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Steps

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This week, I’m guess that I’ll be doing upwards of 20,000 steps each day while I’m away. That’s a lot, but I do more than 10,000 steps just about every day anyway.
I did do 10,000 steps every single day for almost three years until I got Covid.

I stopped for a bit then.

But while the 10,000 figure was allegedly a thumbsuck from a Japanese fitness company, there’s new research out which seems to suggest – and hold onto your hats here – that more steps each day… makes you fitter.

I was also amazed.

They found taking at least 8,200 steps a day was associated with lower risk of obesity, depression, sleep apnea, and acid reflux, and the benefits increased with each 1,000 additional steps.
Walking was also linked to lower risk of type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure

But if you thought that was incredible, there’s another surprise for you when you get to the next line:

Walking at a faster pace may increase the benefits even more

Wow. Just wait until they hear about running.

Day 535 – Surprising screenshots

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Yesterday turned out to be a pretty good day. I pushed myself (on doctor’s orders) to see what I could get done, and I got quite a lot done. Yes, I am suffering a little bit today, but nowhere near as much as I would have expected.

I’m almost – almost – daring to hope that I’ve turned a corner.

I put my watch on for the first time in weeks, mainly just to keep an eye on my heart rate (doctor’s orders again), and well, wow, look at this:

A whole dog walk round the block, sure, but the steps! The steps!
That’s the first time I’ve even come close to that figure since I got this damn thing. I really wasn’t aiming for anything, so it was a huge surprise when I spotted it.

Other points: 72 resting HR is still too high, but that’s why I had the watch on. 150bpm is also still too high, considering I didn’t actually do anything strenuous (yes, you guessed it, doctor’s orders). And the stress level, well that’s always a bit of an outlier on the days that I watch United play.

Although…

Wow. Amazing.

We’ve been waiting to spank someone for about 18 months now, so this was long overdue. And yes, it was “only” Peterborough, but we’ve been drawing to “only” Luton and losing to “only Huddersfield” recently, so this was really great to watch (if a little stressful for at least the first 51 minutes) (see above).

But aside from the result – even better than the result perhaps – this was a cohesive, skillful, positive, enthusiastic, even occasionally awe-inspiring Blades’ performance. Just look at the quality of those goals. JUST LOOK AT THEM!

I’m almost – almost – daring to hope that we’ve turned a corner.

Day 527 – Steps

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Just a quickie:

This sounds positive. I have a good record with this – or rather, I did. Perhaps unsurprisingly, I haven’t managed to get in my 10,000 steps since being home to this damn virus. Things have obviously slipped a bit since then and it hasn’t even been worth charging my watch up, let alone putting it on.

But I do plan to get back to it as soon as I can.

Day 485 – Trying to keep going

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I’m going to try to keep my blogging record going. My steps record died a very quick death on Tuesday, after 820 days of consistently managing 10,000 steps each day. I haven’t managed a single recorded step since then.

My current blogging record is actually somewhat longer than that 820 days so I’m doing all I can to keep it going so that Covid doesn’t ruin everything, slipping in a short one (careful now) whenever I am able.

Day 395 – Two years

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I’ve managed to achieve the heady goal of doing at least 10,000 steps (or more) (very often very much more) every single day for over two years now. Since the day after this day, in fact.

And yes, that’s even allowing for last year’s extra February day.

Much like publishing a blog post every day, I generally have no issue with completing more than 10,000 steps. Only occasionally will you find me wandering around the house or garden in the late evening dragging the count from the mid 9000s to the holy grail of five figures. There have been times when it was a bit of a struggle, though.

Meh. Might not be much to anyone else, but it’s made sure that I keep myself vaguely active since 2019 (and before).
Here’s to the next two years. (No guarantees.)