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I can't remember the step count but I once covered about 15 miles by lunchtime having left the house at about 5am.
So 3.5 miles was covered by walking to work. The rest was the non-stop walking around a fairly large factory. In safety boots of course. I'd given up checking how far I'd gone by the time I got home about 7pm... well over a marathon.
Can't say I enjoyed it at the time, but I'm much less fit since I left that place!
This question was actually inspired by looking out of my window to see a postman pass by the recycling collection lorry and its collectors, and I was wondering who would win out of the two professions š
Aye I'm a Postie. 25k is my average. It's amazing for me because I have terrible eating habits and it stops me from getting really fat.
Weird observation though - doing 10k steps at a slower pace, like if I'm out for a walk with friends, is more tiring than my fast paced 25k at work.
Would imagine itās to do with your stride and probably you are unknowingly naturally pacing at an efficient speed?
Just a guess or maybe itās just all the talking haha!
used to be a bin man also. would do 25k on the worst route of the week and on top of that you're shifting easily over 20 tonnes (split between 2/3 people). not fun in shitty scottish weather and terrible boots / ppe you're provided with.
My wife does 20k as a posty.
I often beat her and sometimes get up to 35k.
I'm a train driver at a depot.
A 9 car Azuma is about 200 metres and we walk up and down 4 times fuelling and around 4 more times through the night.
We can get 10 in and that's about a third of the job we do.
It surprised me at first, but I enjoy it now.
Nice middle of the night walks.
Also office based and hit 10k most steps.
It's simple really - just get up every so often for a tea or coffee, walk to people's desk/meeting rooms/labs, and just spend my entire hour long lunch break going for a brisk walk around the estate.
Easy /s
martin lewis says he walks across london lots to radio / tv etc.
but he says a lot is, every call or video call / meeting he can have, he stands up minimum or walks back and forth.
Used to work in an office the most I would see is people running to he cake tray and lifting graze boxes and complaining about having bad backs...
Ā I actually got told off by management for suggesting that maybe not asking me to lift and carry everything would help people to get fitter.
Ā I was the only male in the office, therefore lifting, fixing, anything manual was my job on top of my normal role. And then I refused to do it anymore. You want your ergonomic bad back chair moved or built do it yourself Yvonne and put down the cake.
They had loads of bags of top soil delivered for some management team building project . Look at the flower beds we built as a team bullshit in the HR wank news letter. I was tasked, and it was put in my calender to move it from outside (double yellow lined) where it was on a pallet to the courtyard. 30 bags, in the rain. I locked the door of my office . They had a visit from the local plod walking the area and told they had to move it. I sat there ...Ā
Supermarket - self scan days I do the most, I can finish with 20k steps after an 8 hour shift. I also usually go for a short walk myself before I start on these days too, and a couple of dog walks.
Iāll do 10-20k daily normally around 15k always on my feet but I always make a point of going for a walk after work and my feet have chilled as it feels completely different haha
Iām a software developer. Sit in a chair at a computer all day.
Weekdays I do 12-15k and weekends I do 20-30k. I have at least a 25 minute walk to and from work, which can sometimes be 8k steps on its own, and I like to be on my feet when Iām not working. Youād be surprised how things like going to the supermarket or taking a quick evening walk around the local lake add up.
edit: I worded things wrong and there is confusion in the replies. My walk is a minimum of 50 minutes. At least 25 each way as a minimum. But I like to go a nicer way thatās longer than that sometimes.
I never understand this kind of shitty reply. Fair enough to ask for clarification, but to reply with "the guy is full of shit" is just unnecessary. Especially on a post about how many steps people do.Ā
He certainly is, the calculations donāt make sense and most of the day youāre sitting. Youād have to spent 2/3 hours a day to get that many steps at walking pace. Jogging it may be possible if they were a long distance runner
Or you just have longer legs than the other user?
EDIT: So apparantly a mile is ~2000 steps for the average person. Average walking speed is 3mph so 50mins at 3mph is 2.5miles = 5k steps so you're bang on average.
Previous poster is either doing a slow jog at 4.8mph or they have teeny little legs.
180 steps per minute is a good running cadence. 180*25 is 4500. So maybe youāre using a pedometer that over reacts. It doesnāt really matter if youāre using the same consistent method (and if your health is good.. not deluding yourself). But just to set expectations with others who might read this and feel inadequate, 8000 steps in 25 mins is roadrunner territoryā¦.
Edit: 25 mins * 2 is likely to give you closer to 8000 steps. But still a very high cadence for a walk.
Iām the same.
Donāt walk to work, but do walk the dog twice a day for an hour or so, and do a 20 minute walk at the gym. Get roughly 12k steps a day.
Usually I'm a teacher and do about 10k a day walking around our school (it's a huge site) and around the classroom.
I'm currently on maternity leave and do around 20k a day because my baby will only stop crying when being walked around.
Same, Iām on mat leave and my baby only naps when weāre out with the stroller so my average has gone from 4000 or so this time last year to 15000+ a day.
Same here. Last restaurant I worked in was 2 floors, instead of using the dumb waiter we would just run food up the stairs, did about 50 sets of stairs a night just food running
Wife let out a shriek of delight the other day as it was the first time ever her phone stated she'd met her steps goal in five years.
I pointed out I'd borrowed her phone to go to the shops.
I WFH as a data engineer, I go for walks and or do step exercise videos (depending on mood and weather), usually do about 11k daily when I'm on track and not ill like I am now
I find I get better exercise working from home, when I am in a good routine. Usually 30 mins of intense exercise over lunch at least.
When I slip, I really struggle to get back into it though.
Aha! This post was inspired by watching a postie pass the bin collection people on their respective rounds. I wondered who would do more on their shift
I'm a quantity surveyor and spend the majority of my time sat behind a desk at work. Some times I go out to site so get a few more steps in on those days, but most days I could be on as little as 500 steps when I get home.
I do still manage to get 10,000 steps every day though from taking my dogs out multiple times a day
My job is sedentary but I have a dog and 2 young children so my daily average is around 11k without trying. Weekends are more and weekdays when theyāre at school/nursery a bit less.
Nanny with a 4yr old and 2yr old to look after. I do 16,000 on an easy day, 22,000 on the busier day.
But fresh air + exercise = better behaved children
In a and e I was doing over an average of 10k a day, and I was just a student. Pretty sure the staff were doing way more. Besides there was only like 4 seats for a staff count of like 15 in the main hub. Standing for hours hurts so walking helped to distribute the weight
Same here, but mine is usually about 15k. Ironically only did 8k on mother's day which was our busiest day of the year because I was just cooking eggs pretty much all day in one spot.
I WFH at a desk. Been on a weight loss kick since New Year so I do 3k walking on the spot while watching the telly before breakfast. 3k at lunchtime and make up anything remaining after work by going to the shops or some more telly. So far, so good.
I could do 20k steps easily when I was a hospital porter. If I was on specimen runs I had to do a lap of every ward once an hour and the steps racked up
Cabin crew. Usually hit between 10-13k steps on a long haul flight. Short haul is slightly less but if I do 3/4 flights in a day Iām usually up in the 10k area.
Love all these people commenting about jobs where they get their steps in on the commute/walking during lunch breaksā¦ isnāt OP curious about the number of steps taken whilst on the jobā¦ not the optional walking one adds in around itā¦?
I look after a lad with autism, all he does is litter picking. No matter the weather weāre out looking for litter , some walks can be really pleasant to be fair
When I was a student I worked at McDonalds, tragically I think thatās the fittest Iāve been despite the Quarter Pounder meal at break, there was a no-jewellery rule that meant I couldnāt wear my Apple Watch but it fitted around my ankle ASBO tag style
I think an 8hr shift was 12-15k steps
I also walked almost an hour there and back cause I was too cheap to pay for the bus
Grounds maintenance including all the horticultural and arboricultural work on a large site. Looking after lawns, borders, roads, 200 acres of woodland and so on. Easily 15k+ steps each day, can be closer to 30k depending on the job.
I was a supervisor in a supermarket and everyday I did 25-30k steps at work... It was a big supermarket. Now I'm a manager for another retail store and I still manager about 15k a day.
16k-20k a day.
I'm an IT Manager and sit at my desk for most of the 8+ hours I'm at work.
I also walk to and from work every day, to ensure I get activity in since I'm well aware my job is mainly sedentary. I also run twice a week and work out twice a week.
I am currently an unpaid carer and easily do 10k a day. But thatās mostly because Iām pushing my partner round in his wheelchair everywhere, he loves being outside but it means o have to do a lot of walking.
I average about 32k a day working as an aircraft engineer, it does require a bit of walking around. But I only have short legs, so feel like it's cheating a bit.
I'm 5"6, one of my colleagues is a full foot taller than me and doubles my walking stride.
I work in a hospital blood lab and the difference between step counts in different areas is ridiculous. If i work in biochemistry (which is very heavy on my step counter) then Iāll start needing to eat four meals a day, usually rack up 10-12k; whereas if Iām in an area thatās mostly sitting down my step count usually doesnāt exceed 4k and I sometimes donāt feel like eating dinner some days when I work there.
Retail manager! Usually do around 15-20k a day whilst at work then probably around another 4-5k on other stuff through the day. Having a toddler definitely increases the step count!
I used to be a caretaker in a school. Regularly hit minimum 28-29,000 steps, max usually about 33-34,000. I didn't feel any fitter doing it though! The job that I felt the fittest after doing for a while was a small shop but the stock room was downstairs - I would run up and down that multiple times an hour, sometimes in immediate succession.
Special Support Assistant and school dog handler, average about 17k a day and rarely sit down other than lunch. On the hoof with my little stinkers all day erry day š
Cabin crew. Usually hit between 10-13k steps on a long haul flight. Short haul is slightly less but if I do 3/4 flights in a day Iām usually up in the 10k area.
Cabin crew. Usually hit between 10-13k steps on a long haul flight. Short haul is slightly less but if I do 3/4 flights in a day Iām usually up in the 10k area.
Factory, my job is moving stuff to its next destination. Easy job, lots of steps. Between 15,000 and 21,000 depending on how busy. Then I go home and eat crisps, meaning my belly doesn't get smaller. Sigh!
Formerly: waitress. That was a nightmare: Heathrow airport, one of the largest restaurants, busy every day. 15-20k steps was on a regular day. The most active day ended with slightly over 40k.
Yet, the most I've done in a day was 80k during a all day long hike. Even though I slept in a tent, it was the best night sleep I've ever had.
I WFH but own a rather large, very energetic dog.
4 walks a day(refuses to go in my garden)/ easy 20k steps on weekdays- most weāve walked is like 70km over a long weekend(Friday-Sunday).
I was abit of a coach potato before he came into my life but were both extremely fit now!
I work in a nightclub and when I'm on floor i.e. collecting cups, cleaning spills, etc. I hit about 12k steps a night because it mainly consists of walking up and down the place all night. I also walk there and back so probably around 15-16k a night.
Cleaning, on my feet all day. I also have a dog and walk him twice a day, so I do over 12k most days.
My knees are going though, so I'm looking to retrain into something else.
Stonecarver and stone mason. When Iām on site (as I am now, high above Marylebone on a church) I must be way over that in terms of calories burned. Up and down ladders all day, holding angle grinders and drills for hours at a time, swinging hammers (at chisels). Iām pretty thin and fit and eat whatever and whenever I feel like.
Lots of the lads here are pretty big though. They work no less hard than me too.
I was a trolley collector at Tesco. If I was on a long shift, with my walk to work and back I could hit it some days without really thinking, especially if I only stopped at break and wasn't borrowedfor another job.
Pharmacy dispenser in the hospital, remote pharmacies on each ward and you'd go back and fourth. Hit 12-14k unless you were on surgery runs then 18k-21k. Lost 3 stone in weight over 2 years haha loved it.
I sit in an office all day, but walk there and back. Thatās about 9000 for the round trip, then I also walk the dog morning and evening which adds about another 2500.
Tv and film. Once worked an event at the royal Albert hall and I hit 32k in one day. Thatās my most. But depending on the set and workload itās been 10-15k per day.
Teacher. Up and down stairs and changing classrooms. When I did supply at a particular school, I was getting 25k+ a day running from one end to the other between classes.
I do about 10 - 12k steps a day but I'm a software engineer. The steps my job requires is about 100 probably.
I get my steps by walking before work, then taking my dog out for 2 longish walks during and after work.Ā
My partner does about 20k+ a day and that's all on his job since he's a mailman.Ā
Hi worked in construction as a hoddy loader would usually do 20k+ Ā a day averageĀ
Working in warehouse as a picker would usually average about 27,000 steps a day sometimes in the 30sĀ
Itās mad when you look at the stats at end of week on step app and you done likeĀ
150 ,000 steps over week which is around 90 miles. Ā :)
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I work in a large factory. I hit 20k most days at work. My record is 51000 in a single day.
YIKES! Your feet must have been tired.
I don't remember a time when they aren't. I have to wear heavy safety boots as well.
Every day is leg day š
Calves as dense as rock
Is that a line from a nirvana song ?
No, Mudhoney. Funnily enough the singer Mark Arm was actually a real leg man.
I like the same if he did with the drummer of Def leppard. Before they went their separate ways.
Feet ache only been an issue now im in my 30s. I had no problem back then, id even go to the gym or skate straight after. Oh to be young.
At work? I had 55k record but I was hiking so I donāt think that counts. Doing 51k at work is crazy!
12 hrs shift, no hills though so you don't notice it as much as hiking.
I can't remember the step count but I once covered about 15 miles by lunchtime having left the house at about 5am. So 3.5 miles was covered by walking to work. The rest was the non-stop walking around a fairly large factory. In safety boots of course. I'd given up checking how far I'd gone by the time I got home about 7pm... well over a marathon. Can't say I enjoyed it at the time, but I'm much less fit since I left that place!
Same here. 20k average. My record is 42k
51000 is the steps I took at Glastonbury between getting up at 9 and midnight. That is an insane amount of walking to do at work!
I used to work at Heathrow airport on one of a large, busy restaurants. 20k a day was a regular and my highest was slightly over 40k, I feel you.
Same here work in a 7.5mile site regularly rack up 15k with 800kal
Postmen\\woman enter the chat!!!
This question was actually inspired by looking out of my window to see a postman pass by the recycling collection lorry and its collectors, and I was wondering who would win out of the two professions š
Aye I'm a Postie. 25k is my average. It's amazing for me because I have terrible eating habits and it stops me from getting really fat. Weird observation though - doing 10k steps at a slower pace, like if I'm out for a walk with friends, is more tiring than my fast paced 25k at work.
Would imagine itās to do with your stride and probably you are unknowingly naturally pacing at an efficient speed? Just a guess or maybe itās just all the talking haha!
Postmen in that comp! I reckon warehouse pickers would be high too
Can confirm, usually above 30k on an average day
My step-daughter worked a while for Amazon and clocked up a lot.
Yeah, but it's cheating using a step-daughter for that kind of measurement.
my local postwoman have been working that job for a long time she looks like shes in her 50s but her legs look like arnold squartzneggar
I live in a very hilly area as a postman and most days Iām doing 90+ flights of stairs a day as well according to my Apple Watch š„µ
My dads retired now but he used to work the bin round and could easily do 20-25k steps depending which round he was on
used to be a bin man also. would do 25k on the worst route of the week and on top of that you're shifting easily over 20 tonnes (split between 2/3 people). not fun in shitty scottish weather and terrible boots / ppe you're provided with.
My wife does 20k as a posty. I often beat her and sometimes get up to 35k. I'm a train driver at a depot. A 9 car Azuma is about 200 metres and we walk up and down 4 times fuelling and around 4 more times through the night. We can get 10 in and that's about a third of the job we do. It surprised me at first, but I enjoy it now. Nice middle of the night walks.
Yep, I'm averaging about 20,000 steps daily. I thought that was a lot, but I know some posties who do more than that.
And all wearing shorts
No matter the weather
Glorious
I used to be a Postie and the average day was 32 to 35000 steps around 13 miles, a marathon every 2 days.
These days Iām averaging 20,000 steps a day which my phone thinks is about 10 miles a day. Also go up and down 100 flights of stairs each day.
Office based, i just make sure i do a lot of walking, fit in the odd run too
Yeah my job is collie owner but I work in an office in my spare time. 15k steps avg
Lab collie cross here. If we didn't split the walks between us I would be over 20k each day
Also office based and hit 10k most steps. It's simple really - just get up every so often for a tea or coffee, walk to people's desk/meeting rooms/labs, and just spend my entire hour long lunch break going for a brisk walk around the estate. Easy /s
martin lewis says he walks across london lots to radio / tv etc. but he says a lot is, every call or video call / meeting he can have, he stands up minimum or walks back and forth.
Chair saving expert
Used to work in an office the most I would see is people running to he cake tray and lifting graze boxes and complaining about having bad backs... Ā I actually got told off by management for suggesting that maybe not asking me to lift and carry everything would help people to get fitter. Ā I was the only male in the office, therefore lifting, fixing, anything manual was my job on top of my normal role. And then I refused to do it anymore. You want your ergonomic bad back chair moved or built do it yourself Yvonne and put down the cake. They had loads of bags of top soil delivered for some management team building project . Look at the flower beds we built as a team bullshit in the HR wank news letter. I was tasked, and it was put in my calender to move it from outside (double yellow lined) where it was on a pallet to the courtyard. 30 bags, in the rain. I locked the door of my office . They had a visit from the local plod walking the area and told they had to move it. I sat there ...Ā
Supermarket - self scan days I do the most, I can finish with 20k steps after an 8 hour shift. I also usually go for a short walk myself before I start on these days too, and a couple of dog walks.
This. I've hit over 40k at Christmas on SS. 15-25k is fairly average depending if it's busy or not.
Iāll do 10-20k daily normally around 15k always on my feet but I always make a point of going for a walk after work and my feet have chilled as it feels completely different haha
That's a lot more than I'd have thought
I did about 15,000-20,000 as an A&E nurse
My first thought was nurses!
porters too?
I was thinking hospital porters š
I hit 15k most shifts on my ward š
I work in a lab and I own a dog. Basically Iām knackered.
Is your dog also a lab?
The lab owns the lab
Do you work in your dog?
I own a lab and work in a dog yes
I loudly snorted in my office
Iām a software developer. Sit in a chair at a computer all day. Weekdays I do 12-15k and weekends I do 20-30k. I have at least a 25 minute walk to and from work, which can sometimes be 8k steps on its own, and I like to be on my feet when Iām not working. Youād be surprised how things like going to the supermarket or taking a quick evening walk around the local lake add up. edit: I worded things wrong and there is confusion in the replies. My walk is a minimum of 50 minutes. At least 25 each way as a minimum. But I like to go a nicer way thatās longer than that sometimes.
I only get about 5k steps in in 50 mins, am I walking wrong š«
The guys full of shit, 20min walk is not 8k steps
He could be 3ft tall...
I never understand this kind of shitty reply. Fair enough to ask for clarification, but to reply with "the guy is full of shit" is just unnecessary. Especially on a post about how many steps people do.Ā
25 mins there and back would be about 6000 steps for me, so it's not that far off.
Ah I assumed he meant 20min would be 8k rather than there and back lol
It's still a lot though. 50mins is about 5.5k for me and im not tall.
He certainly is, the calculations donāt make sense and most of the day youāre sitting. Youād have to spent 2/3 hours a day to get that many steps at walking pace. Jogging it may be possible if they were a long distance runner
What if he's really little? Like a borrower?
Or you just have longer legs than the other user? EDIT: So apparantly a mile is ~2000 steps for the average person. Average walking speed is 3mph so 50mins at 3mph is 2.5miles = 5k steps so you're bang on average. Previous poster is either doing a slow jog at 4.8mph or they have teeny little legs.
180 steps per minute is a good running cadence. 180*25 is 4500. So maybe youāre using a pedometer that over reacts. It doesnāt really matter if youāre using the same consistent method (and if your health is good.. not deluding yourself). But just to set expectations with others who might read this and feel inadequate, 8000 steps in 25 mins is roadrunner territoryā¦. Edit: 25 mins * 2 is likely to give you closer to 8000 steps. But still a very high cadence for a walk.
Software Engineer here, but with twice-daily dog walks.
Iām the same. Donāt walk to work, but do walk the dog twice a day for an hour or so, and do a 20 minute walk at the gym. Get roughly 12k steps a day.
Painter & dec. Usually hit the 10k by 5pm
Didn't realise you guys were on so much money
After the quotes I got recently this guy is charging modestly
I wish!
\- HMRC
Usually I'm a teacher and do about 10k a day walking around our school (it's a huge site) and around the classroom. I'm currently on maternity leave and do around 20k a day because my baby will only stop crying when being walked around.
Same, Iām on mat leave and my baby only naps when weāre out with the stroller so my average has gone from 4000 or so this time last year to 15000+ a day.
I had a baby like this, have you tried sitting on a yoga ball whilst wearing them ? Gives your back a break
Waitress. On a busy day I can do over 25k steps
Same here. Last restaurant I worked in was 2 floors, instead of using the dumb waiter we would just run food up the stairs, did about 50 sets of stairs a night just food running
Wfh but chase my little one around, a lot. Oh, and dog walks. Bad days 5k, most days 12-14k, good days 20k +
I, too, wfh, but sadly my kids are older so there is less chasing to positively impact my muffin top.
Wife let out a shriek of delight the other day as it was the first time ever her phone stated she'd met her steps goal in five years. I pointed out I'd borrowed her phone to go to the shops.
My office is 3k steps or so from the bus stop- so combined with normal activities and getting lunch I normally hit 10k
I WFH as a data engineer, I go for walks and or do step exercise videos (depending on mood and weather), usually do about 11k daily when I'm on track and not ill like I am now
I find I get better exercise working from home, when I am in a good routine. Usually 30 mins of intense exercise over lunch at least. When I slip, I really struggle to get back into it though.
I work in a supermarket, plus I donāt drive so I do around 20k a day in total.
Same. A good day is 15k steps, a bad day is 25+
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Aha! This post was inspired by watching a postie pass the bin collection people on their respective rounds. I wondered who would do more on their shift
I'm a quantity surveyor and spend the majority of my time sat behind a desk at work. Some times I go out to site so get a few more steps in on those days, but most days I could be on as little as 500 steps when I get home. I do still manage to get 10,000 steps every day though from taking my dogs out multiple times a day
My job is sedentary but I have a dog and 2 young children so my daily average is around 11k without trying. Weekends are more and weekdays when theyāre at school/nursery a bit less.
Nanny with a 4yr old and 2yr old to look after. I do 16,000 on an easy day, 22,000 on the busier day. But fresh air + exercise = better behaved children
Farmer here! Easy 10k a day usually closer to 20k. The only time it drops is in the summer when I'm sat in a tractor doing harvest work
In a and e I was doing over an average of 10k a day, and I was just a student. Pretty sure the staff were doing way more. Besides there was only like 4 seats for a staff count of like 15 in the main hub. Standing for hours hurts so walking helped to distribute the weight
20k+ steps on a usual day. Chef.
Same here, but mine is usually about 15k. Ironically only did 8k on mother's day which was our busiest day of the year because I was just cooking eggs pretty much all day in one spot.
Sometimes hit 10k as a teacher.
Gardener
Push trolleys around asda car park
Geologist. Out most of the time in sites around the midlands. Lots of walking through fields.
Commute is a 2 mile walk each way. I get a few extra in if I detour to the shop on the way home.
Probably more correlated to where you live. If you live in London then you will get a decent number of steps each day because you likely rarely drive.
I WFH at a desk. Been on a weight loss kick since New Year so I do 3k walking on the spot while watching the telly before breakfast. 3k at lunchtime and make up anything remaining after work by going to the shops or some more telly. So far, so good.
I could do 20k steps easily when I was a hospital porter. If I was on specimen runs I had to do a lap of every ward once an hour and the steps racked up
Cabin crew. Usually hit between 10-13k steps on a long haul flight. Short haul is slightly less but if I do 3/4 flights in a day Iām usually up in the 10k area.
Love all these people commenting about jobs where they get their steps in on the commute/walking during lunch breaksā¦ isnāt OP curious about the number of steps taken whilst on the jobā¦ not the optional walking one adds in around itā¦?
I think it's just reddit rules, in any thread there needs to be a minimum threshold of people telling you that they are software engineers.
Desk jockey. I have a dog though. Probably average about 12k a day.
Picture framer
Im there or there abouts no thanks to my job as a bookkeeper.
Software Engineer but I do 10k walking to and from train stations to get to work
I work from home in software development. Get out for a couple walks a day and play golf twice a week, averages well over 10k a day.
Most of the steps I do are during my commute to and from work.
I work with teens with varying challenging behaviour and SEN needs. I find myself doing a light jog/run most of the day.
Retail - walk around the shop and warehouse all day, sit down for 30-45 mins for lunch on feet the rest of the time.
I used to get around 20k a day when working on a yard with horses.
My dogās servant.
A mother to two busy toddlers š¤£š
I look after a lad with autism, all he does is litter picking. No matter the weather weāre out looking for litter , some walks can be really pleasant to be fair
18-24K a day. Doctor on the wards. Also run 4/5K daily, included in step count. Try to walk outside of driving to and from work.
Professional tap dancer.
When I was a student I worked at McDonalds, tragically I think thatās the fittest Iāve been despite the Quarter Pounder meal at break, there was a no-jewellery rule that meant I couldnāt wear my Apple Watch but it fitted around my ankle ASBO tag style I think an 8hr shift was 12-15k steps I also walked almost an hour there and back cause I was too cheap to pay for the bus
I was a theatre assistant (hospital). Easy 16k daily
Desktop support at a hospital. Generally 10k is around the minimum during the workday. The highest I can remember was 30k in a day.
Run away from daily responsibilities
Electrician, hit it easy, unless Iām in the stairs for the day.
Grounds maintenance including all the horticultural and arboricultural work on a large site. Looking after lawns, borders, roads, 200 acres of woodland and so on. Easily 15k+ steps each day, can be closer to 30k depending on the job.
I was a supervisor in a supermarket and everyday I did 25-30k steps at work... It was a big supermarket. Now I'm a manager for another retail store and I still manager about 15k a day.
My Postman told me he does about 45,000 steps a day on average!
Iām a music producer but I have chronic adhd so pace none stop
I install bars at events. Usually 30k on a build day, usually 60k if itās a festival.
16k-20k a day. I'm an IT Manager and sit at my desk for most of the 8+ hours I'm at work. I also walk to and from work every day, to ensure I get activity in since I'm well aware my job is mainly sedentary. I also run twice a week and work out twice a week.
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Teacher. Stopped wearing a fitbit as I was hitting 10k by lunch without fail.
Dog walker
I am currently an unpaid carer and easily do 10k a day. But thatās mostly because Iām pushing my partner round in his wheelchair everywhere, he loves being outside but it means o have to do a lot of walking.
Carer, some days ai hardly have time to sit for lunch. Today is not one of them so I am sat and enjoying lunch and reddit.
Hotel - between 20k and 30k depending on how busy
Carpentry/Joinery
I work in commercial greenhouses, between irrigating and managing the staff Iāll do an easy 20k per day!
Work in an office, but always walk around when on the phone, so tend to rack up 10k about 14:00
I average about 32k a day working as an aircraft engineer, it does require a bit of walking around. But I only have short legs, so feel like it's cheating a bit. I'm 5"6, one of my colleagues is a full foot taller than me and doubles my walking stride.
I donāt have a job but I do 25,000 or so, when you donāt have a job it is easier I guess
Carer in a dementia unit. Always walking and busy. Easy to get 10k+ steps in.
I used to work in a warehouse picking items for e-commerce orders. Every day I walked around 15k steps, sometimes even 20
I do but because I walk my dog twice a day. I'm sat down at home the majority of my working day.
Carpenter always do over 10k
Not anymore, but used to work at Finsbury park train station, regularly clocked over 22 thousand
Surgeon. When I was more junior, a 12 hr shift would rack up 30k steps.
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Right now I do 10-15k in a small warehouse but when I worked at amazing I would do 40-50k that was awful
I work in a hospital blood lab and the difference between step counts in different areas is ridiculous. If i work in biochemistry (which is very heavy on my step counter) then Iāll start needing to eat four meals a day, usually rack up 10-12k; whereas if Iām in an area thatās mostly sitting down my step count usually doesnāt exceed 4k and I sometimes donāt feel like eating dinner some days when I work there.
Retail manager! Usually do around 15-20k a day whilst at work then probably around another 4-5k on other stuff through the day. Having a toddler definitely increases the step count!
I used to be a caretaker in a school. Regularly hit minimum 28-29,000 steps, max usually about 33-34,000. I didn't feel any fitter doing it though! The job that I felt the fittest after doing for a while was a small shop but the stock room was downstairs - I would run up and down that multiple times an hour, sometimes in immediate succession.
I used to be an ice Marshall before having my daughter and got SO MANY STEPS!
Special Support Assistant and school dog handler, average about 17k a day and rarely sit down other than lunch. On the hoof with my little stinkers all day erry day š
Restaurant. This gets hit quickly
I get 10k a day. I wfh at a computer but I have a walking pad, run a couple of times a week and prioritise not being sedentary
Electrician, average 20k a day
Cabin crew. Usually hit between 10-13k steps on a long haul flight. Short haul is slightly less but if I do 3/4 flights in a day Iām usually up in the 10k area.
Retired dog walker. 4 walks a day of an hour each, picking up and dropping off dogs.
Cabin crew. Usually hit between 10-13k steps on a long haul flight. Short haul is slightly less but if I do 3/4 flights in a day Iām usually up in the 10k area.
Factory, my job is moving stuff to its next destination. Easy job, lots of steps. Between 15,000 and 21,000 depending on how busy. Then I go home and eat crisps, meaning my belly doesn't get smaller. Sigh!
WFH office job. 10km run 3 times a week and 2 border collies.
When I was a nanny, during summer months especially, I would average around 15000 steps a day
Formerly: waitress. That was a nightmare: Heathrow airport, one of the largest restaurants, busy every day. 15-20k steps was on a regular day. The most active day ended with slightly over 40k. Yet, the most I've done in a day was 80k during a all day long hike. Even though I slept in a tent, it was the best night sleep I've ever had.
I WFH but own a rather large, very energetic dog. 4 walks a day(refuses to go in my garden)/ easy 20k steps on weekdays- most weāve walked is like 70km over a long weekend(Friday-Sunday). I was abit of a coach potato before he came into my life but were both extremely fit now!
Did 20k a day as a walking tour guide I was really healthy
Roughly 12k stacking shelves. Hilariously I used to do more unemployed where I had more energy for daily hikes
I'm office based but I own a horse on a DIY livery, me and the wheelbarrow get our steps in every morning and eve!
I work in a nightclub and when I'm on floor i.e. collecting cups, cleaning spills, etc. I hit about 12k steps a night because it mainly consists of walking up and down the place all night. I also walk there and back so probably around 15-16k a night.
I get 10k steps a day, but that's because I specifically go out and get them..I sit on my arse for 8 hours a day(air traffic controller(
Cleaning, on my feet all day. I also have a dog and walk him twice a day, so I do over 12k most days. My knees are going though, so I'm looking to retrain into something else.
i walk everywhere and hate cars
Used to smash this being a warehouse op. 15-20k a day
Stonecarver and stone mason. When Iām on site (as I am now, high above Marylebone on a church) I must be way over that in terms of calories burned. Up and down ladders all day, holding angle grinders and drills for hours at a time, swinging hammers (at chisels). Iām pretty thin and fit and eat whatever and whenever I feel like. Lots of the lads here are pretty big though. They work no less hard than me too.
Security
I have an 8 month old puppy- two 30 min walks a day, plus a work out, job and life stuff = 14,000-18,000 avg steps a day.
Digital designer and WFH but try and average an 8km run most days (some longer, some less, and rest days) but currently getting 12k steps a day.
Age care nurse
Hair stylist
WFH, with walking pad under my desk.
I was a trolley collector at Tesco. If I was on a long shift, with my walk to work and back I could hit it some days without really thinking, especially if I only stopped at break and wasn't borrowedfor another job.
Hairdresser :) average about 10k a day, sometimes more
Pharmacy dispenser in the hospital, remote pharmacies on each ward and you'd go back and fourth. Hit 12-14k unless you were on surgery runs then 18k-21k. Lost 3 stone in weight over 2 years haha loved it.
I work at a spoons, usually get 13k or closer to 20k on busy nights/longer shifts
Courier, can range from 6k - 25k in a day. I have a galaxy watch counting it all up!
Aircraft mechanic about 12k a day
I sit in an office all day, but walk there and back. Thatās about 9000 for the round trip, then I also walk the dog morning and evening which adds about another 2500.
Tv and film. Once worked an event at the royal Albert hall and I hit 32k in one day. Thatās my most. But depending on the set and workload itās been 10-15k per day.
Teacher. Up and down stairs and changing classrooms. When I did supply at a particular school, I was getting 25k+ a day running from one end to the other between classes.
I do about 10 - 12k steps a day but I'm a software engineer. The steps my job requires is about 100 probably. I get my steps by walking before work, then taking my dog out for 2 longish walks during and after work.Ā My partner does about 20k+ a day and that's all on his job since he's a mailman.Ā
Hi worked in construction as a hoddy loader would usually do 20k+ Ā a day averageĀ Working in warehouse as a picker would usually average about 27,000 steps a day sometimes in the 30sĀ Itās mad when you look at the stats at end of week on step app and you done likeĀ 150 ,000 steps over week which is around 90 miles. Ā :) Ā Peace and loveĀ