What happens when you walk 100,000 steps in one day?

threewins
threewins Posts: 1,455 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
One man decided to find out

menshealth.com: Here's What Walking 100,000 Steps in Just One Day Did to This Guy's Body.
https://www.menshealth.com/fitness/a31626980/walking-100000-steps-one-day-cardio-youtube/
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  • psychod787
    psychod787 Posts: 4,099 Member
    did 40000 in a day, shin splints from hell.....
  • mph323
    mph323 Posts: 3,565 Member
    I did over 40,000 exploring Boston a few years ago. The only issue I had were giant blisters on both feet 😮
  • unstableunicorn
    unstableunicorn Posts: 216 Member
    Personal record is a little over 28k steps in about four hours. Went through about two litres of water during, and another four throughout the rest of the day, and pretty sure I had a focal seizure during the last half hour. Surprisingly the only pain was the usual muscle exhaustion I get at work. Want to hit 50k this speing when the snow and puddles are gone, but doibt I’ll push past that.
  • Psychgrrl
    Psychgrrl Posts: 3,177 Member
    I’ve hit 45,000 but never 50,000.
  • LaReinaDeCorazones
    LaReinaDeCorazones Posts: 274 Member
    Most Ive done is a lil over 30k steps in a day
  • Viking_Dad
    Viking_Dad Posts: 185 Member
    That's like 45-50 miles. How do you do that in a day?
  • GummiMundi
    GummiMundi Posts: 396 Member
    He says in the beginning of the video that he is used to walking, but he seemed a bit unprepared, to be honest. My daily average is 11k steps, outside, and I never had the blisters and bruises he had at his first stop. I never had to change socks. I don't wear any special fancy shoewear, just regular sneakers (which I probably shouldn't, dunno). My PR is 32k steps. By then I start to get a bit sore, but that's it.

    I probably wouldn't attempt 100k, though. It sounds excessive to me.
  • LaReinaDeCorazones
    LaReinaDeCorazones Posts: 274 Member
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  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,933 Member
    Every time I visit London I do about 20-30km per day. My steps are small (I’m not tall) and guess it’s around 30-40k steps. No problem.
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
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    (I was just logging Saturday's walk, but didn't bother changing the date so pardon my messy editing tools).

    I did it in my down at heel Saucony Redeemers that I ditched for new Brooks Arial 20s on the 15th. Just a little tired that evening.
  • mph323
    mph323 Posts: 3,565 Member
    https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Get-Moving/How-can-a-person-average-80-000-steps-in-a-day/td-p/174603/highlight/true

    For your entertainment :) Ongoing (for years) Fitbit community thread exploring whether it's possible to average 80000 steps a day. It's long, rambling, in places rude and an excellent read while you're cooped up at home pondering such random questions!
  • Katmary71
    Katmary71 Posts: 7,069 Member
    I was at 29,000 after working out today I decided to get my next Fitbit badge at 35,000, my legs feel like they're going to fall off at this point!
  • Viking_Dad
    Viking_Dad Posts: 185 Member
    This might happen

    https://youtu.be/tbNlMtqrYS0
  • WickedPineapple
    WickedPineapple Posts: 698 Member
    I agree with everyone else that said that this guy didn't seem to be prepared for someone who was already getting in 25k steps a day. Why would you just randomly decide to quadruple your steps with no gradual increase? That's a great way to get injured, even just walking.

    I hit 55k steps once when I ran a Disney half marathon in the early morning, followed by a full day of walking around Disney. My legs and feet hurt by the end of the day (no blisters), but I was trained, napped after the half, and swapped shoes.
  • Mrsindepenant1
    Mrsindepenant1 Posts: 196 Member
    Iv done 30,000 in 5 hours while working nights at a stud farm. I have arthritis so I was near crawling by the end from sore knees and pelvis but if I had taken pain relief I would have been fine.
  • Danp
    Danp Posts: 1,561 Member
    notapilgrim wrote: »
    This might happen

    https://youtu.be/tbNlMtqrYS0

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  • IdLikeToLoseItLoseIt
    IdLikeToLoseItLoseIt Posts: 695 Member
    Thanks a lot, now that song is stuck in my head.

    Da da da (da da da)
    Da da da (da da da)
    Da da da dun diddle un diddle un diddle uh da

    It has replaced my earlier earworm “My Corona” (a Covid19 take on My Sharona). 😂

    On topic though, my longest walking attempts have always been thwarted by blisters forming, I’ve yet to find the perfect shoe/sock combo. Pre-taping healthy blister prone areas helps somewhat. If I could figure that out I think I could double my personal best since it wasn’t my legs or body that gave out, just my skin. :grimace:
  • drmwc
    drmwc Posts: 1,037 Member
    edited March 2020
    My little brother bought a CD with this on. He hated every other song on the album, so took it back to the shop. The shop let him swap it for "Straight outta Compton" by NWA. The assistant said: "You mistook the Proclaimers for NWA? We get this all the time."

    For young people: CDs are an old-fashioned way of playing music. We used to buy them in physical shops.
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    Both of my 50k race days yielded 75k+ steps. I was tired and hungry.
  • sam_juggins
    sam_juggins Posts: 45 Member
    I've walked 26.2 miles twice but not back to back

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