To ask how many steps you do in a day?

[OverTheHammer]

Obviously I know not everyone counts but for those that do, what is your average?

There is a lot in the news at the minute about people not being active enough so it's interesting to see what people do?

Also, how do you get your steps? Dog walking? Work? Treadmill?

I personally average around 8000 if I do the treadmill. Without the treadmill it's around 5000 which apparently is not enough?

Is there any titbits that can't go in water?

I was at the beach earlier and took it off because I wasn't sure.

No idea, I measure my exercise in kilometres.

Ecureil no it's not every day. The research said that 41% of adults don't manage to do 10 minutes brisk walking a month. Not a day. A month!

"4 out of 10 (41%) adults aged 40 to 60 in England walk less than 10 minutes continuously each month at a brisk pace."

That is from the Public Health England research on the government websitee*

Sirfredfredgeorge you linked to the exact same page. It says 10 minutes walk a month

Before I got my Fitbit I thought I was doing easily way more than 10k steps a day at work, however after using my Fitbit I found d out it was more like 7-8k a day so now I do a top up walk with DH or with the children to the park so I average about 11k per day. If I'm on holiday at in laws then my average is about 3k per day which is like my own special kind of hell.

Same as you OP average about 5000 at work - office based. Can make 10000 easy if I'm off for a days (window) shopping but on a normal day I'm nowhere near. Thought getting one of these trackers would motivate me to do more but so far nope....

Same as you OP average about 5000 at work - office based. Can make 10000 easy if I'm off for a days (window) shopping but on a normal day I'm nowhere near. Thought getting one of these trackers would motivate me to do more but so far nope....

I do about 3.5 to 10km per day (a purposeful walk just for exercise and health using mapmywalk) and get 8 to 17k steps

It depends how I feel and if I have a new album or podcast to listen to, weather, and how much time I have

Weekend, nice weather, company of my DP or something new to listen to and I'll do 10km or sometimes even 15km and about 17k steps

(guessing my steps here as I used to wear a fitbit but now i use mapmywalk app and i can't remember my exact step counts)

weekday pushed for time, bored, raining, nothing new etc then my minimum is roughly 3.5k walk and 6 to 8k steps depending how active I am with other stuff

I think this country should look on this as the norm or a minimum rather than the race for life thing where people are sponsored to do 5km. Obviously this is a good thing overall raising money etc. Certainly a good start for someone who is not that active, and I have done it myself in the past. I was knackered and felt like I'd done a lot when my lifestyle was sedentary, but it honestly hasn't taken much pushing myself to make 5k my 'normal' and I feel a bit wrong if I don't do it and I am not knackered by it I am energised by it and am much healthier and fitter for it.

Anyone who has the gift of health and being able bodied (I was very poorly with undiagnosed asthma and back problems for a while and struggled to walk 100metres) should try to make time in their day to do this.

Just to clarify I am on about walking as well not running - that's a whole nother thing that I'm not ready for yet and still obese and worried about my knees. But anyone pretty much healthy and able bodied should be able to walk 5km and not feel done in and ruined, and that or close to it be the daily norm

Or cycle. I find as I get older cycling is much easier than walking as easier on your joints and tendons. Cycling 10km also takes a surprisingly small amount of time with a decent bike as well and if you live in an area you don't fancy cycling in my bike fits easily in my hatchback with the front wheel removed.