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Doug Bush Doug Bush at the gym on April 23, 2026. (Nahreman Issa\/CTV News Edmonton) <\/p>\nAn Edmonton man is spending his birthday at the gym, with the goal to walk more than 10,000 steps for each year he’s been alive. Nahreman Issa has his story. <\/p>\n
Doug Bush calls himself a bit of a \u201ccircus freak\u201d when it comes to going to the gym. <\/p>\n
He was there for the better part of Wednesday, his 62nd birthday, walking more than 62,000 steps. <\/p>\n
\u201cI did 62,000 on my 60th birthday, and then on my 61st birthday last year I did 64,000. So I thought this year I\u2019ll push it to 70,000,\u201d he told CTV News Edmonton. <\/p>\n
His routine is simple. He laps his gym\u2019s track 75 to 100 times each day, then lifts weights for two to three hours. He then rounds out his workout with \u2013 you guessed it \u2013 more walking. <\/p>\n
Bush aims to walk 40,000 steps a day, far more than the 7,000 average the Canadian Medical Association Journal recommends. That works out to about 15 million steps per year, which is his approximate goal. <\/p>\n
Doug Bush Doug Bush at the gym on April 23, 2026. (Nahreman Issa\/CTV News Edmonton) <\/p>\n
He started his personal steps challenge right before everybody began donning masks. His impetus was wanting to be able to keep up with the kids as a U18 AAA hockey coach. Then, the world shut down, and he had a lot of free time on his hands.<\/p>\n
Once his kids gifted him a Fitbit to track the steps, a pandemic pastime became something much more fulfilling. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m fitter than I was when I was 40 \u2026 I feel fit, I feel good. I don\u2019t feel my age. I find it\u2019s been rewarding that way,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
His dedication has earned him something of a reputation among fellow gymgoers. <\/p>\n
\u201cI see him every day when I arrive at the gym. When I leave, he\u2019s still walking,\u201d said Iven Xiao. \u201cThe consistency to walk that many steps, get that much exercise, I can\u2019t imagine it. Going to the gym is already hard enough.\u201d <\/p>\n
Of course, Bush doesn\u2019t hit 40,000 steps religiously \u2013 he\u2019s not crazy. <\/p>\n
\u201cI just work around my work schedule and fit it in when I can. I\u2019m committed to coming every day and do it and put in the work. You have the odd days where you don\u2019t get it done because of family stuff, or you\u2019ve got commitments \u2026 you just kind of work around that stuff,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
He does, however, walk the walk more than he talks the talk. <\/p>\n
\u201cGet up and do something every day. It doesn\u2019t have to be a lot. You don\u2019t have to do what I do, but you\u2019ll feel that much better,\u201d was his message to everyone. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s hard to start, but after you do something, you never feel worse.\u201d <\/p>\n
With files from CTV News Edmonton\u2019s Nahreman Issa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Edmonton man is spending his birthday at the gym, with the goal to walk more than 10,000…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[712,49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-629766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}