I walked 20,000 steps a day for 30 days - it worked!

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My little tip to help not get too obsessed with daily step counts is to instead target a weekly average. I target 75,000 steps a week. If it slips one day, I can make it up later in the week. Alternatively ‘buy’ extra steps early in the week and ease off later in the week. Take care.

I'm on day 38 of this, and the blisters are KILLING ME! =(. I was 357lbs when I started, I'm 338 now.

The human body is made for walking and running, not sitting still.

Halfway through this video I stopped it and went for a walk then got home and now I’m watching the rest. Super inspiring!!!

The emotional benefit is real. I lost my wife to cancer and walking helped me mentally while i was caring for her and after her passing.

I walked the last 2 months 20.000 steps a day and eat healthy; (2 meals a day, intermittend fasting 20:4) and going from 170 lbs to 143 lbs! (Man, 5’8”, 56 years).

I’m 70 years old and was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease 10 years ago. Imagine having a disease where exercise is the number one prescription to slow the progression of the disease and to deal with both the motor and non-motor symptoms. So young people take note: Having an exercise habit now can pay huge dividends when you are older - whether you have a disease or not. And also - avoid toxins when you are young! Dying your hair, some makeup, household cleaning supplies, etc can cause disease like Parkinson’s. Thanks for this video. I am going to increase my walking to 20,000 steps. Jim

I'm averaging 20k to 23k a day, I do three 3 mile planned walks every day (6am, noon and 9pm), with that and the most modest of portion control I have lost 30 pounds over the past 6 months. Blood pressure is way down too, these walks have been the best thing for me.

I’ve been walking 10k steps each day since Feb 2022. By the end of the year, I almost couldn’t recognize myself in the mirror. My skin had gotten so much better my body was more toned I started feeling better, and I was sleeping better. I felt it when you said, “I’m less happy when I don’t do it”. It’s the same for me !!! Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful experience with us ❤

I'm 70 years old man, 165 cm height, weight 68 kg. My LDL Total Cholesterol, HbA1C always somewhat high for 35 years. I started to walk and slow jog, starting from 3000 steps and gradually increase to 15000-18000 steps a day. Slowly my weight went down, after 4 months, I'm now on 63 kg. My food intake is the same as usual. A week a go my blood test showing all cholesterol levels normal and also normal HbA1C. I have never taken any medication. Any body read this, please walk, walk, walk and walk,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Huberman talked about this in one of his podcasts- the therapeutic benefit of walking in processing traumatic events- if I’m remembering correctly, it has to do with how the eyes naturally will go side to side during a walk. It was something he had learned from another scientist who was a clinical therapist

I love this! My company put out a FitBit 10,000 steps per day challenge several years ago and I got hooked. But what hooked me wasn't so much the steps but competing with others to get the highest step count for each month. This went on for about 3 years. I started out averaging just over 15,000 steps a day every month and bloomed into 25,000 and 30,000 steps a day every month. Mostly because it was a competition, and I didn't want anyone to beat me. One month, I think during the 3rd year of doing this challenge, I set a goal to do 1,000,000 steps in one month. I ended the month with 1,100,000 steps or 35,484 steps per day for a month. I think I was broken after that month. Ten years later, and I'm still doing, on average, between 15,000 and 20,000 steps per day. I'm an avid hiker and doing the steps every day has greatly enhanced my hiking ability and my hikes normally end up with about 40,000 to 60,000 steps each hike.

3 heart attacks, 5 surgeries including CABG. Failed LAD graft, so CTO! Diet and exercise, (walking) have literally kept me alive for over 5 1/2 years. Amazing what you can do if you think it will save your life. Thanks for putting this out there as an inspiration for everyone!

I was honestly shocked at the average step count (for an American, anyway). I’m only 37, but I have a medical condition that causes me to be totally unable to stand or walk for unknown stretches of time, so this summer I started tracking my steps as I worked to use my wheelchair less and walk more. A bad walking day for me is around 1200 steps, on a good day I got up to 6k. My average was in the 3500 range, which is about average for an American - shocking to me that as a disabled person I was doing about the average amount of steps of a healthy person. People must really not realize just how much they’re sitting around, driving everywhere, or constantly sitting at work. One of my goals is to get to 10k in the next year, and maybe eventually 20k - but whatever my body allows me to do is worth it. Movement is so important for all of us.

Walking 15000+ step per day fixed me , i feel good physically and mentally.

I've been trying to lose weight for ages. Tried every diet but never really went into walking more. When I started to walk 8000-10000 a day and lost nearly 17kgs since June with being in a calorie deficit. It's been a huge boost for my weightloss and helps me to keep up the good vibes

There is a 75-year-old walking man in my community who has inspired many for years. He’s out in the rain, hail & snow. He does not take medications, calls walking his “medicine.”

girl, 5 seconds in and your skin has already told me that walking works. that's literal angelic skin.

I’m a runner, but started out as a walker. Recently broke a foot, and was immobile for 6 weeks. When I was cleared to walk (in a boot) I was out the door. And my first love was rekindled. Walking — intentional, on varied terrain, with purpose and joy — is such a blessing. Never take for granted this simple pleasure in life. Wonderful video, a true gift. The boot comes off in a week. I can’t wait to REALLY get a good walk in! Thanks for your good work.