The Power of Walking: How 10,000 Steps a Day Boosts Health and Fitness
At a Glance Why 10,000? The Marketing Origin You Should Know The 10,000-step number has a surprisingly unscientific backstory: it comes from a 1965 Japanese pedometer called “manpo-kei” (万歩計), sold ahead of the Tokyo Olympics with a name that translates to “10,000-step meter.” It stuck as a round, memorable number — not because researchers had […]
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