Steps

lindsayannh6335

Hi l do 70000 per week instead of 10000 per day does this amount to the same?Also is Pilates classed as strenghth training?

AnnPT77

There is no number of steps that is strictly required for anything, for starters. 10000 per day has no particular magic. Getting exercise is good, walking is good, but overdoing for current fitness level generally is counter-productive. If you're not already walking lots, increase gradually for best results on health and fitness.

Generally getting X number of steps on average daily is the same as getting exactly X steps each individual day. Obviously, an extreme might be unreasonable, like getting those 70000 steps all on one day, and doing nothing at all the other 6 days, but I'm sure you realize that.

Strictly speaking, I wouldn't call Pilates "strength training". Anything that challenges our current strength level has some strength benefits, and Pilates may do that to some extent. Generally, though, people use the term "strength training" to refer to weight lifting, body weight strength work, maybe kettlebells, resistance bands and that sort of thing.

Challenging current strength in any way has health/fitness benefits. Traditional strength training will be the most efficient way for most people to gain strength or muscle mass.

springlering62

I think it depends on where you are in your Pilates practice.

I did (and still do, occasionally) hot mat Pilates at my yoga studio

When I first started, it was definitely strength and core. In fact, I silently shed tears the first few classes. No one could tell for the sweat rolling down my face, but pushups, side planks, five series, they were killer.

A month or so after starting Pilates, I began working out with a trainer, in a gym I also, as I lost weight, upped my game to “power” yoga, added cardio, lap swimming.

I can (and have) literally doze off in Pilates now, because it’s repetitive and no longer challenging I only do it if my schedule has axed other things that are more challenging. I go the back of the class and add things to make it as challenging for me as I can, so I don’t intimidate others or irritate the instructor, who is a doll

So at first, yes! Strength building. Crazy hard. Full on muscle aches from new things. But as that core develops, however you develop it, after a while, you may find you want to expand to other challenges.

I have not tried Reformer Pilates so can’t speak to that Classes are wildly expensive here, like $40-60 a session. That’s two hour long sessions with a PT I trust, or half a month unlimited yoga classes, so I don’t foresee me adding that. I feel like most the machine work my PT has me do is very similar to what I’d be doing on a reformer anyway

springlering62

and as far as steps, that’s an arbitrary number created as an ad campaign by a Japanese pedometer manufacturer. I think their name coincidentally was similar to “10,000” or something.

You do you with steps. I shoot for 20,000 a day, but in this heat and rain, plus a sore hip, feel lucky if I make 15,000.

My dog walker gets 30,000 a day just within the three blocks of my neighborhood. My previous trainer got 40,000 a day running around her gym, which she owned, like a chicken with her head cut off, picking and cleaning up after the guys, yelling at them, and then trying to compete with them with her crazy, adorable 72 year old self. She was my model. Always in motion, despite debilitating pain.

AnnPT77

I guess, for full honesty, I should've said: Over the last roughtly 7 years, since I've had a fitness tracker, I've averaged 5000-6000ish steps daily. 9+ years ago, I lost 50 pounds with that same general steps level, and I've stayed at a healthy weight since. Because I'm active in other ways, my cardiovascular fitness is excellent. I'm 69. Last time my fitness tracker gave me a "fitness age" estimate, it said 30 years old.

Walking is a wonderful form of exercise, but no particular step count is required for weight loss, health, or fitness. Different combinations of activity work for health and fitness, and calorie balance determines weight loss whether steps are zero or tens of thousands.

If you want to increase your step count, absolutely do walk a manageable amount more than you do currently, and gradually increase that as it gets easier . . . as long as you can do so and still maintain a happy, balanced life with enough time and energy for job, home chores, family, social life, and non-exercise hobbies.