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How many steps do you do a day?

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SteppingStonesOfDoom · 18/02/2024 15:12

No reason, just being nosey :) I work from home at a desk 5 days a week and average around 11,000 steps a day (barely anything during work hours but then make up for it chasing the kids around on evenings and weekends). I thought this was about average since I’m overweight and not actively trying to keep my steps up. Friend is shocked and says I must be cheating somehow. So let me know- what’s your step count average and do you work to get it higher?

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Pickingmyselfup · 18/02/2024 16:15

On average I think it's about 15,000 but my days vary wildy.

On a day where I've walked the kids to school then back to work, done my shift, gone back for the kids and then an evening run it's close to 30,000. On a weekend day when I've just been lounging and pottering it's less than 5,000.

I use Google fit to track mine through my phone, my watch thinks I do steps when I move my arm. It's probably fairly accurate, I pretty much always have my phone on me.

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SteppingStonesOfDoom · 18/02/2024 16:14

To everyone asking, I do the school run twice a day which is usually about 1k there and 1k back, then again in the afternoon? Then walk the kids and dog on an evening. Like I said earlier, I don’t usually manage 10,000 on a work day, but do enough on a weekend to pull the weekly average up?

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Greensleevevssnotnose · 18/02/2024 16:13

NewName24 · 18/02/2024 15:50

On a working day ?
Usually under 1000

On a NWD ?
Usually 6000 - 8000

Me too

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SteppingStonesOfDoom · 18/02/2024 16:12

No? Why? I like them but maybe eat them once or twice a year?

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Greensleevevssnotnose · 18/02/2024 16:11

About 590 as I wfh

Sparklfairy · 18/02/2024 16:10

20,000-25,000 on days I exercise (3-4 times a week). Today I've done just 2066 and I doubt it'll go much higher than that Smile

Harrysmummy246 · 18/02/2024 16:08

I work on my feet, all day, so usually 10k by lunchtime. Think my highest ever was 26k.
'Only' on 8.2 k today as I went rowing instead of running and the dogs only had a short walk before we went out for lunch. It'll be past 10k before the end of the day I'm sure.

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SteppingStonesOfDoom · 18/02/2024 16:08

AHFaemale · 18/02/2024 15:24

Please tell me what you use to count your steps. I'd like to start foing that.

There’s a step counter on my phone so I just checked that? I did have a watch but it counted every time I moved my hand as a step so I was doing thousands when I typed or washed up 😂

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TidyDancer · 18/02/2024 16:07

I'm really surprised your count is that high OP if that's an average day. I would be at a maximum of 5k with that sort of day so I think your friend has a point!

If I'm being lazy I'm at about 3k but a workday is probably 14k. I walk to and from my office and although it's a desk job I'm reasonably active moving about the building throughout the day.

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SteppingStonesOfDoom · 18/02/2024 16:06

FUPAgirl · 18/02/2024 15:17

I don't understand how you cover 5 miles 'chasing' the dc around in the evening, it definitely doesn't sound accurate - I can see your friends point

I don’t manage it on an evening, but it ups my steps during the week so the weekend averages it out to 10k? I probably only do 5,000-8,000 during the week and then 15,000-20,000 on a weekend day?

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lifebeginsaftercoffee · 18/02/2024 16:01

Anywhere between 12-20k a day. I'm a dog walker.

Tisfortired · 18/02/2024 15:59

I agree that sounds a lot for somebody working a desk job FT from home. I don’t drive and have a 30 minute walk to my sons school. There and back x 2 and a dog walk my Fitbit tells me I do 13,000 a day.

Goldenmemories · 18/02/2024 15:58

20 000 to 30 000.

FabFebHalfTerm · 18/02/2024 15:58

Applespies23 · 18/02/2024 15:48

I walk to work and back. Chase DC around in the evening. Am on my feet all day as a teacher. Still only do 7000 steps on average. Only get above 10000 if I do a long walk at the weekend!
I tell myself my Fitbit is broken or I must have a very large stride length! I do have long legs 😂

@Applespies23 yeah my little legs get more steps in, but the downside is I have to walk a lot faster to cover the same distance!!

I can match taller people step for step and fall behind all the time!

FabFebHalfTerm · 18/02/2024 15:55

@SteppingStonesOfDoom

do you eat a lot of omelettes?

im not sure at the moment as I need a new Apple Watch/fit but/something, to count my steps.

i had a cheap 'fit bit' for years that worked perfectly, when it finally died I ordered another, it was shite, so got another one, which died very quickly.

I don't know what to buy now?

my latest 'thing' is committing to walking at least 11 minutes a day. It usually ends up being around an hour, but as long as it's 11 minutes I get my ✅ for the day.

any comments for fit bit v Apple Watch etc welcome!!

Projectme · 18/02/2024 15:51

My watch shows a daily average of 4955 per day 😱 that's been over last 4 weeks. (i really don't know why I have a fitness watch, I don't use it for anything other than telling the time!) I sit at a desk for 5.5 hours a day. I have plenty of time to be active before/after work I'm just bloody lazy...might explain why I'm overweight 🙄

NewName24 · 18/02/2024 15:50

On a working day ?
Usually under 1000

On a NWD ?
Usually 6000 - 8000

Applespies23 · 18/02/2024 15:48

I walk to work and back. Chase DC around in the evening. Am on my feet all day as a teacher. Still only do 7000 steps on average. Only get above 10000 if I do a long walk at the weekend!
I tell myself my Fitbit is broken or I must have a very large stride length! I do have long legs 😂

Weepingwillows12 · 18/02/2024 15:43

If in the office about 5-6000 unless I go out for a walk specially. WFH days when I am doing school run usually around 11,000 then weekends when I am out and about usually between 11-16,000. I make an effort to walk though so could easily do less.

OMGitsnotgood · 18/02/2024 15:40

I've done 2 really active gym classes this morning, 90 mins in total plus walking into gym from big car park and back and that's just over 10k.
Think I need to try WFH and borrow a couple of kids each evening!

Natsku · 18/02/2024 15:37

According to my watch, this month I've averaged 6484 steps a day. Weekends I do a lot less unless we go out. During the week I walk to school in the morning but its only a 15 minute walk, not many steps, then most of the day sat down only walking to and from the break room between lessons but on Tuesdays and Wednesdays I have practical days and tend to go over 10k, walking around the hangar all day.
I really ought to stop accepting lifts home every day as then I'd get a bit more exercise in.

Flumpywoo · 18/02/2024 15:36

I do about 9-10,000 working from home but that's because of the school run 10 mins x 4.
If I pop to the shops during my lunch break then I usually do about 11-12,000 a day. Do you also do the school run, as that could be why you do so many? When it was lockdown I'd be lucky to do 5,000 a day!

SisterAgatha · 18/02/2024 15:36

I wouldn’t trust a fit bit, I get an extra 2k from folding my washing.

Garmin shows around 10k
iPhone shows around 6-8k
when I couldn’t drive it was 27k a day, standard

bringmorewashing · 18/02/2024 15:35

Mine is usually 5-6k on WFH days. 10-12k on weekends. At the moment it's almost nothing as I'm ill and glued to the sofa!

Pigeonqueen · 18/02/2024 15:35

I think a lot of step counters are inaccurate. I can’t see how you can do 11k a day working from home unless you’re literally walking in circles most of the day….! I go for a walk (1-2 hours) most days and average around 6k a day.