A year in steps

~ Veselin

I started building a walking habit about 2 years ago. I had this crazy annual goal to average over 10K steps per day for the whole of 2024. Happy to share that I could make it with room to spare.

Life is much easier if you don’t need to count your steps every day. It takes time and is often unpleasant. I tried all sorts of tricks, from waking early to spinning the treadmill in the evening. It was all inconvenient. Was it worth it – probably yes. Walking is like mild gym plus mindfulness combined. It unlocked hiking not just for me but also for my family. Helped me with the blog as well – lots of cool things and cats are just hanging out, waiting to be spotted.

My fitness goal for 2025 will be more complex.

  • I’ll try to climb Vihren (2 failed attempts in 2024)
  • I’ll try to keep an average of 10k/day for 2025 as well but increase the difficulty by doing more hiking and less city
  • I’ll try to add 1h/week of gym time, starting with body weight exercises like push-ups and plank. The 1h comes from the 7-minute-workout, 7×7 is 49, or roughly 1h. The idea is to build a habit this year rather than achieve any weight loss or body composition change.

Wish me luck.

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      1. My step goal is 7,500 steps a day. I try to take a minimum 45 minutes walk five times a week. My cardiologist wants me to try to increase my walking pace, so I’m trying to work on that. One of my heart valves doesn’t work properly, so I have incentive to stay fit. I want to avoid valve replacement surgery if I can.

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      2. I hope walking helps you stay out of the hospital. I tried a few different doctors until I found one who encouraged me to be active, although he refused to tell me what type of exercise is safe. He mostly explained what’s unsafe. Walking works so far.

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  6. It’s excellent, the consistency is great. I’m trying the same with not so great results – I struggle with the days when the weather is bad

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      1. It’s great, I’ve been reading it sporadically for the last several days. I found it by catching a notification from an answer you posted on Quora

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      2. Oh, Quora. I’m experimenting with ways to promote the blog. It’s very hard for me to reach any of my friends. When I post on Facebook or Twitter with a link, it’s like speaking to the void.

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      4. And yes, seems social networks nowadays penalize posts with links. It’s a known fact for LinkedIn, and Musk has admitted so for X/Twitter. It’s best to “hide” the links in the comments away from the algos

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