These cubes aren't made for walking (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/13/BUEUREH6G.DTL&feed=rss.business) -- SFGate, 2007-08-13
It is hard - surprisingly hard - for your average cubicle dweller to walk 10,000 steps in a day. Take a newspaper reporter, for instance. This newspaper reporter.

I started clocking my own daily step count while working on a story on Chevron's walking-promotion program.

And while people often imagine reporters leading an active life, dashing around town to cover train wrecks or presidential motorcades, the reality is different. Many reporters - especially business reporters - spend more time than they like in their cubicles doing phone interviews and Web research.

How do you get in those extra steps per day?

When I lived in OC, I used to take a lunchtime walk around the little industrial park. It's a good way to get in steps.

Where I am now, I don't walk much. I am on the second floor, so I almost always take the stairs up and down. I try to also take the stairs other places unless I'm carrying a lot of heavy bags.

Parking your car farther away from the building is another good one. It also makes it easier to find a spot.

At work, I always park in the same general area, so I can find my car in the garage at night - but at the grocery store and the like, I don't fight and circle a lot for a close-in space. I figure it gets a few more steps in, and leaves a space open for someone who might need it more (plus the not-circling is good for fuel usage/pollutants/greenhouse gas emissions)

I know some people that walk down every aisle when they go to a store - I don't do that because it increases my impulse buying, but that's another way.

Hey, I ride my bike to work. As short as it is (3.8 miles), there are those who drive the same distance every day. When I drive, it only takes about 5 minutes off my travel time.