If you WfH - what’s your step count per day?

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Ok so since Covid I have been 100% WFH.

I looked up my pre Covid step count (when I worked 3 days in town) and on my work days it was 15k+ on my home days (when not working) it was 5k ish.

Now I average 10-11k every day which personally I think is ok. This is one school run (10 min walk total), usually a 20-30 min walk at lunch and then just general being a mum. At weekends it’s usually a 50 min walk each day. I feel active. I also do short 20/30 min workouts 3-4 times a week. I can’t really do more due to a health (cardiac) condition so intense exercise is off the table currently.

so if you wfh what’s your step count like? I can’t see how I can fit more in while still working 24 hours a week but I’m gaining weight so interested to know if others manage more in terms of steps at least.

I aim for 10k but my weekly average works out around 8k usually! My 2024 goal though is to be more consistent 10k

About 12k on the days I work from home (3). I find it much harder to get my steps on days I drive to work.

About 10k as a I walk at lunchtimes

12k minimum, today just over 17k.
That's a lunch walk and then a Pilates class this evening (20mins walk there and back)

I have a walking pad for days that I'm stuck inside. I think it's so important to stay active when WFH, it's easy not to be so I'm always aware

Walking pad - need to investigate this!!

I find it easier to get more steps on WFH days as I walk the dog and go to the gym.

Well you are all doing much better than me! Over the Christmas holidays without the school runs I was barely hitting 3k some days. Weather was shocking as well, which didn't help me get out after work and I work school hours so don't have a proper lunch. Term term it's much more like 8-15k depending on clubs/activities after school. I occasionally even manage to go for a run, love those days!
My aim for 2024 is to get out running more and keep moving!

I only wfh one day a week. I still make sure I get my 14k target. Walk / litter pick around the block before I start, bins and tidying in lunch break, walk to supermarket when I finish.

Hahaha. About 500 steps if I'm lucky! I get half an hour for lunch and the rest of the time have to be visibly online. So I get less steps in then when I worked in an office and could actually walk around a bit sometimes. It's one of the raisins I'm going back to work in an office in a few weeks-I feel literally chained to my desk.

Last year it was 11.8 k on average. But that's only because I work pt and DH and I try to get out for a walk most days,those days come in higher. If I don't do an actual walk it's a lot lower, 3-4 k.

I aim for 10k every day but there are some days it's about 5...I do have kids but school is close by and DH does morning run. I used to be much better at a lunch time walk or jumping on the treadmill so I need to get back to that in 2024. No excuses, just laziness!

About 3-5k - school run (very close) and sometimes a short errand. I sometimes manage a 20-30 min exercise video.

On an office day, it is 10-13k - lots of walking as part of my commitment

Thank you, this makes me feel a bit better! I have also realised that in lighter days it's easier because I live somewhere rural (and dark) and although I CAN walk at night it's not all that appealing alone. So in spring / summer 14k will be easier. My 10-11k seems reasonable as long as I keep up the short workouts. It's all about remembering isn't it...and taking a break!

@piscofrisco that sounds awful. Treadmill for under the desk?

Even that won't work as I'm on video calls most of the day. Back to an office job it is for me. I haven't missed the commute but at least I will actually get to move

About 3-5k unless I go for a run, and then it is usually nearer 10k. I love wfh but the lack of functional movement in the working day does concern me.

On my days in the office it is usually 10-13k.

I'm 100% WFH, have been since 2018 (so pre-covid). On a very busy day workwise or if it's raining I'll get 6-7k, on a normal day then it's 8-9k. on weekends I usually get 12-14k. I have a sit stand desk and if I'm standing I gently march on the spot or do toe taps. I walk the dog every day unless it's raining at lunchtime (she refuses to walk in the rain). Can't walk in the evenings as no pavements or lighting where I am, it's not safe to walk in the dark on the roads, even if I lit myself up like a christmas tree I'd still be taking my life in my hands.
I just try and make the most of daylight in the winter.
I should add in home workouts a few days a week, but it's not something I've done before so it's a new habit I need to build and I haven't really got into the swing of it yet. I expect that'll really help once I figure out how to fit it in.

Hmmm. I have a meanie step counter watch, and I need to walk about 5 miles to get to my target 11000. DH has a Fitbit and is able to get to 10000 taking the dog out twice for 15 mins and doing a lot of typing and fidgeting!
i do less when I go to work as I cycle there rather than walk.