a small oak (about 9-10" ) that fell on the dogpen fence and had hung up on another tree. That necessitated getting out and packing about 100 feet of logging chain, throwing it over the leaning tree, pulling the thing down to the ground with a tractor, cutting the tree up into manageable pieces and chunking it out of the pen, driving a couple of new t-posts and using tie-wire to wire in a patch where the fence was down.

All in a day's work...

[Mik]

Meters will detect stationary bikes if you use your legs. My Fitbit also counts steps when I use it with my arms. But you make a good point. It all adds up to increased heart rate and muscle use.

[Doctor Phibes]

I must admit, when I'm doing 10,000 a day rather than 5000, I really notice the difference in how
I feel.

Working from home has played hell with my activity levels.

[Jolly]

You, and a lot of other people.

That and a lot of car travel. I don't see how people who cover big job territories by car with a lot of windshield time, stay in any kind of shape.