pedometer steps

[tali122]

anyone using a pedometer? - supposed to do 70000 steps a week but i only manage half that - so whats your pedometer steps per week?

[asallen]

Yes, but have you got a pedometer on each leg?

2 X 35000 = 70000!

whats the problem?

[WoWo]

I do around 80000+ a week. I think the recommended minimum is 5000 a day for general fitness so only 35000 a week, the 70000 is for weight loss and would require extra walking over and above you general daily routine.

I walk to and from the station at both ends on the way to work, plus 30 minutes of walking at lunch time.

[WendyS]

Yes I do wear one and am ashamed to admit that I generally only achieve around 3,000 paces a day on my normal activity unless a specific walk is planned for exercise purposes. However I do visit the gym two or three times a week using the cross trainer and bike, but these unfotunately don't add any paces. However it's a good discipline to wear one. It certainly stares at you reproachfully at the end of the day when you check to see what you've done. My husband drives me crazy with his pedometer If he's had a low paces day, he walks up and down the room trying to achieve his daily target. It's like living with a caged tiger who is pacing his cage waiting to be fed !!