Forget 10,000 steps—what should you do if 1,000 steps a day is your goal?

Two smiling women, one using a walker, enter a home.

Unless you are very lucky, at some point in your life you are likely to experience a period of immobility after illness, injury, or another difficult event.

Even if you’re a regular walker hitting 10,000 steps every day, you might find yourself in the position where walking 1,000 steps suddenly seems impossible.