Untracked daily walking beats step goals, and science explains why

April 24, 2026

Untracked daily walking beats step goals, and science explains why

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM When University of Sydney researchers published findings from a study of more than 22,000 adults who didn’t engage in structured exercise, the results were not what most health researchers anticipated. The study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, examined a pattern researchers call VILPA: vigorous intermittent lifestyle [...] The post Untracked daily walking beats step goals, and science explains why first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News .

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