Exercise and Fitness

634-5789

(4,282 posts) Sun Nov 8, 2020, 08:15 AM Nov 2020

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Found out I had diabetes, saw my grandparents go down with it and my folks. Decided to get a treadmill, ( I'm on #4...never buy a cheap one...Started walking in earnest today, in 2014....

Got a fitbit...6 years later here's my stats..

Steps | 36,567,868

Floors | 7,851

Distance | 15,914.99 mi

Come on, DU! Let's go for a walk!!

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Well Done! Sherman A1 Nov 2020 #1

I do 5 miles on the treadmill for 35 miles + a week. 634-5789 Nov 2020 #2

Excellent. Sherman A1 Nov 2020 #3

We have an recumbent, I don't like it. 634-5789 Nov 2020 #10

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Wow! So, you have crossed America FIVE times! Well done! (Especially because Kansas FailureToCommunicate Nov 2020 #4

I just set it for incline and 2.8 MPH. Also, I'm a litter / signage removal volunteer for our State 634-5789 Nov 2020 #9

Yeah! Glad you are feeling great! MLAA Nov 2020 #5

May I ask what sort of step counter any of you use? Most seem to be pretty bad at Nay Nov 2020 #6

I use a fitbit 634-5789 Nov 2020 #7

I use a Fitbit INSPIRE. I had a Fitbit One but t failed me, so I got an Inspire. 634-5789 Nov 2020 #8

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

1. Well Done!

Reply to 634-5789 (Original post)

Sun Nov 8, 2020, 08:19 AM

Nov 2020

I do 35 miles each morning on the exercise bike and shoot for 20K steps per day. 14,691 so far today.

634-5789

(4,282 posts)

2. I do 5 miles on the treadmill for 35 miles + a week.

Reply to Sherman A1 (Reply #1)

Sun Nov 8, 2020, 08:30 AM

Nov 2020

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

3. Excellent.

Reply to 634-5789 (Reply #2)

Sun Nov 8, 2020, 08:37 AM

Nov 2020

I use the tread mill once in awhile, but I find the bike easier. I have a spot for the iPad to spend time on DU and a nice shelf next to it for my coffee. All the creature comforts.

634-5789

(4,282 posts)

10. We have an recumbent, I don't like it.

Reply to Sherman A1 (Reply #3)

Sun Nov 8, 2020, 11:41 AM

Nov 2020

Boney ass!

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FailureToCommunicate

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4. Wow! So, you have crossed America FIVE times! Well done! (Especially because Kansas

Reply to 634-5789 (Original post)

Sun Nov 8, 2020, 09:27 AM

Nov 2020

can get a little boring. "The sun is rise, the sun is set, and here we is, in Kansas yet" -Old pioneer wagon trail saying)

I agree about needing a quality tread mill. We went thru two before this current one.

Are you walking on it or jogging or doing intervals ("wind sprints&quot ?

Again, hurray.

Here's to another six years.

634-5789

(4,282 posts)

9. I just set it for incline and 2.8 MPH. Also, I'm a litter / signage removal volunteer for our State

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Sun Nov 8, 2020, 11:40 AM

Nov 2020

MLAA

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5. Yeah! Glad you are feeling great!

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Sun Nov 8, 2020, 09:52 AM

Nov 2020

Nay

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6. May I ask what sort of step counter any of you use? Most seem to be pretty bad at

Reply to 634-5789 (Original post)

Sun Nov 8, 2020, 10:15 AM

Nov 2020

accuracy, and I'd like to know what veteran walkers use. (I see that one of you uses a fitbit.) I walk nearly every day but would like to start counting steps. Thanks in advance, everyone!

634-5789

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7. I use a fitbit

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Sun Nov 8, 2020, 11:36 AM

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634-5789

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8. I use a Fitbit INSPIRE. I had a Fitbit One but t failed me, so I got an Inspire.

Reply to Nay (Reply #6)

Sun Nov 8, 2020, 11:38 AM

Nov 2020

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