To think someone is cheating on their Fitbit?

[greenmidgetgems]

Totally minor and 1st world problem I know.

But is it actually possible to get 135000 steps in less than 3 days by just going about your day. That includes 65000 steps today alone.

For comparison I do between 8000 and 14000 a day. DH is training for an ultra marathon and did 65000 steps on a 30 mile run.

[Cathelpplease]

Totally plausible

DS had 12000 just at school!

[overmydeadbody]

Running gives less steps than walking in my experience.

Maybe some people take tiny steps?

[Philoslothy]

Totally plausible. When I was teaching I would clock up not far from that number in one day without trying .

I still so around that number on a daily basis - again without much effort but am walking about with children outside etc

[Wadingthroughsoup]

Depends what their job is, I guess, but 65,000 in one day does seem a bit high! Or have they got very short legs?!

I do 15,000-20,000 a day and I'm on the move most of the time. That also includes a trip to the gym for a CV class and a dog walk of over an hour.

[rjay123]

135000 steps is 63 miles.... and today she has done 30miles apparently.

[Somehowsomewhere]

On a day that I'm on my feet all day (moving around) I do about 25000, so 65000 does seem pretty high!

[ChewyChewy]

Do they horseride? It counts the horse's steps!

[MaidOfStars]

Your DH's running stride is less than 75cm? Is he really short? I'm 5'4'' and my long distance stride is close to 1m.

[Gallavich]

65000 miles in a day?! Not unless literally walking all day for about 16 hours of the day I don't think

[MaidOfStars]

I am very active. I max at 40000 a day, and that will be on my feet at work, with a 10k+ run thrown in, and an hour of team sport.

[Wadingthroughsoup]

I've just worked out that 100 steps takes me about a minute, so to clock up 65000, I'd have to be walking constantly for over 10 hours.

Does this person spend a lot of time applauding? I went to a concert recently and clocked up a LOT of steps through enthusiastic clapping

[Garnethair]

It seems unlikely to me. I ride and am very active throughout the day. 25,000 is a good day for me.

[Wadingthroughsoup]

Or perhaps they are masturbating all day?

[thecolonelbumminganugget]

My target is 15000 a day which I do achieve most days and for me is about 7 miles. On that basis that person is claiming to have walked 63 miles in less than 3 days.

I'm not sure how I can put this delicately but I take mine off when me and DP are hopping on the good foot and doing the bad thing as certain hand movements trigger it to count steps!

Is this person a prolific wanker?

[MaidOfStars]

Ineterestingly, I've seen other teachers rack up higher than expected steps. Do you wear an arm tracker?

[ughwhattodo]

Wading ahahahaa

[greenmidgetgems]

The person is a friend of a friend, it is the workweek hustle challenge so I don't know them or what they do. Maybe that's why I'm suspicious! I have asked in the challenge chat how she does it but get very vague answers - oh I'm always on the move or I go to Asda a lot!

DH is is convinced she is cheating and is outraged on my behalf. He keeps showing me YouTube videos on how to increase your steps and telling me to strap mine to the fan at work!

[Astoria7974]

It's your arm movements that matter, not necessarily your steps. I walk and take stairs a lot (10 flights usually four or five times a day) in my normal working day - my iphone suggests I do 30k steps. But I don't really move my left arm much (old injury) so the fitbit only recognises 8k.

[SparklyLeprechaun]

That's an awful lot. I do about 20k if I walk a lot, on a very active day I do about 27k - that's more than 5 hours walk. I can't imagine doing 65k, it would mean walking for 11 hours.

[GunnyHighway]

Is it on a blokes wanking hand?

[eosmum]

I discovered that I can do 10,000 just sitting watching telly and crocheting

[StillRunningWithScissors]

You can have more than one Fitbit linked to an account. Perhaps she has someone helping her (or is wearing two at a time?)

[Whynotnowbaby]

If I play the piano my Fitbit score goes through the roof! Added about 2000 steps after 10 minutes of playing so it is definitely possible to 'cheat' (not that I was trying to when that happened!)

[OneWithTheForce]

I'm lazy as fuck going by these posts! I already knew I was

[PervyMuskrat]

Wading, I was just going to post both of your posts - it usually takes about 10 minutes of solid walking to do 1000 steps (and the last time someone on my list clocked up more than 40k steps they'd split up with their partner )