Is it possible to get 7,000 steps inside a rowhouse?

[Anonymous]

I’d love to get a treadmill for this winter, but we don’t have room, plus I’m concerned about safety with toddlers around. Any ideas for getting steps in, as if I had a treadmill, after kids go to bed? Move furniture and make a loop on my living room?

[Anonymous]

Put music on all the time. When you're cleaning, cooking, doing laundry, making the bed, etc.

[Anonymous]

Can you set aside a few times a day to run the stairs? Maybe 3 times a day, top to bottom. Lengthen the route as much as you can (to the back door, to the far corner of the last bedroom upstairs). Run/walk it 5x each set.

Then maybe add in a couple laps around the block at lunch or before dinner.

[Anonymous]

I live in a three-room apartment and just by consciously thinking about it get at least 10,000 extra steps in a day on top of what I would normally get since WFH for Covid.

It takes fewer than 10 minutes to get in 1,000 so I pace while on some calls, while waiting for a pot to boil, etc.

[Anonymous]

Jump rope.

[Anonymous]

Peloton.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes I just jog back and forth across the living room. Really. I'm in a steps competition though, so I think about it more often.

[Anonymous]

If you just want to walk you could easily get a cheap, relatively lightweight fold up treadmill

This one for example: https://www.costway.com/2-in-1-folding-treadmill-with-rc-bluetooth-speaker-led-display.html?piid=9210200&fee=4&fep=13809&utm_source=google&utm_medium=googleshopping&utm_campaign=googleshopping&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5LWQgJyP7QIV-QiICR2BVAoTEAQYASABEgKq4PD_BwE

[Anonymous]

Sure! My mom gets 10,000 steps in their 1,000 sq ft apartment. She walks circles around the living room, or runs up and down the stairs in the stairwell.

[Anonymous]

There are safety features on treadmills, so that really shouldn't be a concern.

Can't speak to your lack of room, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I just jog back and forth across the living room. Really. I'm in a steps competition though, so I think about it more often.

I sort of do this, too. When I feel like I want to get more steps in but am done being outside for the day, I usually march in place behind the couch while we watch TV. You'd be shocked how quickly you can rack up some steps that way!

I am kind of a walking obsessive...

[Anonymous]

I sometimes use the bottom stair as a type of aerobics exercise--stepping up and down over and over again while I'm listening to a book or a podcast. I found that easier than walking around our tiny townhouse and more effective at getting my heart rate up.

[Anonymous]

I vote for jumprope. It can be exhausting but good exercise.

[Anonymous]

Definitely, I live in a row house with 2 wild toddler boys and easily get 13,000 steps on the weekend without having to leave the house. I feel like I'm constantly moving to clean up after them, play games of chase, preparing meals etc.....its crazy.

[Anonymous]

Buy a step with risers (they have some that are square and take up little room). You can step up and down in a very small space plus better exercise than just walking around.