Which is more impressive?

I’ve mentioned a couple times in the past two weeks that I wanted to hit 10k steps more consistently this year inspired by my wife Hannah’s 230+ day streak she has going.

Well, it’s a lot harder than I expected. I’ve only hit 10k about 50% of the time, so my streak is non-existent.

I did, however, realize last week that I took 3.7 millions steps in 2024, for a daily average of 10,109.

That got me thinking. What’s more impressive? The consistency of Hannah’s streak? Or does the consistency not matter because we got the same result?

Personally, I feel like I cheated my way to that daily average, because there were a lot of days that I only got 5 thousand steps (or less), but there were some outliers to make up for it. I got 20-30k, or even on one occasion over 100k.

Either way, they’re both impressive and show a commitment to moving and getting your steps in, but I just can help but think Hannah’s is more impressive due to the every single day consistency, whereas mine ebbed and flowed throughout the year.

Let me know what you think. What’s more important? Consistency, or is just getting the result just as impressive?

If you need to know where I’m at on this, take a look at our core values; be consistent not heroic: consistency and moderation over intensity.

Justin Miner

@justinminergain