A benchmark sometimes used for achieving general health and fitness is taking 10,000 steps a day. This includes walking for fitness as well as doing chores, walking to the store, etc. To judge your progress toward this goal, you need a pedometer. Pedometers can be set to count the nuumber of steps you take and, often, the dstance you travel as well. Left, right is 2 steps. On average, 10,000 steps is about 5 miles.

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