4564. HEALTH SINGAPORE. National Steps Challenge

16 Feb 2023.

NATIONAL STEPS CHALLENGE. The government offers a free tracker watch and

recommends 10,000 steps to walk per day, with at least 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous

physical activity (MVPV) to get the residents to exercise and to reduce obesity leading to diabetes and heart diseases.

I find the tracker useful as I can monitor my daily exercise from the data which is uploaded online.

Exercise moves the muscles and blood circulation for senior citizens and younger people.

Without this tracker watch and online data, I was not walking much.

This video showed me walking about 4,000 steps in the morning.

Today, before noon, I had walked 5,554/10,000 steps and had 10/30 minutes of MVPV

The rewards for achieving the targets are secondary.

UPDATE AT:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/02/4564-

health-singapore-national-steps.html

 

Good morning. I used to walk around 2 hours during Covid-19 pandemic taking photos of the butterflies and wildlife in Yio Chu Kang and to de-stress. 

In 2022, I seldom do brisk walks as the butterflies had mostly vanished owing to end of pandemic and increase in construction. The HPB fitness tracker as recommended by Frances is free of charge. Most important it has the free online record of the steps I take daily, without me having to upload and record myself. 

If you use its features, you can check whether you walk more actively as there is a graph of your Moderate and Vigorous Physical Activity (MVPA). MVPA is the one useful health feature (unless you have heart conditions or illness) - 150 minutes per week. Do your MVPA as it makes your heart beats faster to circulate your blood and lymph...make use of the MVPA graph to monitor. Start with 5 min per week...

UPDATE AT:

https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/02/4564-health-singapore-national-steps.html