4 Ways to Achieve More Steps Every Day

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One of the most useful and fun features of activity counters is that they challenge you.

Popular step counters like Fitbit actually give you step challenges that you are encouraged to complete.

This is a great idea that really does make exercising a lot more fun and easier.

However, some people may have issues actually reaching their step count goals.

If that’s the case for you, don’t fret because we are here to give you some solutions that will have you blasting through your step goals consistently.

If You Walk Places, Start Leaving Early

A lot of people try to meet their step goals by walking places instead of taking a car or public transportation.

This is a great idea; however, it often isn’t enough.

One way that you can make this strategy even more effective is by leaving earlier than you normally would. Why exactly does this help you walk more steps?

Well, by leaving early, you can extend your normal route by 10 or 15-minutes.

Rather than taking that shortcut, you can walk the full route. Not only will you increase the number of steps that you walk, but you will also ensure that you never show up late again!

Start Walking While Doing Everyday Tasks

Another very useful way to start getting more steps in is to start walking in situations where you normally wouldn’t think to walk.

For example, most people stand over their sink while brushing their teeth, but in the time that it takes you to brush your teeth properly, you could probably do a set of stairs a couple of times.

Another example is watching television, rather than waiting on the couch for ads or introductions to finish, why not walk a few steps while waiting for ads to finish or for the next episode to start playing?

Don’t Stand Still While Waiting for Things

Get into the habit of not standing still while waiting for things.

Waiting for a bus or train?

Don’t sit on the bench like everyone else, walk back and forth while waiting.

t really adds up if you take public transit often.

Take Semi-Regular Walking Breaks

If you work in an office job or something similar, then you need to start talking short walking breaks every couple of hours.

Scientists actually recommend that for every hour spent at a desk, that you should 5 to 10-minutes of walking, although for many that isn’t going to be possible.

However, you should aim to walk as much as possible while working.

3 Reasons to Buy a Fitness Tracker

One of the newer trends in the fitness world is the use of fitness trackers.

There are entire companies like Fitbit that are geared entirely towards producing fitness tracking apps.

At the same time, the trend has become so popular that even companies like Apple have begun to produce their own fitness trackers.

So, you may be wondering if you should jump on the bandwagon.

Well, the answer is that yes, you should. As will be explained in this short article, there are a ton of good reasons why you should invest in a fitness tracker.

It’s Easier Than Writing Everything Down

While diet books aren’t as useless as many think that they are, it’s clear that fitness trackers are certainly a lot easier to use.

It used to be with diet books that one had to carry them around and manually keep track of each calorie consumed and each mile walked.

This was no easy feat, especially given the size of most diet books.

It also sent out a giant red flag to everyone else that you were dieting, which while most may not be embarrassed about it, for some it was and is a big issue.

Fitness trackers remove all the hassle of diet books, while still tracking all the important diet information that you could possibly want.

You don’t need to whip out the pen and paper after each walk or after each meal.

It Helps Kickstart You Into Action

It’s a bit taboo to say, but shaming does work for some people.

Certain people respond well to someone or something telling them that they aren’t doing something properly.

For example, say you are particularly tired one day and don’t feel like working out.

For a lot of people, they will give in to that feeling and not bother exercising because they don’t have anyone to push them onwards.

A fitness tracker will be the one to “shame” you into working out, even when you don’t want to. It is incredibly effective.

It Helps To Optimize Your Diet

A big part of the reason why so few diets succeed is because they are built on poorly optimized habits.

Sure, some exercise is better than no exercise, but if you really want to lose weight, then you need to be doing optimized exercises that burn the most calories in the quickest amount of time.

A fitness tracker helps you optimize your diet by showing you which exercises are actually burning significant amounts of calories and which are not.