Perhaps you wear a Fitbit or an Apple Watch and you know exactly how many steps you take and how many miles you walk in a day. Others of you may not know that you actually walk 2.72 miles in a day, and that’s just around the campground, to the laundry facilities, taking the dog for a short loop and back!
But if you had to take a guess (or if you know exactly) how far, how many miles, do you think you walk in a day? Do you think it’s just about a half mile? 2 miles? 4? 5? Take a guess and let us know in today’s poll. Thanks!
We walk the dogs 2 miles a day plus all the other walking we do. I love to walk through campgrounds looking for ideas and such.
Our 2 rescues make sure I get my walk on to the tune of a mile or less. Sometimes more.
Depends where the refrigerator is. HA HA. Mostly to the dining table.
I answered .5-1 mile per day, just from wandering around.
Try to ride my bike 3-4 days a week for an hour or more (usually 8-10 miles )
About 2 miles then I’m done.
In the winter as little as 1/2 of a mile and as much as a mile or even 1 1/2 miles cutting, piling, and burning brush. The rest of the year it tends to range from 1 1/2 – 2 1/2 miles string trimming. When we’re RVing, then we tend to walk 2-3 miles daily.
We’ll generally walk 10 to 15 km throughout the day, every day. Staying active keeps the weight off and improves sleep among other health benefits.
Every day, rain or shine, cold or heat, the dogs and I walk 2-3+ miles. Some days I don’t feel like it, but we all need it. The dogs give me motivation. 🙂 I am fortunate to be in a rural area with many old abandoned farm hill roads to hike.
Maybe a mile in the winter months. I try to get 3 to 4 when the weather is nicer.
Before my back problem, lower lumbar, I used to walk 1-3 miles every evening. Now, it’s more like 1/2 mile and at a lot slower pace. Not much can be done as far as the back is concerned. Grade 2 bone degeneration L5, S1 area. Two orthos and pain specialist told me I would have to live with it.
I was a maintenance tech in a large hospital most of my life. Normal day at work was 10-15,000 steps a day. That included steps and climbing ladders.
For 50+ years I have been walking our German Shepherd’s between 1 and 3 miles per day, plus all the other activities. Good for them and good for me. I know we are very fortunate to be able to do that.
My Fitbit watch tells me that I usually take between 12,500 and 23,000 steps per day around our yard. However, Fitbit ‘steps’ are calculated from arm movements so if I’m twisting a wrench or beating a nail, I’m taking steps. And since we recently adopted a new dog last week that is overweight and obese, she and I have started walking about a mile each day. It’s good for both of us.
Being physically disabled, it takes me about 15-20 minutes to go the 1/10 mile to my mail box and back, so I am happy for any distance. We use a Cricket SX3 at our campsites and I use a Go-Go Elite three wheel scooter where the cricket will not go.
If I walk more than 1/2 mile I’m lucky. If I ride my bike less than 5 miles on a typical day I am either sick or using the rowing machine!
Of course it depends on our activity. The wife wears a watch that measures steps. At a trade day we may walk over a mile total. On an errand run, perhaps 3/4 mile. At home working in the flower beds and mowing lawn, at least a mile.
I generally do not walk for exercise, but I ride a bicycle between 12 and 15 miles on a somewhat hilly road (440 feet of elevation gain) for Florida. Any walking I do is generally due to shopping or yard work, but I typically get well in excess of 10,000 steps (or the equivalent in pedaling) per day according to my Fitbit watch.