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WFH Mums - how many steps do you get a day?

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Missbirdyy · 15/03/2021 14:46

Just wondering how many steps you get a day when you are working from home? Really struggling to get them in. I’m very unfit also

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frutyloops · 15/03/2021 15:32

2655 so far 😫

ememem84 · 15/03/2021 15:31

today so far 6793. i would expect by bedtime for this to go up to around 10,000. give or take.

i did go for a run their morning though for 40 minutes.

EmmaStone · 15/03/2021 15:31

If I'm not going for a specific walk or a run, it can be less than 5k, although that's unusual. It's not unusual to have less than 10k on a working day though. I don't really pay much attention to my steps though, I don't think it particularly demonstrates anything about fitness - I could do 5k steps in a day, but I could then do a spin class in the evening - my heartrate is getting elevated, I'm working out, just not via steps. Equally, I can pootle around town and the shops (in normal times), and easily walk 10k+ steps, but not have broken a sweat.

I'm a slave to my Apple Watch instead - active minutes and calorie goals (ie where heart rate is raised), and I try to do some kind of workout (even if just a brisk walk) every day.

fellrunner85 · 15/03/2021 15:18

My watch tells me I averaged 12,500 a day last week.

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