10,000 steps for health

[recumbenteer]

I borrowed a pedometer (step counter) from a workmate. She got it from a cereal packet so was happy to lend it to me

Comments

[bar_bar_ella]

Nah, 10,000 steps should be somewhere between 6km and 7km. You don't just strap on a pedometer and start walking, m'dear. :) You have to programme in your average stride (at least) and some you have to put in your weight as well.

[recumbenteer]

Pish posh to your scientific rigor. This pedometer came in a cereal packet, its not your fancy pants meter with extra features. Its a little magnet on a swing and a counter incrementing every time the read switch is opened.
Still it didn't go imagining steps when I was on the train or in a car so the steps measurement seems OK.
As for the distance, the default stride measurement on the gadget was 30cm. That's a bit of a granny shuffle so around 6-7 km is probably closer to the money.

[strangedave]

My housemate often wears a pedometer and makes sure to walk a minimum of 10,000 steps a day. Most days its easy, but there are days when she will walk a few hundred meters down the street and back before she goes to bed to make sure.

Its pretty easy if you drive to work and back and don't go far out for lunch.

[ltempt]

Bed->Bong->Couch->Fridge->Bong->Couch->Bed. That'd be a few small steps.

[recumbenteer]

One small step to the fridge, one giant leap for a stoner.

[strang_er]

Going out for tea once with the in-laws, we suggested strolling down to a cafe that was about two blocks / five minutes from our house. My father in law was horrified. I think his words were "i don't even walk as far as the letterbox". So we drove and spent twice as long trying to find a parking hole as it would have taken us to walk.