Yesss 10,000 steps is bad for you!

I walk the dog every day for about 45 minutes, doing just under 5000 steps. We don't generally walk fast though, it's more a case of slow, slow, sniff, sniff, slow ...

I like the comment above saying that the fitness tracker goes on the dog's collar.

Regarding the concern of walking 10000 steps and the effect on those with dodgy knees, I have been led to believe (by OH) that the overall aim was to build up the muscles around the knees which would help support the weakening joints. We did a 4 mile + walk to the rugby match last Saturday and the next day I was absolutely cream crackered and OH was in pain with his knees and was walking slower than I was (which was a first). I must admit that I have not been attempting my 10000 steps of late as I find it hard to motivate myself in the winter months. I do however walk rather than drive wherever I can if I'm not getting too much at the shops, and make use of my Freedom Pass at every opportunity. We have a real parking problem here as we are right next to the station so it is a real pain trying to re park once we use the car so I don't bother driving most of the time and make the most of my Freedom Pass. Better for the environment they would have you believe too so it's a WIN/WIN to use that annoying phrase.

I try to do 30 to 40 mins walk 4 to 5 times a week. Just get my coat on straight after breakfast and get going! Clears my head, settles anxieties and sets me up for the day. Nice hot shower when I get home, hot coffee and ready for most things! Xx

unfortunately owing to very severe arthritis in one knee [currently boner rubbing on bone] i am unable to walk very far at all. maybe 40 steps out to the car and back again and very few in between. thank goodness for the mobility carts in testo and asda. i can just about manage to walk from the car to the shop and back out again later but it takes me at least a day to recover from this!
sofa surfing doesn't do anything for the amount of steps or the weight loss.

amt101!

How far is 10,000 steps?

I can't do any walking now as I'm trying to fit in my 10 helpings of fruit and veg.

Did the Japanese men study make any allowance for length and speed of steps?

I am nearly 66 and do, on average, 8,500 steps a day at work. Sometimes get to 10,000. A lot of them are going up and down stairs. Well a least they burn the calories off...hahaha

7K is what 4.5 miles? Including a stop for lunch, it'd take me most of the day to do that! Mind you, with my bad knees I only take tiny steps so that'd only be 2.5 miles for me!

Love the image of the peddie in the bra!
Thought of installing my phone there as it is my step counter for the times I don't want to carry a bag or backpack but sadly, boobs are too small to take such a weight and protuberance!

Lovely day for a good, long walk, some zumba, possibly a mooch, and a convivial coffee later. And if 10,000 steps achieved, all the better!

I don't have a Fitbit but according to my old cheap pedometer and 'Walk-it' website, a one-hour steady walk is about 6,200 steps. I wouldn't have thought pottering around the house adds much more.

I'm about to do a 2-hour river walk and assume that this will do me some good!

I love a good mooch. Especially round the shops.

'Mooching' around can certainly add to the step account Rinouchka - what it may not do is add much to the active 30 minutes or so a day you should aim for But far better, health-wise, that sitting on backside at home. Of course it's counterproductive if one toddles into a watering hole to indulge in coffee and cake!!

My husband and I do 10000 steps a day. We get a financial reward from our health provider if we keep fit and regularly do our 10000 steps. 10000 is about 7km. A bit of a challenge but doable if you are fairly fit. And we love walking. I wear my peddie in my bra and whip it out every now and then to see how I am doing. Must look very strange to some people. My peddie only works if I am walking - and doesn't work if I tie it to the dog!

Yippeee! So glad! That's the best news today, something I can take off my Guilt list.

DD wears hers in her bra. She is large of boobage and I often wonder if that is adding on 'steps'.

Anya mooching will not add much to step count!

I agree with Anya. I started on 5000 a day and have steadily built up to 10000. I like the challenge and have found I'm motivated to go for a walk. Realise it's not every bodies cup of tea. Also realise that they are not 100% accurate but works for me.

Walking is a good exercise, but doing TOO MUCH FOR YOUR OWN SITUATION is not. That is the bottom line. All these "You oughtas" need adapting to suit individuals. We are not all identical clones, we each have our own limits and we shouils keep these in mind and not try to all fit the Fitbit template.
It reminds me of the legend of Procrustes, who boasted that he had a bed which would fit everyone - sure it did, because if they were too tall he cut off their feet, and if they were too short he stretched them by the arms and legs until they were the right length.

(Hence procrastinating - stretching or putting off the work to fill the time available)

Mine's strapped to the waistband of my jean grannypiper - it does say it's better worn on your torso.

Rinouchka that's very true; mooching around the shops certainly adds up stepswise.

sunlover you are right, any exercise is good for us but can we believe what the fitbit says, is it really 10,000 steps a day that it counts ? cant be if it counts wrist movements

Walking is important to me, as long as counting steps does not become an obsession. This can happen with Fitbits so i have avoided these. Plus, I feel better if I have walked instead of driven, when I can.

10,000 steps or roughly 7 kms is not a huge amount if you live in town and can do all shopping and meet other needs on foot. Ironically, i think it is more of a challenge for those who live in the country and need to be more reliant on cars as "going for a walk" and covering that no. of kms in one go on foot could prove challenging as a daily thing and I would probably not achieve it every day.

Common sense should dictate...and not the contradictions of the latest so called "reports". I will have my cupcake, if I like, but keep moving as much as I can!

Oh there were definitely strawberry creams around Ana I remember them very well from the step thread( it made me want some.)
All things in moderation then?who'd a thunk it?!

My OH's Fitbit told him he had done 10,000 steps after he had painted the fence. Jane10 the Fitbit on the dog was hilarious.