LiftingLindsay's More Than Fitness

How Steps help you Optimize your Health and Fat Loss Goals


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  • ✅ A completely rebuilt exercise library with new demo videos that show setup and execution from different angles
  • ✅ Visuals that highlight the muscles being trained so you know exactly what you’re working
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This is a whole new experience—even if you’ve tried the app before.



You may think you understand the important of steps as far as energy out goes, but there is SO MUCH MORE to it than that!!! Today’s Episode we are breaking down WHY we track steps, and what the research shows about different step averages in regards to your overall health and hitting your fitness goals.

Topics:

  • (00:24) - Mesocycle and Microcycle
  • (01:57) - Versa Gripps
  • (04:44) - Steps challenge and step knowledge
  • (05:54) - Don't get weird about steps
  • (07:35) - Step levels explained
  • (10:31) - Why 8,000 steps?
  • (13:15) - Benefits that are often overlooked
  • (18:41) - What about 12,000?
  • (22:21) - Does cardio count towards steps?
  • (24:29) - Movement builds momentum
  • (27:58) - Changing the story you tell about yourself
  • (33:33) - Doing all or something
  • (34:24) - It willl look different for everybody
  • (37:46) - Suggestions from recent steps challenge
  • (45:17) - Habit stacking
  • (47:52) - Recapping the benefits of movement

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    Studies sited

    • PMID: 29289613 Homeostatic and non-homeostatic appetite control along the spectrum of physical activity levels: An updated perspective
    • Burton, H.M. and E.F. Coyle, Daily Step Count and Postprandial Fat Metabolism. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2021. 53(2): p. 333-340.
    • Sullivan Bisson, A.N., S.A. Robinson, and M.E. Lachman, Walk to a better night of sleep: testing the relationship between physical activity and sleep. Sleep Health, 2019. 5(5):
    • Foright, R., et al., Effects of Exercise during Weight Loss Maintenance on Appetite Regulation in Women. Transl J Am Coll Sports Med, 2020.
    • Foright, R.M., et al., Is regular exercise an effective strategy for weight loss maintenance?  Physiol Behav, 2018.
    • Mayer, J., P. Roy, and K.P. Mitra, Relation between caloric intake, body weight, and physical work: studies in an industrial male population in West Bengal.  Am J Clin Nutr, 1956.
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