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How many steps do you do per day?

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Teddy7878 · 08/10/2017 11:18

I have a Fitbit and it's logging that I do on average around 6000 steps per day. I've just read that anything below 5000 steps is classed as sedentary, between 5000-7000 is low active, 7000-10000 is average and 10000 plus is active.
Think I definitely need to up my game if I want to get fit and healthy

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MaidOfStars · 09/10/2017 19:46

Aye, it's impossible to go for a walk if you don't have a dog Wink

Well done on hitting 10k!

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Teddy7878 · 09/10/2017 19:42

I've done 10,000 today so I'm pleased with that. I have a very sedentary job and I don't have kids or a dog to bump my steps up

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thepatchworkcat · 09/10/2017 19:41

school run that should say

cuirderussie · 09/10/2017 19:41

Austentatious, I do about 15,000 on weekdays and I have an office job. Walk to work and back plus lunch hour stomping round the park with an audiobook, adds up nicely.

thepatchworkcat · 09/10/2017 19:41

I recently got a Fitbit and am struggling to get up to the 10,000 to be honest which is a shame. Some days there just isn't time. I drive to work and back and the school isn't very long so I have to make a deliberate effort to go out for a walk which I'm not managing most days at the moment. Decided to aim for 8000 a day for now as I need to feel like it's achievable!!

Runaways01 · 09/10/2017 19:38

*calories burned a day

Runaways01 · 09/10/2017 19:36

My target is 2400 calories a day, which for me is anywhere between 11,500 and 13,500 steps. I’ve reached that every day for the last 5 weeks, but had to take a break today because of a painful (blistered) foot.

I can’t leave the house everyday so I often just walk on the spot whilst watching TV. Which I know isn’t as effective as a proper walk outside, but it’s better than sitting on the sofa I guess. On a really lazy day (like today) I can do less than 500 steps Blush

Austentatious · 09/10/2017 19:34

I'm guessing none of you have office jobs?

SingaSong12 · 09/10/2017 19:30

It depends where you start from and your fitness as to how to build up. For various reasons I get nowhere near the 10k steps. I like the band as it makes me think about my activity level.

Is 2k extra steps a day a realistic target. If so and you’ll exceed it some days great. If it is going to very hard would you be more likely to get to your target increasing by 1500 and feeling really successful because two days a week you did 2000 more? (Kind of thing I get told at the gym.)

MaidOfStars · 09/10/2017 19:19

Yesterday, 63000.

A normal day (where I don't run a marathon Wink) but do at least one lot of exercise, I make 25000.

A rest day, maybe 15000.

It's vanishingly rare I don't hit 12000 (my daily target).

carrie74 · 09/10/2017 11:23

I’ve swapped from a Fitbit to an Apple Watch recently and tend to average around or just under 10k a day. On office based days, I really have to make an effort to get steps up (a run usually sorts that out), it’s not been unknown to do under 5k in an office day. Also I’m no longer doing the school run which although short, was an easy 2000 steps a day.

My Apple Watch is less fixated on steps and more on a variety of general movement, elevated heart rate and active calories burned which actually suits my lifestyle better. I try to exercise (at the moment) 4-5 times a week, which is comprising 3 short runs a week (couch to 5k, we’re at 25 mins running), a yoga class once or twice a week, a PT session fortnightly, and maybe a home weights session as well. It takes up so much blooming time!!

Wishingandwaiting · 08/10/2017 19:54

On a run day (so a cheat day!) about 25,000
Non run, 16,000

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Teddy7878 · 08/10/2017 11:55

Think I'll increase it by 2000 steps per day until I'm up to 13000 steps as a minimum. I'm not sure I'm even doing 7000 steps as I think doing things like the dishes or showering bump the steps up

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StillSmallVoice · 08/10/2017 11:51

I aim for 12,000 as a minimum. Usually get there and in the eighteen months I've been doing it have dropped two dress sizes. (Have been watching what I eat as well, though).

DarkLikeVader · 08/10/2017 11:50

On school run days I do between 13k-17k steps. At weekends it's more 9k-11k. If I've mowed the lawn it can be anywhere up to 30k but always at least 24k. Before DD started school I was really struggling to get the steps up so I reckon you need to add a 35 minute walk in twice a day to get good results! Or you could come mow my lawn for me..!

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Teddy7878 · 08/10/2017 11:30

13000 steps is good going and that's almost double what I do. Does it take you a while?

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Exasperatedcroc · 08/10/2017 11:27

Since I got my fitbit about a year ago I've forced myself to do a minimum of 13000 A day. It was a bit difficult to start with but now just part of my daily routine. It has definitely made me feel healthier. It means even if I haven't actually done any strenuous exercise, I have at least moved my body.