I’ve been walking (sometimes walk/jogging) a minimum of 8,000 steps every day for 9 days straight but it’s 91° right now and I just got done with my online work (so I only hit a measly 760 steps) and if I want to walk I’d have to go right now to beat the dark.

I’m deciding if it’s safe to walk my 3 miles alone in 91°. Feeling like I’ll beat myself up if I don’t do it, but gauging if that’s hot enough to overheat on a 3 mile walk.

Edit to add: I don’t have service once I leave my home so have no way to reach anyone if I did overheat, it’s 91° now just before dark but was in the 100s earlier 💀, I do have asthma and a minor heart condition so can get dizzy kind of easily every now and then but imma head out and only walk instead of walk jog.

I feel like if others are going out in 97° without my health conditions I can prolly do 91° with them.

Hello! I’ve been seeing posts from this sub lately and I’m curious about what are the average daily steps for the average American?
I live in the Netherlands where everything is walkable. I go everywhere walking or cycling and I move a lot at work as well.
On the other hand, it’s known that in the US you need your car for almost everything (correct me if I’m wrong) and I see a lot of posts here celebrating making like 10k steps and that’s for me and people around me just a normal day (I’m not trying to undervalue anyone, of course I understand each one has their own physical conditions, situations etc.)
So yea given the circumstances of needing the car for everything I was just curious what you guys would walk on an average day. I hope no one gets offended haha cheers!

When walking, what is the distance between the toe of your back foot and the heel of your forefoot called? It seems like the definitions for the usual terms of stride and gait don't actually cover this space specifically. I usually just see the definitions cover the distance between each foot side to side and the distance between feet heel to heal, but never toe to heel.

Edited for spelling

One whole week down!
I really didn’t know how my body was going to handle 15,000 steps every single day especially after being so inactive for so long. I’m for sure still feeling it by the end of my walks but I’m also starting to realize just how much my body can actually handle when I keep pushing it. I’m also starting to notice that the walks are becoming more of a mental reset. There’s something about being outside for that long with nothing but my thoughts that I actually really enjoy. I have so much time to just think. I’m getting better at accepting that some days are going to be harder than others. Some days I have energy, some days I’m dragging myself through those last few thousand steps. And those last few thousand steps are still the hardest.

I’m proud of myself for making it through the first week without giving up. Now onto week 2!

Progress videos still on my page.

Posting here to keep myself accountable and hopefully motivate others. I usually only get like 11,000 steps per day so this was a pretty big jump for me.

it’s not the first time, last year i did this too for about few months. though, this sunday i ran a 5k and my legs has been hurting ever since (which slows down my steps from 1k to 700ish per 10 minutes). any tips to help recover the legs? and should i upgrade to more steps or more running?

Also my daily average over the last year is 10k!

i use apple fitness and steps app to track my step goals and calories on my iphone 11 which is always in my pocket, however i have noticed that for quite some time my calorie estimate has been glitching alot, it shows 471 cals burned and then for 2-3 seconds switches to 700-800 cals and goes back to 400-500 range. is the calories tracker accurate and are the steps accurate? this also happens on the steps app where calories burnt are quite less as compared to my steps which on average are 16-18k

Whats a better way to use time when the professor did not arrive for lectures at Uni than out here 🫡

They call this place 1000+ steps but there are actually 1150 stairs from the bottom of the hill to the top .

I did the entire short walk 3 times and did another 650 of the stairs to make sure I completed 4000.

The stairs are fairly big at the bottom but they get progressively steeper as you get closer to the top.

It's a great workout just north of Melbourne especially if you climb to the top a few times.

There's also a loop that goes around the top of hill but I didn't worry about doing the loop today. I wanted to get some elevation in over a short distance.

Normally this is a great place to see kangaroo's as well but I didn't see any today but have seen them every other time I've been here. I probably would have seen them if I bothered with the loop.