Actually Trying

Can Walking Fix Our Entire Lives and Personalities?

Actually Trying

Show Notes

This week I’m testing whether walking really is the closest thing we have to a magic pill - and whether I can get my steps up without becoming the sort of person pacing the kitchen at 10pm to hit 10,000.

I’m trying: • Japanese interval walking • hot girl walks • walking/moving after meals • using SteppIn app to earn screen time through steps • taking antihistamines so pollen can stop ruining my life

Also: why 10,000 steps may be a marketing myth, why walking helps mood, and whether we’ve lost the plot with step counts.

Click here to try the Steppin App - https://www.steppin.net/

Timestamps

0:00 Intro — this week’s walking experiment 0:45 Step In: earning screen time with steps 3:20 Why my step count has collapsed 5:00 Is walking a magic pill? 7:30 My current tragic step count 8:45 The 10,000 steps myth 10:00 Japanese walking explained 12:30 Hot girl walks 15:30 Walking after meals 18:00 My actual plan for the week 20:00 Hay fever, antihistamines and walking barriers 22:30 Have We Lost the Plot? Step counts vs human history 25:00 This week’s homework

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