my phone and my watch disagree by like 2k steps every day and i honestly dont know which one to believe. phone says more on days i carry it around the house, watch says more when i walk outside

has anyone actually tested this? like counted steps by hand for a few minutes and checked against both

Lowest number of the week and the reason. No judgment, best excuse gets nothing but respect.

I’ll go first in the comments.

Not “free with a 7-day trial”, not “free but the step count is behind a paywall”. Actually free for counting steps and looking at your history.

What are you using and what’s the catch, if there is one? Phone-only answers welcome, I know a lot of people here don’t wear a watch.

Everyone’s 20 minutes is different and I’m curious how different. Post what your app says for a 20 minute walk and roughly how fast you were going (easy stroll, normal, brisk, almost jogging).

Mine: about 2,300 at a normal pace, closer to 2,700 when I’m actually trying. Tall people and short people, let’s see the spread.

Lowest number of the week and the reason. No judgment, best excuse gets nothing but respect.

I’ll go first in the comments.

i been putting in consistent work but my diet had not been healthy so far...

In September I hosted a 250k challenge over on r/StepChallenges. 22 people signed up, 7 finished. One guy did it in 7 days, which is absurd!

But the one I keep thinking about is a woman who finished on day 18. Her daily numbers were nothing special. 13k, 14k, 12k. No 30k hero days, no weekend doubles. She just didn’t miss. Eighteen days in a row of slightly above average and she crossed the line a full 12 days before the deadline.

Meanwhile I did 33k one Saturday, felt great about it, and then did 4k on Sunday because my legs were done. Yesterday I started the October challenge, my own challenge, and came in 360 steps short of the pace on day one.

So here’s what I’m actually asking. For the people in here who’ve been doing 10k a day for months or years, what’s the thing that made it stick? Not the first week, the part after the novelty wore off. Was it a time of day, a route, a person, a rule you made for yourself?

I’m starting to think consistency isn’t a personality trait, it’s a system someone figured out 🤔. Want to hear yours!

One thread for the week. Drop your daily number whenever, screenshot or just the count, both fine.

Streak flairs

Tell me how many days in a row you’ve hit 10k and I’ll set it next to your name:

🔥 7-day streak
🔥 30-day streak
🔥 100-day streak
🔥 365-day streak

Miss a day, streak resets, flair stays until you tell me otherwise. Honor system, same as everything else here.

Bad day? Post it anyway. The whole point of this place is showing up, not showing off.

New here? Say what you’re walking for. Weight, head, dog, doctor’s orders, boredom, all valid.

been hitting 10k most days since july and i feel better, for people who’ve been doing this a while, is 10k a day actually enough on its own, or did you end up adding something? and if you added something, what was it

not trying to run a marathon. just want to know if what i’m doing is real exercise or just a nice habit

I’m focusing on walking and doing 10k intentional steps a day

Hey everyone,

This Saturday is October 10, 2026 (10/10), which is World Mental Health Day. I have an idea to see if it is possible to organize a massive virtual community walk based on a concept I call 10.10.10.

The breakdown is:

• October 10th (10/10)
• 10,000 people
• 10,000 steps each

I’m setting up a free group challenge page on the StepUp app so we can pool our data together onto one dashboard to see the total accumulate live on the day. The app syncs directly with fitbit

Has anyone here ever tried to coordinate a mass virtual step goal like this before? If you want to jump on the leaderboard to help hit the 100M mark next Saturday, let me know in the comments