5,000 steps a day insufficient?

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Anonymous wrote:My neighbor is chief of cardiology at our local research hospital. She said the step thing is less important than increasing your heart rate through exercise. 30 minutes a day of increased heart rate is the goal.

Increased heart rate to what number? If my resting is 70 and I walk 30 min a day and it gets to 103 is that "enough." How does anyone know the right number?

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Anonymous wrote:My neighbor is chief of cardiology at our local research hospital. She said the step thing is less important than increasing your heart rate through exercise. 30 minutes a day of increased heart rate is the goal.

Increased heart rate to what number? If my resting is 70 and I walk 30 min a day and it gets to 103 is that "enough." How does anyone know the right number?

It depends on your current fitness level, and age. 103 is just a slightly elevated heart rate. That's likely not even 60% of your heart rate capacity. Also 30 mins a day is more of a starting point if you're new to exercising. But it's a start!

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Anonymous wrote:It's not just the number of steps you take, but rather your fitness goals. If your goal is weight loss or cardiovascular, then it's a sustained period of elevated heart rate. For me, 30 minutes of fast walking on an incline will rack up 4,200+, with the incline helping keep my heart rate in the fat burning zone.

A leisurely stroll of a couple miles through a level park isn't going to do that much for your waistline....

If you control your eating, then walking is much better than hard cardio which increases your appetite.

The reason you need to elevate your heart rate is cardiovascular health. Exercise isn’t really an effective weight loss tool. This is why strength training is better than cardio for losing weight.

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Anonymous wrote:My neighbor is chief of cardiology at our local research hospital. She said the step thing is less important than increasing your heart rate through exercise. 30 minutes a day of increased heart rate is the goal.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve heard two hours of exercise a day is ideal. Obviously if you only have time for one hour, there’s better than nothing.

Over the course of the week your routine should include high intensity training (high heart rate), zone training (moderately high heart rate), weight lifting, and stretching.

Two hours?? Where is that from. CDC says 150min/week

I think you're doing great, OP. Running gets you less steps over the same distance bc your strides are longer but it's better for your heart/lungs

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Anonymous wrote:My neighbor is chief of cardiology at our local research hospital. She said the step thing is less important than increasing your heart rate through exercise. 30 minutes a day of increased heart rate is the goal.

Increased heart rate to what number? If my resting is 70 and I walk 30 min a day and it gets to 103 is that "enough." How does anyone know the right number?

https://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/basics/measuring/heartrate.htm

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My neighbor is chief of cardiology at our local research hospital. She said the step thing is less important than increasing your heart rate through exercise. 30 minutes a day of increased heart rate is the goal.

Increased heart rate to what number? If my resting is 70 and I walk 30 min a day and it gets to 103 is that "enough." How does anyone know the right number?

It depends on your current fitness level, and age. 103 is just a slightly elevated heart rate. That's likely not even 60% of your heart rate capacity. Also 30 mins a day is more of a starting point if you're new to exercising. But it's a start!

45. What do you think my heart rate should be for general health? thanks