Site of the Day for Monday, January 14, 2008 The 10,000-Step Guide to Fitness Today's web page, from the BBC's News Online Magazine, offers an article from Tom Geoghegan on a spiffing way to walk into shape. Gentle Subscribers, who have delayed following through on their New Year's resolution to become fit, may find the approach taken by this article the way to gear into action. "How does a pedometer work? ... It's the size of a matchbox, costs less than a tenner and experts hope it could solve [a nation's] health crisis. So how did a week using a pedometer - a device which counts one's steps - change my lifestyle?" - from the website The article describes the efforts of a sedentary British journalist to change his routine, with the help of a pedometer, to meet the target of 10,000 steps a day, roughly calculated to measure about five miles. With an overview of the health benefits ascribed to the simple act of walking, the reporter reveals how far short of the 10,000 steps he was when he took on the project and details his efforts to meet the goal. A diagram and explanation of how a pedometer works is included in the feature, along with how this basic device can motivate the underactive to start walking. Stride over to the web page for the details on a simple way to fitness at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3723704.stm A.M. Holm <admin-sotd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Manage your subscription and view the List archives on the web at: <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/webpage?webpage_id=sotd> and <//www.freelists.org/archives/sotd> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSUBSCRIBE by sending a blank email to sotd-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the Subject field.