10,000 steps?

[mjanetd]

I've had my fitbit flex for a couple of weeks and yesterday was the first time I made it to 10,000 steps.  I was so close that I had to keep going to make the magical 10,000.  My question is how in the world do people do this every day?  I ran errands twice and took the long way both times then walked on the treadmill for 40 minutes just so I could make it.  My normal going out of my way to walk places ends up around 5000 then up to 7000 with excersise.  How do people claiming 20,000 steps a day have time to work or do anything else except walk.  I think I'm going to change my goal to 8,000.

[narcoossee]

As a waitress, 10,000 per day is easy.  On my days off, I really have to work on it.

[psbullitt]

I actually have done that! My thought process is that bouncing my legs and fidgeting a bit while at my desk is still movement, maybe not as great as actually walking, but it's something! I just have to remember when looking at my data what was from actually running or just fidgeting at my desk. 

I think the most important thing is not to get discouraged, any movement is better than none at all! 

[sundance64]

And for those who easily get 10,000 that's probably their norm and they should be shooting for higher if they're trying to increase their fitness level or lose weight.

[W247]

I an in a sedentary job so my step counts vary between 4000 - 6000 steps a day. The days that I work out, my step counts go up to about 8000 - 10000 steps a day. When I was on vacation in London, I actually was able to make it up to 25000 steps a day!!!

[sundance64]

Wow, nice! I have to make extra effort on treadmill or outside to get to 10,000!

[Lyn11]

So, what you are saying is...to get to 25,000 steps we need to go to London for a holiday? Great! I’m with you on that one. London here I come! And after that, maybe Paris? Seriously though...walking around Bray Park is fun but does get a bit monotonous day after day so we try and find different routes to get over our 10,000 target.

[OCDOC]

Re hitting 20K:

1) Find treadmill speed that achieves 100 steps per minute (brisk walk).

2) 10 Minutes is 1K, one hour is 6K

3) Do your normal day of living/work (usually 5-8K for me...not a desk job)

4) 20K-8K eg done leaves 12K to be done on the treadmill...120 minutes eg

5) 2 Hours TV, music whatever TOTAL while on the treadmill...I break it up into chunks.

6) 20K achieved

All it takes is converting 120-150 minutes 'couch potato' time into 'treadmill potato' time...not hard once you get going.

[majave]

I've been noticing this on my Surge HR.
Just did a quick test - walked round the house counting 40 steps. Surge counted 6.
I go for a 6km walk a day and wondered why I struggle to get to 10k steps.
It's obviously cheating me out of steps!!!

[Kevharvey]

I find that things like mowing and raking the lawn add on a lot of steps without realising. Only thing is that Fitbit thinks I am riding a bike when I do it.

[bellerophon30]

Hitting 10K, or higher, is something you have to shoot for.  For those of us who work on our feet every day, it's a given, as I just try to keep moving (while getting my work done, I'm an engineer).  Plus I'm on a treadmill a lot, which adds a ton of steps.  If you drive a desk, then 10K or more can be problematic I guess, you just have to make a point to walk more when you're not doing your work tasks.

[StealthNinja]

The best way to get your steps registered is to do walking meditation that is to swing your arms in rhythm to your steps.

[Reaper_13]

I work a desk job during the day so I make anywhere from 3-4K steps between 7am-5pm. I eat supper when i get home and then go for a walk till I reach 10K-12K steps. I have my goal set at 8k but i push to make 10 because it makes me feel accomplished 🙂 I've only reached 15000 steps twice so far but I'm trying to push myself to reach 20k!

[lakedreams1]

I get my first 10,000 by dancing in place and meditating between midnight and 1:00 a.m. Meditation = 2 hrs of sleep so it's a win win...

[MissMo]

I can range anywhere from 4k (off days from work and rest days from exercise) to 20k (work days and exercise days). I do work retail, however with my job I am mostly confined to a 70 foot catwalk. So when I push myself and we are slow I pace back and forth. It motivates me that a bunch of us girls at work do challenges. Since they are on the floor helping customers, doing freight, etc, they easily get a lot more (7k) steps than me if I don't pace. I also do Leslie Sansone videos when I get home most days and while you don't get as many miles as the video is called because of the moves, I typically get anywhere from 1-4k steps from them. I've also learned to sneak in little bits of steps here and there. Like taking the folded laundry one piece at a time to be put up as I fold/hang it.

[EmjayH]

I surpass 10k steps just at work alone. If I've had a day just above that then it means I've had a very lazy day lol

[Jmoss]

I realize this connent is several years old....but for angoan reading this ..I DO wear mine on my ankle.  It's very accurate and I easily get 10000 steps a day.  My average is 15000 and I'm a bank teller.  Because I wear it on my ankle, EVERY step is counted no matter what my hands are doing 😉