Been like that for a while already, they made steps basically worthless as of early last year, you want points you need to do actual exercise that actually raises your hr. Its been proven by a number os studies that while walking is beneficial and 10k steps a day is a good idea, it's effectively inefficient and ineffective over time, it's too passive an activity. I saw this from personal experience when I was trying to loose weight, did the steps and all, that was good for 15 of the 32kg I lost, but from that point on it did next to nothing, and honestly much of those losses could be attributed to no milkshakes, less chips and chocolates, not putting mayonnaise on EVERYTHING, and we'll the 9 cups of coffee with 3 sugars each ever single day was a terrible idea. For me to actually reach my goal, and this was before I was with Discovery, I had to step it up, took up running, for a couple of years gym as well but dropped that and with just running, weight loss plateaued again, not that I needed to ditch much more, but your body becomes adept at better utilising energy for activities, so unless you mix things up or cross train, the same running in my case began to yield lower caloric burns, if I had to do a run now as fast as I was able to a year ago I would need to do 2-3x the distance just to have the same impact. Its probably been 8 or 9 months since I last managed to break 160bpm outside of a race. If I didn't run balls to the wall or do at least an hour, I'm not getting 300 points anymore. Took up cycling a few months ago and that mix has made running more useful again, I actually cycle so much and run soo little that my running slowing down and getting harder again. So it's once again becoming a useful caloric burner again. As much as discoveries changes can be annoying, that is one I can actually agree with, I know many people who have gone through the same process as I, as repetitive activities becomes less effective, all the science to prove it, walking for the majority is simply not enough to be quantified as a long term beneficial activity for a healthier lifestyle, and at the end of the day, discoveries main goal is to keep you out of hospital so that you don't cost them money. Scott Scale 960 (2017) MTB Vids: ltstyt.be/@remelehane
