What is a good step goal for 65 year old female?

[Anita-D]

What is a good step goal for 65 year old female?

[Dominique · Accepted solution]

Difficult to say without knowing much else about you than your age and gender. What are your goals: remain fit, become fitter, lose weight? Are you retired or do you work full time?

The following link provides general recommendations for people who belong to the age group you just entered:

http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/everyone/guidelines/olderadults.html

Fitbit suggests 10,000 steps by default. For justifications, see:

http://www.10000steps.org.au/library/why-10000steps-a-day/

If you are fit enough for it and have enough time to dedicate everyday, why not use it?

What you could do is spend a few days wearing your Fitbit and living your normal life as usual. This will tell you how many steps you get in average right now. If it's lower than 10,000, you can increase progressively to that level.