🥾4000 Steps, 2 Days a week, 1 Big Difference

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👟 Just 2 Days Can Make a Difference! 🧓📉

In a large cohort of 13,547 older women (mean age 72), walking ≥4,000 steps/day on even 1–2 days/week was linked to a 26% lower mortality and 27% lower cardiovascular disease risk 💥. Those walking ≥3 days/week had even greater benefits!

📉 Higher step thresholds (up to 7,000/day) showed further mortality reduction—but step volume, not frequency, drove outcomes.

🧠 Message? There's no "perfect pattern"—even weekend walks count.

💡 Time to rethink activity guidelines and empower aging with steps.

📄 Hamaya R et al, Br J Sports Med, 2025.

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2025-110311 #Longevity #CardioHealth #WomenInMedicine #PublicHealth #WeekendWarrior #HealthyAging #ExactitudeStudy #StepsToHealth #CVD #ExerciseIsMedicine

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