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 Sign up HERE for the LiftingLindsay Newsletter so you never miss out on fitness and health brain gains!Want optimized training programs? You have enough to think about, let me do all your training programming for you. Sign up HERE for optimized training, no matter the goal. Training programs include home alternatives. I have 3,4 & 5 day programs. You can also upload videos for form reviews done by me in the VIP Facebook group Facebook group includes monthly challenges to take your health to the next level and have a chance to win prizes too! 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.