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Friday, December 08, 2006
  The 10,000 Step Program to Better Health and Fitness Part II

The 20% Boost Program is basically "easing" into fitting walking into your life. To really measure your progress you will probably need to invest in a pedometer.

Week 1

The advice is not to change your life at all during this first week. Learn your baseline average daily step total. The goal for the next two weeks is to try and boost that average by 20%. You will need to measure your step sin a typical week. Don't try to walk more than normal. Each morning, reset the pedometer to "0." Set the pedometer to show steps, not distance or calorie counts. Keep the pedometer closed and attached to the front of your waist to the left or right of center. Wear the pedometer all day from the moment you wake up until going to bed. Do not immerse the pedometer in water. At night when you remove the Pedometer, record the number of steps you've taken. Note if you did formal exercise (wear your pedometer through formal exercise). An example of formal exercise would be a 20 minute treadmill walk. Note if there were activities in your day that caused more or fewer steps than usual. An example would be a museum tour or a day where you attended meetings all day. If you exercise on a bicycle, attach the pedometer to your shoe if it does not count the pedaling while attached to your waist.

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