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Your walking pad steps aren't vanishing - Apple Health just isn't seeing them. Why the iPhone and Apple Watch each miss desk-treadmill steps differently, and the fixes that don't involve wearing your Watch on your ankle.
Two 2024 studies looked at daily steps and mental health. Here's the real number for mood and depression risk, and why it's lower than 10,000.
iPhone step counts can undercount by over 1,000 steps a day even when nothing's broken. What the research actually found, and how to check your settings.
Step counts really do drop on weekends, even for consistent walkers. What the research says, and how to set a target that fits both kinds of days.
The research on step count and age shows a different target once you're past 60 - and why a single flat number is the wrong fit for a week that doesn't look the same every day.
The research behind a short walk after meals, how long you actually need, and why it works regardless of your blood sugar baseline.
Where the '10,000 steps' number came from, and what more recent research says about smaller, more realistic targets.
The math behind stride length, and why the same step count covers different distances for different people.
The psychology of all-or-nothing habit tracking, and why a little built-in forgiveness makes habits stick.
