Step intensity offers another way to improve your health

A study looking at step intensity and step count provides helpful advice for those who are limited in their time and ability to increase the number of steps and their pace.

There are long term benefits associated with increasing the pace of your steps, even in shorter bursts.

Guest/s

Emmanuel Stamatakis, Professor of physical activity, lifestyle and population health Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University

References

Combinations of stepping intensity and daily step counts against all-cause and cardiovascular disease

mortality: insights from a device-based prospective study