Exercising update
Sep. 20th, 2012 11:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
llcoolvadForgot to stick this in my last entry. Feel compelled to report in!
Exercise Sep 11-19:
Tue: Nothing. Shopped all day; Fitbit logged 5,000 steps
Wed: Walking 30 min, stationary bike 10 min; Fitbit logged 10,000 steps
Thu: Walking and JOGGING! etc. 75 min, stupidly left Fitbit at home
Fri: Weight lifting 50 min, stationary bike 10 min; Fitbit logged 9,000 steps
Sat: Nothing, Fitbit logged 3,300 steps. Pretty low (and that included a fairly lengthy wander around the mall. I had it in my pocket, instead of clipped to my waistband. That might have made a difference?)
Sun: Nothing, Fitbit logged 2,500 steps. That was a super sedentary day!
Mon: Nothing formal, but made it to 15,000 steps on Fitbit. Big E, apple picking, much activity. Ouch!
Tue: Walking/jogging 30 min, weight lifting 20 min; Fitbit logged 9,000 steps (lunch hour at work)
Wed: Nothing; was mostly home all day so didn't put Fitbit on.
The Fitbit goal is around 10,000 steps a day. That works out to between four and five miles. You clip it on first thing in the AM and it tracks every step you take all day. I dunno really how indicative it is of health but the current wisdom suggests 10,000 steps per day is a decent idea. The Swedes suggest slightly more, depending on age and sex (kids need a lot more). Arizona State suggests categories of activity levels. Normally I guess I'd be a "low active" unless I consciously work out. You people who walk to work or commute in a non-car way probably are higher on the activity scale.
So on Tuesday I found out that running on a treadmill is easier than running outside (that's probably a big DUH to most people). Managed five full minutes a couple of times. The rest was fast walking. Leveled up in walking speed again. Yay!
I took last night off. Wanted to get some stuff done, was a little sore from the day before.
Exercise Sep 11-19:
Tue: Nothing. Shopped all day; Fitbit logged 5,000 steps
Wed: Walking 30 min, stationary bike 10 min; Fitbit logged 10,000 steps
Thu: Walking and JOGGING! etc. 75 min, stupidly left Fitbit at home
Fri: Weight lifting 50 min, stationary bike 10 min; Fitbit logged 9,000 steps
Sat: Nothing, Fitbit logged 3,300 steps. Pretty low (and that included a fairly lengthy wander around the mall. I had it in my pocket, instead of clipped to my waistband. That might have made a difference?)
Sun: Nothing, Fitbit logged 2,500 steps. That was a super sedentary day!
Mon: Nothing formal, but made it to 15,000 steps on Fitbit. Big E, apple picking, much activity. Ouch!
Tue: Walking/jogging 30 min, weight lifting 20 min; Fitbit logged 9,000 steps (lunch hour at work)
Wed: Nothing; was mostly home all day so didn't put Fitbit on.
The Fitbit goal is around 10,000 steps a day. That works out to between four and five miles. You clip it on first thing in the AM and it tracks every step you take all day. I dunno really how indicative it is of health but the current wisdom suggests 10,000 steps per day is a decent idea. The Swedes suggest slightly more, depending on age and sex (kids need a lot more). Arizona State suggests categories of activity levels. Normally I guess I'd be a "low active" unless I consciously work out. You people who walk to work or commute in a non-car way probably are higher on the activity scale.
So on Tuesday I found out that running on a treadmill is easier than running outside (that's probably a big DUH to most people). Managed five full minutes a couple of times. The rest was fast walking. Leveled up in walking speed again. Yay!
I took last night off. Wanted to get some stuff done, was a little sore from the day before.
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Date: 2012-09-20 04:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-21 02:49 am (UTC)I walk to and from the bus every day to go to work, plus I don't hate walking or climbing stairs, so I figured I took an above-average number of steps each day for an American. Nevertheless, my pedometer explained to me that I took only about 6500 steps per workday. By adding pacing at the bus stop and a walk during lunch, I got it to 8,000 - 9,000 steps. Disney World was crazy, maybe 30,000 steps a day? Weekends are crazy the other way. Generally at or below 2,000 steps, sometimes below 500.
I once heard that when people went from having just one telephone in the house to having multiple phones, they actually ended up doing a measurable amount less exercise.