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7,000 Steps Can Save Your Life
| I started using the "step" tracker in my phone and apparently it counted around 3,500 steps in one mile.
The technology behind this thing is still kinda sus to me (apparently it doesn't work off of gps? Then how does it track?) so I think instead of relying on an arbitrary number of steps, that people rely on hard measurements. Best bet- walk as far as you can go and back that causes you to feel winded, but not dying- and keep increasing the distance each time.
| I want to die
| >>850351
It tracks your steps with the phones built-in accelerometer afaik.
I never count my steps personally but I think an hour of walking grants you around 5000 steps.
| I will recommend using a smart band, if you want more measurements. and it is so cheap.
| how can i get the motivation to do this. i sit at home all day and cant get the motivation to go out.
| >>850494 I have this issue so I pick something I want like a coffee and find a place that I can walk to. It becomes a reward system.
| >>850354 yeh, the vibration of every step is tracked with it's accelerometer. Since I have a 40-minutes walk to go to work, I once decided to count every step to start to finish, and the result I counted and the one tracked by the phone was actually really close (if the total was around 6000 steps, the difference was 50~)
| >>850529
I've taken to doing this a bit too. I just found out I could walk to my grocer in about half an hour, which saves me gas money and also gives an incentive to exercise. Sometimes when I go to a shopping mall i'll intentionally park farther away (other side of the parking lot) as well.
| Probably not the best if you're in a smoggy city. Stay in doors in your vats and play beatsaber.
| >>850963
Careful with beatsaber though, I was playing it a bit too much (like 4 hours per session) once I first got my vr headset and it resulted in month-long knee pain. Shit's dangerous if you overdo it though you can't notice it at first.
| >>851099
Knee pain? First I heard of that, but it did make my arms sore as fuck- couldn't carry anything load bearing for a few days.
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| Walking benefits nearly every cell in the body. It's wildly effective. Walking strengthens your heart, improves bone density, relaxes your mind, and helps with muscle-building and pain management.
Almost everyone can do it anywhere: your house, the office, outside. Start with 30 minutes and work your way up. It's not an all or nothing situation. Even just boosting daily step count to 7,000 lowers mortality risk by 40%.