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Hello Stonewall Steppers!!
To all that are taking part, only 2 days left until your steps challenge is over at the end of day Friday.
To Give a boost to your step.. here are some fun walking facts!
The longest walk around the world was completed by a former neon-sign salesman, Jean Beliveau. He walked 46,600 miles around 64 countries. The trip took him 11 years.The United States walks the least of any industrialized nation. The average Australian takes 9, 695 steps per day (just a few short of the ideal 10,000), the average Japanese takes 7,168; the average Swiss: 9,650; and the average American just 5,117.Experts suggest walking 6,000 steps a day to improve health and 10,000 steps a day to lose weight.It would take about 225 million years to walk one light-year at the pace of a 20-minute mile.It would take, on average, 1 hour and 43 minutes of walking to burn off a 540-calorie Big Mac.Researchers note that the human backbone was not designed to work in the vertical position of walking on two legs. That is why modern humans suffer from sore backs, slipped discs, arthritis, and more.To burn off one plain M&M candy, a person would need to walk the entire length of a football field.Walking is also known as ambulation. The term “walk” is from the Old English wealcan, or “to roll.”If you were to walk non stop from the earth, to the moon it would take you 9 years (478 MILLION steps)
