Interesting fact: The common fitness target of 10,000 steps/day came from a Japanese pedometer company

Interesting fact: The common fitness target of 10,000 steps/day came from a Japanese pedometer company who gave their product a name that means "the 10,000-step meter” because the Japanese character for “10,000” resembles a person walking: 万. There is no known science behind a goal of 10,000 steps.