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Coronavirus Quarantine Journal - Episode 3: 10000 Steps challenge

10 Mar 2020 · 2 min

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In this vlog, the creator reflects on life in quarantine and frames it as a chance for personal growth. After previously logging only about 300 steps a day, they set a goal of 10,000 steps and finally reach it late at night, even though their tiny apartment only allows a short corridor walk. To complement the walking, they add a brief morning routine—1.5 minutes of plank, three sets of ten squats, and push‑ups—despite disliking the squats. The speaker describes how hitting the step target and exercising lifts their mood, changes their mindset, and makes them feel more positive amid the stress of quarantine. They also note a spontaneous lifestyle tweak: cutting back on daily lattes and milk, wondering if this will lead to weight loss. The video ends with an invitation for viewers worldwide to share how they stay fit or positive while quarantined, positioning the challenge as a potentially lasting habit beyond the pandemic.

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Hey, how's it going? Welcome back, welcome back. I'm still in quarantine, yes, but I decided to look at this as a positive, uh, experience. So I decided I need to go and get something. My objective was to do 10,000 steps, seeing in the last video I told you I did like 300 a day. So yesterday at about 11 PM, I hit the 10,000 step mark. In my tiny apartment. The corridor is about 10 steps each way, so that's not much. I decided to add a little bit of a routine to that. So wake up in the morning, I'm doing a minute and a half of plank, 3 sets of 10 squats, which I absolutely hate. I'm not good at it. I don't like it. Push-ups. It makes me feel like everything's gonna be fine, especially now that I'm dealing with different stuff as I'm quarantined in the house. So it's kind of strange trying to handle everything with this camera and a laptop. For some reason, achieving that goal of 10,000 steps, it makes me feel a lot better. It changes your mindset. You feel positive, you feel good. I think I'll keep doing it as long as I'm in the quarantine and even after. I wonder if there's any other impacts that I'm not aware of. I believe that this is definitely the week to like clear my head, stay at home because I have to. And kind of figure out what I want to do next. So I think that looking at this is a positive experience, plus the walking and a bit of exercise and eating. It's funny, I'm not having any milk, which I love. I'll usually have at least 2 lattes a day, if not 5. And I wonder if at the end of the week it will even maybe lose some weight. I'm not sure about it, but we'll see. How do you guys Keep yourself either fit or positive when you're in the quarantine. If you are in the quarantine somewhere around the world, I would love to hear that. So see you soon, guys. Talk.