Results: Staying Active
Published on 01/26/2025
With the start of the new year I was wondering......
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What is your biggest challenge in staying active? Finding time in your busy schedule
9%
208 votes
Staying motivated. It can be tough some days!
30%
665 votes
Managing pain or physical limitations.
25%
555 votes
Finding accessible or safe spaces to move.
3%
65 votes
The cost
5%
106 votes
Honestly I do not find it challenging- I love to stay active.
13%
296 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
34 votes
Not Applicable
12%
271 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.31% | 6 | |
| weather | 0.10% | 2 |
| Cost and managing physical limitations equally | 0.05% | 1 |
| I stay very active with my job (landscaping), and I cut, split, and stack my own firewood by hand. (A woodstove is my only source of heat... and yes, we do get real Winter weather where I lived. Last night it started snowing through most of the day t | 0.05% | 1 |
| I will not walk my dog in the rain. We walk for 2 hrs. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I stay active. | 0.05% | 1 |
| poor mobility, use a walker | 0.05% | 1 |
| having the blood sugar in check | 0.05% | 1 |
| All the above | 0.05% | 1 |
| health | 0.05% | 1 |
| My disabilities. They cause fatigue and other issues that prevent being active. | 0.05% | 1 |
| By "active" I assume you're talking about active movement. Not so much here. But active in every other sense. | 0.05% | 1 |
| pain | 0.05% | 1 |
| Walking/running outdoors! | 0.05% | 1 |
| Fridgid cold of -30 | 0.05% | 1 |
| the weather right now...ice and snow and freezing temperatures | 0.05% | 1 |
| Cold weather curtailing my desire to take long walks. | 0.05% | 1 |
| the cumulative effect of alll the aboveanswer options? | 0.05% | 1 |
| Weather and dislike of people in general. | 0.05% | 1 |
| arthritis | 0.05% | 1 |
| The weather. I detest being outdoors when it's cold. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Pain in my back (which is worsening and spreading m) | 0.05% | 1 |
| Bad weather | 0.05% | 1 |
| Cold weather | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't want to go for a walk during this cold spell we're having. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Sheer laziness | 0.05% | 1 |
| I just don't want to do it. I want to sit and read or take surveys on my computer. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Winter and its impact on getting out of the house (ice on sidewalks, energy sapping snowdrifts, ) | 0.05% | 1 |
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Do you try to get 10,000 steps a day? Yes
20%
446 votes
No
42%
919 votes
Sometimes- when I can.
24%
529 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
32 votes
Not Applicable
12%
274 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.42% | 8 | |
| unable | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't count steps. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Do every day without even trying. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Just trying to walk a mile five days a week | 0.05% | 1 |
| I strive for 2000. Spinal stenosis pain has slowed my walking. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Are you kidding me? | 0.05% | 1 |
| "10,000 steps" is an arbitrary number, like standing "6 feet" apart during the pandemic | 0.05% | 1 |
| 100 is more like it | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't count, that just makes you crazy. I Just walk or move and try not to sit for long periods. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't count my steps | 0.05% | 1 |
| I M operantly in wheelchair, so no. | 0.05% | 1 |
| 8000 steps | 0.05% | 1 |
| J'essai de faire minimum 5000 pas par jour et c'est dificile | 0.05% | 1 |
| Can't because too much pain | 0.05% | 1 |
| Don't know, don't care! | 0.05% | 1 |
| I seldom count. | 0.05% | 1 |
| 10000 is a made up number | 0.05% | 1 |
| Wouldn't I have to count them to know?! | 0.05% | 1 |
| no, I always get more than that. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I walk all Day at my job | 0.05% | 1 |
| No idea. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Considering that I need a walker to even walk around my house, no. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I saw an article that said 5,000 was OK at my age - Great article and I followed its recommendation. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I used to do 2-3x that on a busier work day. | 0.05% | 1 |
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