10k steps is easy ?

I walk almost an hour to work and my tracker only hits 5k.
I only hit 10k towards the end of my work shift, (8am - 6pm) and I'm constantly on my feet apart from lunch break. I use a Fitbit, so I dunno. Maybe they vary from Garmin.

I was dead chuffed the other day when my Fitbit clocked 3.5k steps (I'm inactive with crippling PEM). Then I realised I hadn't been outdoors all day, but had caught up on all the washing up 😂

I decided it counts because I was clearly standing quite a lot and using my arms!

I do too. I remember struggling to hit 5k a day during covid lock downs. I was working at home so I wasn't up all day but outside my working hours I was always busying myself, sometimes even just pacing round the back garden because I was going stir crazy.

I used to live in a flat. My kitchen was tiny. The rest of the rooms were not big. It was 16 steps from the front door to the back door. So no, it’s not always easy to get 10000 steps in just doing housework and putting things away.

To get 10k steps takes me 1 hour 15 minutes of brisk walking (treadmill).

I have managed to get 10k steps inside (no treadmill) when I'm moving stuff, but my house is quite big and a few of those steps are from hand movements of housework.

More often just pottering I'll get 3-4k steps max, and need to go on the treadmill or go out for a walk to get the rest of my steps in (I aim for 15k minimum daily).

I have a garmin too. It's calibrated for my height, stride length etc.

I work from home and go for a walk at lunch time (about 30 mins, fast pace) and unless I’m doing my sport in the evening I only average 7,000 steps.

Are you wearing it on your dominant hand? If you shake your arm up and down and the number goes up then it's wrong.

I'm just back from a three mile walk I do daily. That is 6500 steps. I've about another 1,000 from hanging out washing, cleaning etc.

I'll need to go out for another half hour walk later to get over 10,000.

I can't clock up any decent amount in the house, which is probably accurate as even when on your feet you aren't covering any great distance.

I had one of these watches and I did a 1000 steps sat on my arse all day - so not accurate at all.

I have to do at least 30 minutes of fast walking to clock 6000 steps on a normal non work day.

If you live in a small house or flat it's difficult. However when I lived in a city, I found 10K steps easy, far easier than now, when I live rurally. I was talking to a health professional about this and he agreed that it's easier to walk a long way when you're in a city, simply because things are within walking distance. As an example, I lived within half an hour's walk of three branches of M&S when I lived in a city. Where I live now, the nearest is 8 miles away, so about three hours' walk in each direction.

I would say your arm movements folding laundry etc are counting as steps with your watch. Have you tried keeping your iPhone in your pocket and comparing what steps are counted in your Health app on there?

I took two kids to the zoo a couple of days ago for the whole day and did laundry and didn’t reach 10k steps!

It’s an hour, even an hour and a half split over your entire waking hours. You only need to walk for an hour straight if you literally don’t move the rest of your day. And if you sit down for 90% of your time then you aren’t that active.

Nonsense.

10000 steps is between 5 km and 8km. So between an hour and an hour and a half at a focussed power walk pace. It's not just a bimble around with a hoover and a walk to the park.

I average 11k a day despite having a full time desk job just because I have dogs that need several walks a day.

If I miss a walk, they just sit by my desk staring at me until I relent, or barking all the way through my video calls. Better than any fitness tracker for motivation.

Yes I can get it pottering about the house or garden sometimes. I don't get tons of steps at the gym as I do more weights/yoga/circuits.

Usually I get 10k steps from a bit of housework/cooking plus walking the dog, or on days when I'm in the office, walking to the station, a 20 minute walk at lunch, and walking home from the station again. It's about 50 minutes to an hour of walking for me, four or so miles with my stride length.

It's not a lot for me but it is if you aren't used to it and I can see how people can't fit it in or can't do it if they work long hours, are unfit or not in the best health.

I also do other exercise five days out of seven. 2 x weights and cardio in the gym, 2 x yoga and 1x circuit training a week. In spring and summer I might swap one or more of those for a run or a swim and the dog walks get a bit longer as the paths dry out and days are longer. Plus I do a fair bit of gardening from March to October. I don't do too badly for someone with a job that means I'm sat down for 7 hours a day, 5 days a week.

If you're absolutely determined to track, get a pedometer

I use a Garmin watch, it track "steps" when I'm standing still doing bicep curls.

It's the arm motion.

I easily get 12-15k a day at the weekend just cleaning, walking with the kids etc. During the week I have a pressured desk job and do around 3k. It must be so bad for my health my job!

10k steps isnt minimally active. As I said, I am on my feet all day with my job and am running around with my own kids, bringing them to clubs etc (a lot on foot) and go for a walk in the evening and still barely come in at 10k. I am also all about the NEAT and am constantly picking the more active alternative eg, stairs v lift, stand up with my laptop rather than sit down etc.

I do about 1,000 steps for 10 mins of walking. But 10 mins of just walking, not 10 mins of tidying, putting things away etc. because you’re not walking the whole time. I don’t get close to 10,000 if I have a day at home doing housework.

This is nonsense. As someone else said, it’s about 5 miles. Even of really brisk walking that’s an hour and a quarter, would be an hour and 40 mins of more average speed walking.
10k steps is a made up goal anyway - it was part of the sales pitch for an early step tracker. And no, it’s never been 20k.

Yes! I love to crochet and have clocked up thousands of steps just sitting in an armchair working on a project 😂

Even as a SAHM it can be hard/impossible to get 10k in. A full day outdoors with little kids is like 6-7 for me. Looking forward to when I can take more walks

I have a large 5 bed and I’ve never got 10k steps by doing housework. I am very efficient though.