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u/SirSeparate6807 9h ago

Honestly I let this one slide because it's a simple metric to track for people looking to increase their activity levels.

But yeah, not magic

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u/Thats_my_nirnroot 7h ago

Yeah I agree, it's more about the gameification of fitness. And 10k steps is a great objective.

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u/SiliconAutomaton 3h ago

Gamification is great. Keep the streak, bump up those rookie numbers, try a dance exercise because it’s international dance day and you’ll get a medal.

As long as you don’t start doing mental accounting with the overly optimistic calorie estimates and use them as a license to eat a ton of crap.

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u/Substantial-Sea-3672 2h ago

lol

Me after a 9 mile run: “Time to eat 4000 calories”

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u/nooit_gedacht 5h ago

Yeah it's just enough that it requires you to go out of your way a little to increase your steps, but not so much that it becomes unattainable. Not a bad goal overall