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634-5789

(4,334 posts)
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 08:15 AM Nov 2020

Sharing this here...Annual post

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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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
1. Well Done!
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.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
3. Excellent.
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.


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FailureToCommunicate

(14,349 posts)
4. Wow! So, you have crossed America FIVE times! Well done! (Especially because Kansas
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

(4,334 posts)
9. I just set it for incline and 2.8 MPH. Also, I'm a litter / signage removal volunteer for our State
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 11:40 AM
Nov 2020

Nay

(12,051 posts)
6. May I ask what sort of step counter any of you use? Most seem to be pretty bad at
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!

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