10,000 Steps A Day? How Many You Really Need To Boost Longevity

[Captain Obvious]

I envy you Cap. Since my last stroke I cannot walk three steps without falling. Keep on walking and enjoy being able to.

I will, I know I'm blessed, I never discount that at all. Trust me on that.

[AZ Jim]

I will, I know I'm blessed, I never discount that at all. Trust me on that.

I know you're good to go Cap...Keep up the good work Bro...........

[The Xl]

Don't have one of those step trackers but I'd be surprised if I didn't clear 10k a day

[Just AnotherPerson]

I envy you Cap. Since my last stroke I cannot walk three steps without falling. Keep on walking and enjoy being able to.

Much love to you friend. It sure has not done anything to stop your wonderful feisty spirit.

[Peter1469]

Don't have one of those step trackers but I'd be surprised if I didn't clear 10k a day

It helps if you have a desk job- reminds you to get up and walk around every hour.

[donttread]

So in late February I think, early March maybe, can't remember, I got a fitbit from a promotion at work, they run team challenges which my team lost by only a few thousand steps recently. It was when I was traveling back to Pittsburgh a couple times for my father and I was off of my routine.

I've already been active but I thought it would be cool to measure it, it's worked out ok so far. I'm not walking for longevity, I just want to be fit, active and it's been helping with my weight loss program. I'm at 225 now, 6 pants sizes down from last year, and a new wardrobe later. Shooting for 200 and another new wardrobe at this point.

I do shoot for 10 steps mostly because it's a target and the fitbit is kind of a good reminder of that, to get there but with the weather lately (it's still snowing here, and been snowing and raining for the last two weeks) it's hard to get out, walking in the cold rain sucks and I can't do gyms, I don't like that subculture.

$#@!ing weather... so much for the desert

10k steps is just short of 5 miles and I can walk 20k steps if the weather is decent. Hot and dry preferably for me but if it's cold and wet I really get tired and crampy easy.

Even with the $#@!ty weather my 7-day average right now is 9,300 steps. I try to walk to and from work which is roughly a 10 mile round trip or so if I get some walking in between. Been off and on with that plan with the weather, I should have walked in today but I didn't, needed my truck for an errand.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-...-steps-per-day

In the short term to boost longevity you require exactly one more step than whatever is chasing you takes.

[Captain Obvious]

Took the company lead last week with over 150k steps. Walked nearly 17 miles this past Friday, had to nail it.

Saturday was the local golf tourney and I volunteered to help run it. I was out on the golf course watching a hole for a hole in one challenge and I got totally sunburned, froze partially and got drunk.

Then I was recruited to carve up these tri tip roasts that they made over locally collected mahogany. Ate a $#@! ton of that (carvers privilege), got more drunk and staggered home from the golf course, 4 miles away maybe.

Had to walk back in this morning to retrieve my truck and my ass is kicked lol

[jimmyz]

Took the company lead last week with over 150k steps. Walked nearly 17 miles this past Friday, had to nail it.

Saturday was the local golf tourney and I volunteered to help run it. I was out on the golf course watching a hole for a hole in one challenge and I got totally sunburned, froze partially and got drunk.

Then I was recruited to carve up these tri tip roasts that they made over locally collected mahogany. Ate a $#@! ton of that (carvers privilege), got more drunk and staggered home from the golf course, 4 miles away maybe.

Had to walk back in this morning to retrieve my truck and my ass is kicked lol

Do you go for the well done ends on the roast? My fave.

[Captain Obvious]

Do you go for the well done ends on the roast? My fave.

Yup!

[Captain Obvious]

So I won this week's fitbit challenge, blew everyone out of the water with 157k steps, roughly 75 miles.

I'm on everyone's radar now, hah!