Do You Do 10,000 Steps Per Day??

[puddicat]

I walked 8km yesterday, i think the government would like us to walk 10,000 steps i am really struggling to motivate myself!!!

[eash]

Nope.

[ummmm]

I use to. I use to walk more than 8 miles a day and that was just on the school run. I've been staying at my BF's which is further so I've been getting the bus. Gosh can I feel it....!!! I think the walking will have to start again soon.

[Gormless]

I try to walk 8-10 miles every Sunday, it takes a bit of dedication and a good talking book. I work on the 5th floor and never take the lift.

8km is quite good, about 2 laps of the cemetery, try to do it once a week. Get a pedometer too, very motivational.

[joggerjayne]

10,000 paces ...

I'd guess I do that before breakfast four or five times a week.

Does it still count if you do it all in one go?

[puddicat]

I really was upbeat when it came to being fit,but the last couple of years have changed the way i think towards it,and i have gone up a dress size since, i could eat anything and stay slim not these days sadly!!!

[puddicat]

Just bought a new pedometer a decent one,it keeps a record of your daily walking and also your weeks tally!!!

[eash]

I do try I must admit but I never seem to get over 3000 or thereabouts. I'm on Weight Watchers too and they promote walking and say even just going up and down the stairs at home counts...

[puddicat]

Eash i used to walk up to 10miles a day, walking and going to the gym and using the running machines!!

[cab]

Hi puddi and co, no to be honest.
I bought a pedometer and I had a devil of a job to set it up.
Then I dropped it on my first walk so I decided it wasnt meant to be and gave up.

[Velvetee]

10,000 steps per day will only do any good if it's done in one session, it won't do much if you are walking for 5 minutes and then another 5 two hours later, building up the steps that way.

You should aim to keep your heartrate up continuously for a period of at least 20 minutes, minimum of 3 times per week.

I'm currently doing my Lever 3 personal trainers course and we've been trying out a technique called "Tabata". It's great, very intensive, raises BMR and can all be done in 20 mins, can't wait to try it out on clients.

[joggerjayne]

"10,000 steps per day will only do any good if it's done in one session" ...

Yaayyy !!

[tiggerblue10]

I used to do around 12,000 per day. I've got a bit lazy of late though :o(

[puzzled54]

I never know, when talking about steps, is 1 step just 1 step, ie move 1 leg, or is 1 step moving the first leg and then the second leg? If you see what I mean.

[Velvetee]

Yes I can see why you would be puzzled, Puzzled, it certainly is puzzling.

[Postdog]

Get a job as a postman. Be warned tho, after 20 years your knees start to go......

[rcl1]

I have to be in the right frame of mind to exercise.

Usually having someone to compete with helps me, for example, I was going on holiday with some friends and none oif us wanted to look bad in our bikinis so we all vowed to lose weight.

They failed miserabbly and I went from 11st 2lb at the beginning of Jan to 9st 6lb at the beginning of May.

It wasn't easy though, and i totally worked my ass off to do it.

[puzzled54]

Well, if i'm doing what I thought was 10000 steps and it turns out to be 5000...............

[Velvetee]

I remember Postdog, when I had my cleaning company some years ago, I had rather stiff, creaky knees. Anyway, we did some marketing, where we were delivering postcards advertising the business, door to door. After a week of this, up and down steps, my creaky knees were cured.

[MEJ]

I work as a personal trainer and class instructor. One day I wore my pedometer while working. I went for a 40 minute run with a client (just over 3 miles) and taught two 1 hour body conditioning classes and a 45 minute spinning class and my pedometer said I'd only done 8,000 steps. Pedometers are great for people who are unused to exercise to monitor how much they do on a daily basis and try and improve on that over time. Don't get too worried about the 10,000 steps thing - just make sure you get hot, sweaty and out of breath for about 40 minutes every day - how you achieve that is up to you!!