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

Books Mentioned:

Atomic Habits by James Clear

The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson

The Joy of Movement by Kelly McGonigal

The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey

Hope you guys enjoyed this video!

CITATIONS:

Hackney, A. C. (2006). Stress and the neuroendocrine system: the role of exercise as a stressor and modifier of stress. Expert Review of Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1(6), 783–792. doi: 10.1586/17446651.1.6.783

Hill, E. E., Zack, E., Battaglini, C., Viru, M., Viru, A., & Hackney, A. C. (2008). Exercise and circulating Cortisol levels: The intensity threshold effect. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, 31(7), 587–591. doi: 10.1007/bf03345606

[TheScienceofSelfCare]

What's your current step goal? 👇share with us!

[SpeedbirdConcordeOne]

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.

[maxw]

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.

[StairwellTheCat]

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

[carolinerae]

My favorite thing about walking is how active my brain becomes. 99% of the time while walking, I’m distracting myself with music or podcasts or shows. But when I decide to turn those things off and walk, I’m instantly considering old problems in new ways, coming up with solutions, working through traumas and issues, forgiving myself and others… I think you’re 100% right about walking and EMDR.

[TheErikBallew]

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

[jimcoon]

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

[rpersen]

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

[MariaPNW]

Walking 7 miles a day since college (about 30+ years)! It's how I stay fit, eat anything I want, and keep a clear head. Truly!! I haven't even owned a car since my early 20s. If I don't walk I just take the bus, Lyft, or Uber.

[MrElecterik]

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).

[Mariposa.]

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 ❤

[thecodebear]

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

[Amanda-vmse]

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

[johnhall]

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!

[dorc_asmr]

I’m 35 years old. I finally could beat alcohol addiction and smoking. I’m clean for 9 months now. As I’ve let go of my big package of trauma, and started walking everyday, the fat started melting away. I was almost a 100 kg, and by now I’ve lost 26 kg. For 6 months I’ve been walking everyday more then 10.000 steps. In the beginning I could only run 500 meters, my lungs were totally damaged from smoking. Now I can run 5 km without stopping. I feel all these are connected. The most important thing was to be ready for change and then keep showing up. After the first few successes I’ve got more and more proud of yourself. This is the opposite of a negative spiral. This is a positive spiral, I guess. How would you call this process?

[lew]

I was left disabled after an illness, I have bi-lateral drop foot and wear braces on both legs. I am an extremely determined person, so have managed to find forms of exercises over the years to stay as fit as possible. In the last couple years after having a knee replacement I found a wonderful PT that helped me rebuild my leg strength and the a DO that did facia release and now I am able to do some walking, but it has to be on a treadmill because the damage to my ankles and feet causes bad balance. I started on the treadmill a couple months ago only able to do 10 minutes at 1.7 mph, I am now doing 40 minutes every single day, still 1.7, but I am so thrilled. Don’t take that ability to walk for granted, it’s part of the beauty of how our body works. I now get an average of 7000 steps a day, and I hope to keep increasing this. BTW I can also ride a bike, so biking is a big help to my moment everyday.

[philipyoho]

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.

[guchydivancouv]

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

[brianheriot]

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.

[NovaBeau]

I was the walking guy in my hometown! I had people recognize me and talk to me about why I walk so much. I was living in a very active city before my newest place of residence and I was so happy just walking, biking, cycling, surfing all the time and I felt so in tune with my body and so strong. I recently moved to a new city and haven't moved as much as I did in the past and my weight skyrocketed, my body composition changed drastically, and my cortisol levels are through the roof. I'm in a very stressful, intense educational program and I'm on the verge of tears almost all of the time. Thanks for the reminder to prioritize moving my body. I'll definitely be setting up my walking pad as soon as I get home from this outdoor stroll (and also maybe contacting my school counselor lol).