10, 000 Steps Per Day

  Have you ever heard about a campaign launched by our gov to encourage Malaysian to walk 10000 steps a day? It's been awhile since the gov started it actually and I'm not sure whether the campaign is still going or not. Either way, I'm giving my support to this kind of campaign, encouraging the people to live and maintain a healthy life.

my beloved cat, Gomok. Isn't she beautiful? She walks more than 10000 steps in a day.

  In my humble opinion, it's vital to exercise regularly to stay fit and prevent ourselves from getting any chronic diseases such as heart failure, diabetes and few more. It's generally accepted that we're supposed to exercise at least 3 times a week and 20 minutes per session. If you do the math, it's just an hour per week but honestly, based on my experience, i dont think most people are able to do that especially to those who are living in  big cities like KL. Life here is pretty hectic, you wake up early in the morning, go to work and then come back late in the evening. Not much time left for exercising and after a day at workplace, you definitely get really tired/exhausted to exercise and would love to get some rest. So, this is where 10000 steps a day campaign fits perfectly.  

It's good to have pedometer to keep track our daily steps

  Why should we walk 10000 steps a day? If you exercise regularly, like jogging frequently or go to gym or fitness centre, then you actually can forget about this campaign. I think this campaign is perfect for those who are too busy to exercise since walking can be done almost everywhere, free and requires no so ever equipment, believe me. It suits nicely those urban residents who couldn't find time to exercise. 

  What can we achieve from it? So many actually but the most important thing is to keep our body healthy for the sake of the people that we love. Below what I can summarize about the benefits of walking.


1.Burns calories
2.Strengthens your bones and back muscles, slims your waist
3.Lowers blood pressure
4.Cuts cholesterol
5.Reduces risk of heart disease, diabetes, & more chronic diseases
6.Reduces stress and mood
7.Sleep better

 How can we accomplish it? There are so may ways to achieve the target of 10000 steps a day, some of them you might never thought before but they do work effectively if you're determined and consistent.


a)Take a walk with your spouse, child, or friend to a park/garden or myb a mall for window shopping
At the same time, this could help strengthen our relationship providing some quality time for us to spend together.


b)Walk your pets eg dog(cat if u can..:)
This actually has been practiced for another reason in foreign countries esp in Canada. The best thing, when they walk their dog, they will bring what they call "dump bag" (if i'm not mistaken) which will be used to put their dog shit. They literally will use their hand to collect the poo. I honestly haven't seen such thing happens in Malaysia.


c)Use the stairs instead of the elevator

This should be a routine to those who are living at apartment/condo or working at a skyscraper. I dont mean to ask u all to take the stair from ground floor to 19th floor. Be reasonable. Use the stair from LG to 1st floor and then take the elevator should be ok for the beginning. Then, LG to 2nd floor and so on. But, make sure there is improvement as time goes on.


d)Park farther from the store
Do you know Shay Carl? The famous youtuber? Never ever heard about him? Google his name, I'm not gonna explain more about him..hehe..Anyway, he is doing this for quite awhile. Every time he needs to go to the store, he'll take the farthest parking lot even when he's together with his little children.