Study Shows Moderate Intensity Walking Means 100 Steps Per Minute - 3000 Steps In 30 Minutes 5 Times A Week

Hogwash.

"The benefits of moderate physical activity to general health and well-being are well known. It is recommended that people engage in 150 minutes per week of moderate intensity physical activity, equivalent to 30 minutes each day 5 times a week. Although pedometers are widely used as a physical activity monitoring tool, they are unable to measure activity intensity. Researchers have determined that a rate of at least 100 steps per minute achieves moderate intensity activity. Therefore a simple pedometer-based recommendation of 3000 steps in 30 minutes can get people started on a meaningful exercise program."

Olympic athletes don't even move twice this fast. I deal with this matter here, here and here.

And that is for the low-end of moderate intensity exercise. The high-end of moderate intensity exercise, according to these fools, is 200 steps per minute or faster than Olympians move.

These recommendations are not only insane, they are out of step with other, more recent, recommendations advocating for even more - between 50 minutes per day up to 3-4 hours per day.

Do not fall for the crap.