Today on tv: the 10 000 steps a day is not based on science - Clever marketing campaign

The BBC's science in the document are also told that really the right kind of steps needed considerably less.Michael Mosley to find out at walmart also, what kind of difference there is a light or heavy weights, carried out the training. Yle

Many reaching 10 000 steps area a day. So the condition should improve. But what is that figure based on?

It can be easily imagine that the background is some kind of scientific research. British science journalist Michael Mosley reveal tonight at walmart, that in reality, what research is not. All originated in the golden 1960s.

– the 1964 Tokyo olympic games under a company invented a device called the Manpo-Meter. It literally means 10,000 steps meter, Mosley says.

– the Magic number is therefore not a scientific study result, but part of a clever marketing campaign. It was a selling slogan.

But how is: is it worth the 10 000 steps still to seek, or would you settle for less? Yes would be enough, the BBC documentary will be answered.

Professor Rob Copeland Sheffield Hallam University I swear only 3 000 steps a name – as long as they are sufficiently strenuous. Copeland method is the so-called active ten, that means thirty minutes of brisk walking every day. Then the speech is successful, but the song is no longer.

the Benefits are Mosley, according to indisputable.

– active ten enthusiasts enthusiasts more more exhausting exercise, even if the loop were short, to hear the final conclusions.

And strenuous exercise to improve health.

the Program calculated that 10 000 steps is equivalent to approximately eight miles. 3 000 steps is that only a small fraction: about 2.5 miles.

Michael Mosley is the test results more than impressed, as the 10 000 steps seemed to him almost impenetrable run spamming.

– Interesting and encouraging results: a similar and even better results get a few a brisk walk to a day, Mosley excited about.

the Truth of a workout today, TV1 has at 19.00.