Does anyone get 10,000 steps a day ????

My fitbit tells me I do.

I have not done it daily for a few months (too busy to take a small walk after) but yes, I nearly ALWAYS was hitting all my fitbit goals, the harder one being the fitness one. Stairs and steps were easy. I could rock 4k step just walking through every isle at Kroger

I have a Fitbit Zip and I average anywhere from 13k-23K steps per day...depends if I do a run, I walk my dogs for an hour a day daily, plus just working, getting stuff done around my house, getting my son from school, housework etc. I dont sit down much. I only log running or my hour long walk I dont log anything else for exercise. it is do able and even on days Im not active I still manage 10K steps. My dog walk alone gets me about 7k steps just in that.

On days where I don't do much extra cardio, I usually get around 5-6K
But on cardio days I can get anywhere from 10-13k

My daily goal is 5 miles (@11,500 steps). I try to hit ten miles twice a week. I wear a fitbit zip that logs it to MFP for me. As long as I reach 10,000 steps every day, though, I feel like I am moving enough.

Most days I'm averaging about 12,000-13,000, but I don't log it. My up band syncs that activity with MFP for me.

I get there by parking at the back of my work lot, taking the stairs instead of the elevator, working out at lunch, then staying active when I get home at night - be it cooking, cleaning, puttering around the house or going for an actual walk.

The Japanese first started using the 10,000 steps a day number, as part of a marketing campaign! (to help sell pedometers). Since that initial campaign however, medical authorities around the world have agreed that 10,000 is a healthy number to aim for. The American Heart Association uses the 10,000 steps metric as a guideline to follow for improving health and decreasing risk of heart disease, the number one killer of men and women in America.

10,000 steps a day is a rough equivalent to the Surgeon General’s recommendation to accumulate 30 minutes of activity most days of the week. It should be enough to reduce your risk for disease and help you lead a longer, healthier life. The benefits are many: lower BMI, reduced waist size, increased energy, and less risk for Type II diabetes and heart disease. In fact, a recent study of the 10,000 steps a day method reported conclusive health benefits.

10,000 steps daily is approximately 5 miles. Unless you have a very active lifestyle or profession, you probably don’t reach 10,000 steps on a given day without putting some effort into your activity. This could be a lifestyle change such as walking to work, or the addition of an exercise routine to your day.

Its very difficult to get 10,000 per day unless part of your job is walking. I think activity counts towards your overall calories burned. If you spend the day getting in an out of the car, walking into the store, unloading groceries - those are all calorie burners. Maybe not enough to raise the heart rate but still you are burning calories.

I don't think this is necessarily true! I have a desk job working with computers. My average steps per day is in the 11,000-13,000 range. I park far away from my office in the morning, I walk to the bathroom way on the other side of my building, I walk to get lunch, I walk my dogs in the evening, and then do whatever workout I have planned.

A lot of days I even have 15,000 - 20,000 steps. Just focus on moving/walking whenever you have a chance and it's totally do-able.

In the UK the 10,000 steps arises from the British Heart Foundation's campaign to raise exercise levels in the general population. For most people it will equate to about 5k or more a day.

I've been using a Fitbit to monitor steps, and other things, for over a year now. Initially I started with a daily target of 3k steps, increasing to 5k, then 8k and now 10k as part of my rehab process from a long term ankle injury. For around 6 months now I've been over the 10k on most days aside from the ones where I've aggravated the injury.

Even for me in a largely sedentary office job I'm able to get past 10k with a 30 - 40 minute walk. It would be a much shorter time if I jogged or ran of course.

But, don't get hung up on the number of steps. At the end of the day the weight losss only comes from acheiving a claorie deficit (less taken in than burnt); so the steps is only a part of getting to that point. You could just as easily burn the calories doing weghts or other stuff such as cycling or swimming.

Hope that may help somebody.

Sure

On a normal work day 10,000 is really easy for me to get, as I walk to and from work, around the classroom as I teach, to and from different buildings, etc etc. Now, on maternity leave, I know the school run (well, walk actually) is around 6,000 steps and I try not to exceed that as I'm still recovering.

However, if I have a day 100% at home, for example, packing for a holiday, however busy I feel, I seldom reach 5,000 steps. What this tells me is that going out is my best bet of some exercise.

Remember too that not all pedometers count every step. My fitbit dramatically undercounts my steps on Wii Step, so I suspect it loses others elsewhere too.

I take longer strides when I'm on a walk... I achieve 10,000 steps more often with shorter walks than longer ones. On actual walks it can take 6+ miles as opposed to wandering which takes around 3. So I mainly ignore steps and go by miles. It's annoying to take 2 hours and 6.5 miles for 10000 steps because I take longer strides.

It seems like I only hit it when I exercise - my half an hour of running/walking normally adds a few thousand calories. I'm also a student, so I spend a lot of time sitting in class or sitting around doing homework (the rest of my steps come from walking to and from class). On a busy day, when I can't get a workout in, I shoot for 6-7,000.

On my workout days, I average about 15,000 and on rest days about 5,000. When I started using my FitBit, I was at about 2,000 on a rest day and about 5,000 on a workout day. You will find yourself increasing the number of steps you do each day. My walks turned into walk/runs or hikes or bikes and they all increased mile by mile until I got to where I am today. I also find myself walking in place while I watch tv instead of sitting on the couch. I use the stair master at the gym so I can increase my stair cases climbed. I got my FitBit for Christmas and I just passed 750 miles walked!!

Be excited about where you are now and just keep pushing yourself to do more each day.

Juliana

I do... plus some. I have a desk job but it's pretty laid back and am able to get up and walk often. I'll also do a mile or two before or after work and I'll take a walk during my lunch break(I'll eat at my desk when I return). I have the Fitbit flex to help with tracking and usually finish out a week with over 100,000 steps.