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Walk more. It’s easy. Here are some ideas to increase your daily steps.

• Park your car further away when you go shopping. You don’t have to park at the very end of the parking lot, but the more distance between your car and the store’s doors is better!
• Return the cart to the inside of the store instead of the outside. Don’t just drop it off at the closest cart drop.
• Don’t try to make the fewest trips from your car to the house when toting groceries in. Make more trips!
• Take the stairs when you can. If you live on the 20th floor, I understand not taking the stairs, but if you live just one flight up and can handle walking stairs, then do it!
• If you work in an office building like me, try to walk around the place at least once per hour. Drink more water so you have to go to the bathroom more often and go to the bathrooms farthest away.

Do you have any more ideas on how to get more steps in? If you take less than 5,000 steps per day, you’re considered sedentary. Ideally you should be walking at least 10,000 steps per day (though I don’t always make that either).

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