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Are you counting steps? What motivates you to workout as hard as you do?

veanna111
veanna111 Posts: 22
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Out of curiosity, on average how many steps do you take in a day? Also I'm wondering what motivates you to get the most out of your workout? How long do you workout for and or what types of exercises do u do? Sorry for the 21 questions

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  • Lacipeanut
    Lacipeanut Posts: 28 Member
    Hi...

    Steps: Depends on the day and what I'm doing. I am for about 10,000 but sometimes don't make it. I also swim several times a week and I'm finding those are the days I don't tend to hit my steps. On the other hand, I am meeting my fitness goals, so I'm less worried about the steps.

    Motivation: I'm tired of being fat. And I have a Misfit Shine and I feel guilty as heck if I don't meet my goal for the day. And once I've met my physical activity goal I feel bad about eating garbage. I also sleep better and have less stress when I exercise daily, so it's worth every sweaty moment.

    What/How long: Again, depends on the workout. I swim for 30 - 40 minutes a few times a week. I walk for about an hour. I am starting to add ARC trainers, weights, and bicycling in as well. I have a rowing machine at home (most of the time I'm at the gym), so I'll start adding that in on days I don't feel like getting my butt to the gym.
  • Soundwave79
    Soundwave79 Posts: 469 Member
    Between 8-12K depending on the day. I do a 50/50 cardio/weight regime so my weight days my steps will be closer to 8K.

    I work a desk job and I make it a point to get up and walk every hour or so and then do some flights of stairs to get the heart rate up.

    Typically my workouts are Insanity/T25 on cardio days and Body Beast on weight days.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,956 Member
    veanna111 wrote: »
    Out of curiosity, on average how many steps do you take in a day? Also I'm wondering what motivates you to get the most out of your workout? How long do you workout for and or what types of exercises do u do? Sorry for the 21 questions

    Steps ... no idea. I track the distance I walk.

    The more I workout ... the more I can eat (moderately) ... the more weight I lose.

    Cycling and walking mainly ... I aim for 60+ minutes a day.

  • likehlikeo
    likehlikeo Posts: 185 Member
    Same here. I track the distance (always between 10 and 15k)...I like to earn myself some more calories to eat. Today however is a day with not much walking, since I have important meetings at work and was too lazy to pack dress shoes and walk, so i put them on and took the train)...I will go to Ikea lonight...so this might be a way to step up (pun intended) my game later on B)
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