01-15-2014 12:47
01-15-2014 12:47
I thought it might be fun to see some of the "Total Lifetime Steps" figures from a few of the more diehard Fitbiters out there. I've been using my Fitbit Ultra for just about 2 years, and noticed that I've now gone past the 5 Million Steps mark (I'm currently at: 5,018,549 steps).
While 5 Million Steps may seem like a lot to some newer Fitbit users, I can tell you for sure, that my wife easily has me beat, since she now has logged over 7½ Million Steps (and we both started using our fitbits right around the same time).
But of course, I'm sure we could actually see some really amazing high figures if some of the more agressive Fitbit users would like to share their current Lifetime totals with the community.
11-04-2021 19:27
11-04-2021 19:27
11-05-2021 15:30
11-05-2021 15:30
Thanks, Peter. Wow, to keep up that number at 80 is wonderful - no shame in slowing down a little.
Yes, I should do 14M unless something goes badly wrong - just over 33,000 needed per day now, and that figure drops each day.
I've not seen anyone else with 100M steps, but one or two others on here with totals similar to mine. I hope to join you in the 9-digit club some time in 2023.
Do you have a highest total for a year to share?
I tend not to start the year with a particular target, as January 1st doesn't usually see a great start! Last year, I had quite a few months of a million steps, so my first target in 2021 was to achieve 12 million-step months. Once I'd managed that in February, then 13M. looked definitely possible, so I worked out the daily and weekly requirements. I keep a detailed spreadsheet, so can see how far I'm ahead or behind, and with the longer and warmer days of Spring and Summer 14M started to look realistic, so I revised the target again.
11-06-2021 09:28
11-06-2021 09:28
11-06-2021 15:26
11-06-2021 15:26
I'm in Shropshire, about 15 miles from the Welsh border. We're surrounded by beautiful hills, so the walking here is wonderful, but we get a fair bit of rain because of them.
Those are some big stats, Peter! Well done! Your best month gives a very good answer to that other thread about 50,000 steps.....
I've lost some of my exact records because of computer problems, so some are from memory:
Best year (this one should beat it hollow): 2020, with 12,479,957 steps.
Best month: July, 2021, with 1,289,374
Best week: Week 9 of 2021, with 308,638
Best day: in 2016, doing the Shropshire Six Summits walk - I don't have the figure, but it was safely over 90,000 steps.
Most steps in 24 hours: over 120,000, doing the Long Mynd Hike (50 miles).
You must have a much longer stride than I do, looking at your figures. I need between 2,000 and 2,200 steps per mile.
11-06-2021 16:11
11-06-2021 16:11
11-07-2021 04:29
11-07-2021 04:29
@yu4517 - I enjoyed reading your post. Your idea of slowing down would be seen as active success for many of us! I wish you sto lat! One hundred years! I’m in the US but of Polish descent. We wish sto lat at every birthday celebration but I’m not going to wait for your birthday. Keep up the good work!
11-07-2021 14:12
11-07-2021 14:12
Shrewsbury is our nearest quite large town - they make quite a bit of Darwin there.
Unless you live to 100 (wouldn't surprise me if you did!) then I don't think I'll pass you while you're still around. There might be folk who have done more than you, but they would have been recording their steps for a greater number of years, or have even greater stamina than you do, which would take a lot of doing.
I retired early nine years ago, and, like you, have a pattern for the day, more so since getting a dog. It doesn't start with a 12-mile walk, but I do go out with my dog before breakfast - either 50 or 90 minutes, which is 5,000 or 10,000 steps. Same thing after our evening meal (in the dark now we're approaching winter) and in the afternoon I'm out for about three hours, either with or without the dog. With him, I do around 7,000 steps per hour, and on my own, if I'm walking roads, it's more like 8,000.
I don't feel that I'd enjoy walking a treadmill to get my steps in, but I guess you can enjoy whatever is on the screen while you do that.
You step roughly a yard each time, so you gain about six inches on me for each one. I can't quite get my head around your July 2015, though, as it looks like you did 60 inches per step!
Keep up the good work, Peter.
11-07-2021 14:43
11-07-2021 14:43
11-13-2021 10:20
11-13-2021 10:20
I wasn't casting doubt, Peter - but an apparent 60 inch step for that month did raise my eyebrows! Were you running for any of that?
I can understand about the treadmill now - I'm lucky to live among the hills, so it's fine for me going out with a torch, and a fishing collar for my dog. The local youth fraternity doesn't trouble me where I go - they'd rather be indoors, I think.
11-13-2021 15:57
11-13-2021 15:57
11-16-2021 14:24
11-16-2021 14:24
Peter, surely slowing down a bit isn't too surprising for an octogenarian, even one as fully active as your good self! If I'm walking anything like your distances by the time I reach that decade, I'll be very pleased. And I'm sure you will get to 200 million before you reach the end of your spreadsheet.
2021 is now confirmed as my best stepping year - up to 12,576.084 now.
11-16-2021 19:32
11-17-2021 10:44
11-17-2021 10:44
Somewhere between an eighth and a ninth of the year left, so 6.7 looks possible with a bit of a push! Good luck - It's good to have a final target for the year, I find, and OK to change it if circumstances dictate. After I started counting steps, it took me until the fourth year to get over the 7M mark.
11-17-2021 19:12
11-17-2021 19:12
I agree @Vidd -- you have to be flexible and willing to change if needed. I've been in this range for a few years. 20K always feels like a good day to me. Similar to where I started 10+ years ago. My biggest year was 2014 at about 11.4M. Somehow, that's also the year I developed plantar fasciitis. Took me a couple of years to get over that. Stretches mainly, but I think cutting the steps back a bit helped. Fortunately I really like bike riding so I still get out plenty.
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12-10-2021 02:27
12-10-2021 02:27
12-10-2021 14:34
12-10-2021 14:34
All I can do is get ahead of you this year, Peter! I'm averaging 39343 at the moment, so I'll come in a little under your 2016 and well behind your 2020.
I'd have to average over 40000 from here on in to beat your 2016, and as we're in the grip of winter I don't see that happening - too many days of challenging weather.
12-10-2021 14:42
12-10-2021 14:42
01-01-2022 13:04
01-01-2022 13:05
01-01-2022 13:05
Best wishes for 2022 everyone! 🙂
01-01-2022 14:41
01-01-2022 14:41
Well done for crossing another million barrier, and Happy New Year to you and everyone else too!
I've got some stats for the year 2021 to share:
Annual total: 14,367,610 steps
Daily average : 39363
Final hurrah - December 31st: 50824
I'm toying with the idea of a 15M target for 2022, but the thought is pretty daunting at the start of a new year.