Dr. Kelly Starrett

They've got just a little bit more of a buffer to sort of be able to eat whatever they want.

They've got just a little bit more of a buffer to sort of be able to eat whatever they want.

And I think critically we chose, the recommendation we have in this book for people is to walk eight to 12,000 steps. And the 10,000 steps idea was created by a Japanese pedometer manufacturer in the 60s. It was a marketing tool because pedometers 10,000 is an auspicious number in Japanese culture. So it wasn't at that time based on any research at all.

And I think critically we chose, the recommendation we have in this book for people is to walk eight to 12,000 steps. And the 10,000 steps idea was created by a Japanese pedometer manufacturer in the 60s. It was a marketing tool because pedometers 10,000 is an auspicious number in Japanese culture. So it wasn't at that time based on any research at all.

And I think critically we chose, the recommendation we have in this book for people is to walk eight to 12,000 steps. And the 10,000 steps idea was created by a Japanese pedometer manufacturer in the 60s. It was a marketing tool because pedometers 10,000 is an auspicious number in Japanese culture. So it wasn't at that time based on any research at all.

Of course, thanks to this whole sedentary biology field, there's all this research filling in, massive amount of research filling in to support the importance of walking. But the reason we chose 8,000 is because of that statistic I mentioned to you earlier that you get – You know, you get 51% reduction in all-cause mortality.

Of course, thanks to this whole sedentary biology field, there's all this research filling in, massive amount of research filling in to support the importance of walking. But the reason we chose 8,000 is because of that statistic I mentioned to you earlier that you get – You know, you get 51% reduction in all-cause mortality.

Of course, thanks to this whole sedentary biology field, there's all this research filling in, massive amount of research filling in to support the importance of walking. But the reason we chose 8,000 is because of that statistic I mentioned to you earlier that you get – You know, you get 51% reduction in all-cause mortality.

You know, you get the lion's share of the benefit of walking at 8,000 steps. And as we looked at our friends and neighbors and people who are busy and time crunched, we thought, man, 8,000 is a much more reachable number for more people than 10,000 or 12,000. Look, any extra is great. But most people, Americans, the data shows are getting about 4,000 steps.

You know, you get the lion's share of the benefit of walking at 8,000 steps. And as we looked at our friends and neighbors and people who are busy and time crunched, we thought, man, 8,000 is a much more reachable number for more people than 10,000 or 12,000. Look, any extra is great. But most people, Americans, the data shows are getting about 4,000 steps.

You know, you get the lion's share of the benefit of walking at 8,000 steps. And as we looked at our friends and neighbors and people who are busy and time crunched, we thought, man, 8,000 is a much more reachable number for more people than 10,000 or 12,000. Look, any extra is great. But most people, Americans, the data shows are getting about 4,000 steps.

And we really felt like it was realistic to say to people, hey, you could double that with a couple of 20-minute walks or three 10-minute walks. You can double that number pretty easily amongst a busy time crunch life. It may be hard to get to 10,000, 12,000, depending on where you are in your life.

And we really felt like it was realistic to say to people, hey, you could double that with a couple of 20-minute walks or three 10-minute walks. You can double that number pretty easily amongst a busy time crunch life. It may be hard to get to 10,000, 12,000, depending on where you are in your life.

And we really felt like it was realistic to say to people, hey, you could double that with a couple of 20-minute walks or three 10-minute walks. You can double that number pretty easily amongst a busy time crunch life. It may be hard to get to 10,000, 12,000, depending on where you are in your life.

So we really were very conscious about saying, hey, we want to create a number of steps that is relatable and accessible that people might actually be able to do.

So we really were very conscious about saying, hey, we want to create a number of steps that is relatable and accessible that people might actually be able to do.

So we really were very conscious about saying, hey, we want to create a number of steps that is relatable and accessible that people might actually be able to do.

So I think just to sort of tee this up a little bit, we ultimately prefer the word durability for exactly the reason you said. I don't think anybody cares about living to be 100 if the last 15 years are spent in a skilled nursing facility being taken care of by a nurse or by your adult children. That's an outcome nobody wants.

So I think just to sort of tee this up a little bit, we ultimately prefer the word durability for exactly the reason you said. I don't think anybody cares about living to be 100 if the last 15 years are spent in a skilled nursing facility being taken care of by a nurse or by your adult children. That's an outcome nobody wants.

So I think just to sort of tee this up a little bit, we ultimately prefer the word durability for exactly the reason you said. I don't think anybody cares about living to be 100 if the last 15 years are spent in a skilled nursing facility being taken care of by a nurse or by your adult children. That's an outcome nobody wants.