Moderate Intensity Walking Means 100 Steps Per Minute
Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 10:21
in Health & Medicine
It is recommended that people engage in 30 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity daily, 5 times a week. Pedometers, widely used as a monitoring tool, are unable to measure activity intensity. Researchers have determined that a rate of at least 100 steps/minute achieves moderate intensity activity.