Gallery: The Benefits of Walking 10,000 Steps A Day

We know that walking is good for us, but just how good is it? 

In a report from Harvard Medical School, Dr. Thomas Frieden (Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), boasts that it's the best kind of medicine:

"It's the closest thing we have to a wonder drug," he said. 

In a post for MindBodyGreen, personal trainer Brian Syuki praises the benefits of walking each day:

"You can easily burn 500 calories a day by walking," Syuki writes. "And the best thing about walking is you can do it anywhere—at work, home, or school."

How do you burn 500 calories by simply walking? By hitting 10,000 steps each day. If we can burn a huge chunk of calories by simply walking, what else can this fitness do? Read on to find out!