For starters, you don’t have to hit five digits to see benefits.

Increasing your step count may improve your health and wellness, but hitting 10,000 steps isn't a magic bullet. Here’s what the research and experts say.

10,000 is a nice round number—but it's not a magic one.

And how you can burn more calories walking in less time.

It’s 2025, and walking 10,000 steps a day is one of the most popular fitness goals on the planet. The scientific rationale is dubious – research suggests that doing 7,000 to 8,000 steps a day offers ...

Does 10,000 steps daily really prevent heart disease? A cardiologist explains the widely accepted fitness goal, revealing the actual step count for improved heart health.

Movement in any form can benefit your health, says senior fitness writer Harry Bullmore. But can this latest walking trend help time-poor people step up their exercise plans?

A study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology reveals that there are health benefits when you hit about ...

Doesn’t it always feel like we craft New Year’s resolutions with Olympic-level enthusiasm, care and attention in December, but then let those ambitions slide down the drain when January comes around ...

There's nothing magical about the number 10,000. In fact, the idea of walking at least 10,000 steps a day for health goes back decades to a marketing campaign launched in Japan to promote a pedometer.