How do you get 10,000 steps?

[Anonymous]

For me that’s 6 miles of walking. Who has time for that if you’re not a daily runner?

I’ve wondered if my Apple Watch has miscalculated my steps.

[Anonymous]

I am a teacher. Haha

[Anonymous]

6 miles of running does it for me.

[Anonymous]

When my dog could do walks, I could get it easily by walking th dog 2x a day plus just walking around my house, stores, etc.

[Anonymous]

6 miles? I’m 5’4” and 10000 steps is 4 miles according to my tracker.

[Anonymous]

I live in NYC and don’t own a car, so all my errands involve walking. I usually take the subway to work but walk home (2ish miles). I grocery shop probably every other day, and walk there and back.

When I’m in the office (3 days per week usually), I make a concerted effort to get up and walk to the bathroom, get a coffee, or stretch my legs once an hour. When it’s nice outside I’ll take a 15 minute walk around lunchtime. If I’m WFH I try to take a morning walk and an afternoon walk. I will also hop on the treadmill for calls or periods where I am just reading something.

And at the end of the day, I will top up my steps if I’m not at 10k. It does require extra effort some days, even though I walk everywhere. I would imagine even more so if you live in the suburbs and are reliant on a car.

[Anonymous]

I don’t.

[Anonymous]

I assume you have a desk job.

Can you not walk during lunch break? Park far away in the parking lot and squeeze in steps?

Otherwise, yea,you walk (or run) a treadmill. Now you know why.

[Anonymous]

My tracker says that’s about 4 miles and I’m 5’6. Maybe your tracker is off? I walk the dog a few times a day, work out for about 30 minutes and otherwise take kids to practice and sit at a desk for 8 hours. I easily get 15,000 steps in a day.

[Anonymous]

Take a dance cardio class most days and it accounts for the majority of my steps. The rest is some type of strength or stretch class, errands and kitchen time.

[Anonymous]

Its 3-4 miles of walking

[Anonymous]

I use the elliptical, walk in place during work conference calls, park as far away from the door as possible when I go to the store… It all adds up.

[Anonymous]

I dont have a tracker. I used to walk 5 miles on the treadmill. Now I ride 20-23 miles on the Peloton. I don't know how many "steps" that is per day.

Neither one of these activities requires much longer than an hour, which isn't much time. I have a desk job so figure this is better than nothing.

[Anonymous]

I work from home and have a treadmill. It’s amazing how many steps I can get during the day (while legit working.) basically, if I’m not on camera I’m (slowly) walking.

[Anonymous]

I only watch TV when I’m on the treadmill. I have to really put effort into making sure I do it - in my regular day as a SAHM who I think is pretty active, some days I only get 4,000 or so. Cleaning the kitchen or cooking doesn’t give you many steps!