We achieve this goal quickly if we seize every opportunity for activity.
While the 10,000 steps per day mark is not an official recommendation from the World Health Organization, walking enough throughout your day helps you stay healthy. “To have a significant effect, especially at the cardiovascular level, the minimum that must be done is at least 4,000 steps per day. But sure The more we walk, the better” insists Dr. Catherine Monpere, a cardiologist and member of the French Federation of Cardiology (FFC), whom we previously interviewed. But it's not always easy to walk enough every day, especially when you work remotely or have an office job. It is good to take any active sequence to break the sedentary lifestyle. If we take every opportunity to get active and take a few extra steps, We quickly reach 10,000 steps. The first thing to do – and it is within everyone's reach – is to walk when you talk on the phone, whether in the office, at home or on the go. “Mobile phone or landline, we have freed the phone from its wires, take advantage of it and do not limit yourself to your chair, sofa or armchair. Dr. Eric Gries, psychiatrist and author, advises: “Walking therapy against stress” (ed. Eyrolles). We take about 100 steps per minute, so if we stayed on the phone for 15 minutes, we would have taken 1,500 steps. In addition to this good advice, the following, just as simple, will have you walking without even realizing it .
► Prefer stairs to escalators or elevators. “The stairs make you do One step for each stepThis move is more effective because it requires extra work to move your body in the vertical plane“, he continued.
► In transportation, Instead of waiting immobile for the bus or train, walk back and forth at the stop, on the platform, or at the station. Likewise, consider getting off the bus one stop early and boarding another stop.
► By car, park further away. “If you are in a parking lot, position your car as far away from the pedestrian exit or store entrance as possible. You will find a free site more easily and will have the possibility to walk a few tens or hundreds of metres.“
► At work, Get into the habit of using the toilet away from where you are. Use the printer across the hall. The same goes for the water fountain. Holding permanent meetings. Prioritize travel rather than calls or chatting with your colleagues.
► In the supermarket, Move from one place to another randomly instead of going through the shelves logically.
► In front of the TV: “One cardiologist gave his patients this advice: Instead of keeping the remote carefully within reach (which, unfortunately, it was designed for), always remember to put it away from you. This will force yourself to get up to change the channel. Better yet: take a detour to pick it up.“
► At home, distribute your chores Instead of cleaning from top to bottom for an entire day, you distribute your physical efforts: one day, you vacuum (with music to help you move more), the next, you do an ironing session (stomping but this is important), the next Next, comes the windows and so on…
In general, remember that the most important thing is to move at least a little every day and get the reflex to get up once you have been sitting for a long time.
