Do you do 10,000 steps a day?

[Fantina]

As the thread says. I’ve been trying to do this and I have massively upped my activity levels this year but I’m finding it so hard to find the time to do this many walks.

I am a single parent who works full time in a sedentary job but even by making all the changes I can, such as going for a walk during their extracurricular activities instead of watching them, I’m not often hitting 10,000 steps.

do you manage it? If so, how?!

Yes. I WFH most days but always try to get out for a couple of walks (usually at lunchtime and in the evening). I don't drive, so shopping/errands add up too.

I should also mention that I’ve seen a noticeable improvement in my mood since I’ve been walking this much too. Getting outside, even in the dark, has done me good!

I get it. I had days like this during Covid too

But regularly doing so little activity, as opposed to exercise, is unhealthy. The regular incidental exercise is as important in its own way as the targeted intense exercise.

That's a great idea.

I am permanently shattered and I crash if I do too much, so no I don't do 10k a day. I track weekly active minutes instead.

Oh sorry Rebel. That sounds very tough. You're doing really well to manage the exercise on top of that, fair play

I do around 9/10000 a day in work so usually about 14000 a day sometimes more sometimes less. Weekends are a totally different story. Be lucky if I've even done 1000 today.

Mostly, but not because I make a conscious effort to do it. It's mainly because I usually walk the school run twice per day, do a couple of exercise classes and run a bit. I couldn't bear to have to walk simply to get my steps up.

It’s also made me realise how woefully inactive we are as a society - life isn’t set up to make it easy to get even a basic marker of activity in. I could do walking meetings at work, I am the head of department so I might trial that.

I do between 12,000-18,000 a day but dc school is a long walk there and back

I usually manage between 10-15k steps per day. When I get up in the morning I step on the spot for about 25 minutes and that's about 3k. In work I walk to the toilets furthest from my office and I walk at lunchtime. I try to walk instead of driving when practical but I also walk instead of standing still so when the kettle is boiling I do steps.

Yes mostly but I have to try. Days off work are easy - I often get around 12-17k.

i work in the operating theatre often scrubbed in for hours so a day at work is usually around 5-8k. I have a treadmill at home so I make up the rest once im home if I have any time or energy

I’ve just done 3000 steps on my treadmill at 5k per hour which took 25mins. If I wore an Apple Watch I might get to 10k more easily as it would take into account steps around the house too.

I’d have to walk for about an hour and a half to do 10000. I average about 5k unless I make a concerted effort. Today I have done 7k.

I don't think this is true. I have plenty of opportunities to be active. It just depends on individual circumstances.

If you are interested in walking meetings, please discuss with your team first.

I think they can work for informal chats. I've tried them.
For meetings with actions to be noted, complicated projects and so on, I hate them. I need to use my laptop & take notes. And some members of my team would really hate the concept due to health / weight issues.

I have done this week because I've been out for a walk with the dog before work. 30/40 mins-5000 steps
Then walking around work. I've done my steps by 10am some days.

Normally I am either just under or just over there's not much in it, but I am making more of an effort to walk new places. So if I do a big big walk on my days off I'll be in step credit so to speak 😂

Yes I do without fail but think I would struggle if I was a single mum as I often go out in the evening for a dog walk . I do about 12-15k in the week and about 20k at the weekend

Hm, I think activity levels are a choice, for the most part.

Most people could fit in more time to exercise, but let's be fair, when it's dark and raining, most of us would rather sit in front of the TV and do nothing

At the moment I am averaging about 18k but I have a border collie 😝 Plus I run a couple of miles on top of walking the dog about 4 times a week.

I’m a shift worker and that’s the only reason I can fit it in, it’s incredibly time consuming! Love the dog but she’s a total time sponge!

I don't drive so walk everywhere and many days I'm around 9000-12000, I was out walking the other day for hours with my son and still only did 16,000. I can see how hitting 10,000 is really hard for people. I think five miles is a lot. I find eating 8-10 portions of fruit and veg easy though.

I don’t have a pedometer but I know I don’t do 10k steps, I have to get activity in other ways than walking because the only way I would manage that many steps would be to only sleep for 4 hours a night and I think sleep is more important under those circumstances. I know people won’t believe me but I can’t be arsed to detail my life and work patterns, you’ll just have to trust me that I wouldn’t be able to fit that many steps into a day and I don’t try to

Yes, I work from home mostly. I take the dog out for a walk every lunch time and almost always hit 10,000. I had a knee replacement last December so exercise is really important and I make myself do it even when the weather is rubbish.

I did today as I fancied a walk. Usually do about 8,000.

Yeah, I'd love to walk in woods or on the beach in zone 2 London. And I am overweight and unfit. What's that got to do with the price of fish or the OP's question. You wouldn't be lecturing me would you Janiie?

I thought that sounded wrong straight away. A mistake I think.

Over the course of a day, if working from home and not needing to venture out, it's possible to do 5000 steps. Sometimes less. I can also do a lot more, and so my average some weeks can be 12,000 daily.

Zone minutes, and daily exercise, mean more to me though, and those are what I track daily and weekly.

In this case you'll have no clue how many steps you're actually doing! If you're getting close to 10k on your Strava walks then you'll definitely be getting over 10k from your other daily activity