Thread 76621510

what does /fit/ think about the 10.000 steps a day craze?

youtube act like its nature ozempig.

>craze
10,000 steps is just the standard of health recommended by the government, it’s been a common standard for decades where I am (Australia)

>>76621510 (OP)
The concept of 10,000 daily steps came from Japan when a Casio engineer, who got bored of working on calculator watches, made a pedometer. Incidentally, due to the digital limitations at the time, it couldn't count higher than 10,000. With the Olympics around the corner and the engineer working single-handedly and unable to design a new processor, the pedometers were shipped to the Olympic committee. The committee then recommended that everyone use them and walk 10,000 steps a day for health, so they could make the nation of Japan proud in the run-up to the games.

>10,000 steps
It was made up by a jap marketing guru to sell his step counting watches
And it was based on the...
>10,000 hours
mastery principle, which was itself arbitrarily made up based on the...
>10 years
that it was estimated is required to master a given skillful activity
So in short, is walking 10,000 steps a day going to be better for you than 00,000 steps a day? Sure. Is it going to be better than walking 9,999 steps a day? No, it's bullshit

>>76621539
>>76621569
it's a decent goal. science says 7k~12k steps are optimal

>>76621510 (OP)
walking at a 3mph pace is super good for losing bodyfat
from the calories you burn walking, 80% fat and 20% carbs get used
it also decreases stress aka cortisol by alot
its low impact aswell, its just perfect for losing bodyfat

>>76621510 (OP)
AI tells me that it burns around 500kcal/day, which is equivalent to one lb of bodyfat per week

>>76621510 (OP)
you burn 1 pound extra per week if you walk 10k steps per day

At least in America, a lot of people are only ever walking to and from their cars everyday. 10k steps will be like walking 1-1.5 hours per day. It’s not some magic number, but it pushes people to be more active.

>>76621510 (OP)
Do people really count out 10,000 steps in their head? That's crazy. I get bored counting to 10 in my head.

>>76621510 (OP)
>what does /fit/ think about the 10.000 steps a day craze?
Did try it for a while, did absolutely nothing for me. Siclaimer. I have Hashimoto's (well set in with Thyroxine though) which makes all things fitness-related kinda wonky. CICO doesn't work either unless I go full ham.

>>76621510 (OP)
>go to work
>5k
>get back home from work
>5k
It ain't much, but it's honest work

>>76621680
>walking at a 3mph pace is super good for losing bodyfat
For who though? Short people or tall people? Depending on the length of your legs this could be easy or hard.

>>76621749
>anon thinking of how to minmax Leisure walking
NGMI

>>76621706
squatplugs have digital squat counters because they measure the vibrations of the steps in the anus.

>>76621662
>it's a decent goal
Sure
>science says 7k~12k steps are optimal
Reread what I wrote

>>76621510 (OP)
Its good and bad at the same time. Its good it got people walking. For most people, especially of they are untrained or deconditioned or very sedentary, walking is probably the best exercise they could be doing.

The problem is the mental aspect. It seems to make people obsessive and it seems the counting aspect stops them from learning to simply like going for a walk. It would be better if people would learn to love walking as its own thing, not as a check-list item.

Like walk 30-60 minutes every day. Enjoy simply moving the body and being out in fresh air an sunshine. Use it as an opportunity for quiet reflection, or as a nice social time with friends or family. Its like reading. I think reading has massive mental benefits, but only when a person deeply immerses themselves in a book. When they read as part of a challenge, or daily word count goal, its like it takes them out of the book and makes it a different activity.

>>76621569
>>76621539

This post represents a major logical fallacy and IQ shortcoming. Just because something is arbitrary does not mean it’s insignificant. This is the exact same logic as “gender isn’t real” shit. And recently there was a book written called “fish aren’t real” because at the end of the day a fish is an arbitrary classification. This is a type of thinking where a person tries to be so overly precise and analytical that is makes them retarded. Exemplified by Redditors.