10,000 Steps In Addition To Regular Exercise

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  • StarvingDiva
    StarvingDiva Posts: 1,107 Member
    Well now I work in an office (at the time of the conversation I worked from home) so I get up numerous times through out the day, mostly to wear a path to the bathroom from all the water I drink, or sometimes I walk over to the other buildings, but I am still not getting in 10k steps. Plus after my 2 hour workouts, all I have for energy is to go to bed. lol
  • mcraw75
    mcraw75 Posts: 99 Member
    https://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-ways-to-track-fitness,news-25357.html
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    IsabeausRose wrote: »
    I apologize ahead of time for not having links to back myself up but I'm on my phone. I've been reading articles online about this 10,000 steps a day theory and found out that it doesn't count towards the daily exercise we are supposed to get. It's just how active we are supposed to be in general. So our daily aerobic activity and regular strength training are supposed to be IN ADDITION to the 10,000 daily steps. This is quite a lot of movement every day. I'd like some educated opinions on this and to be corrected if what I read was wrong.

    My opinion is that it is a guideline not a rule.
    You should start with where you are and increase to an activity level that suits you and your goals best. Walking is not the only exercise so if you get less steps but are doing something that gets you to your goals then I wouldn't worry about it.
    Moving for so many minutes a day is also a guideline.
  • olive1968
    olive1968 Posts: 148 Member
    MeanderingMammal wrote: »
    There is a growing view that protracted sitting leads to some foreshortening around the hips and pelvic cradle, so getting up and doing a bit every hour is quite useful.

    I'm going to add my anecdotal evidence that I believe this to be true for me. I sit waaaay too much at work and have recently begun to realize this is the likely issue with my hip flexors and chronic hip pain.
  • Calichusetts
    Calichusetts Posts: 100 Member
    I do 10k easy during my day. Then a 30 minute cardio on an elliptical. Some days I get close to 20K
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    I only count steps in addition to my normal expected TDEE, which I list as sedentary or lightly active at most (depending on the calculator used).

    I'm listed as "not very active" on MFP.

    I recently started hiking early in the morning at a couple of local county parks. About 2.5-5 mile hikes for 1-2 hours involving about 6.5k-13k steps. This is all extra activity that I log to MFP.

    Don't log any step activity otherwise.
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