What is the best way to stay fit during COVID-19?

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Question: What is the best way to stay fit during COVID-19?
Position‹3 of 3: Indoor fitness
Argument1 of 5›: Housewalking

Who needs expanses of land when you can pace your home instead?

The argument

If you count steps, it's likely that you will see a major drop in the daily count once isolation begins. Housewalking is a way to get around this. The idea is simple - simply walk in your house, either walking around or in place. This way you can get the step count up while doing anything you want! The founder of housewalking, Lisa Lillien, states that "the best part of house walking is that it's fun. It’s a great feeling to look at your pedometer after strolling around the house and see how many steps you’ve racked up."

Premises

[P1]Isolation causes a major drop in daily step counts, but housewalking—walking around or in place inside the home—lets people raise that count without going outside. [P2] Its founder, Lisa Lillien, notes the method is enjoyable, as it is satisfying to check a pedometer and see how many steps have accumulated from strolling around the house. [C] Therefore housewalking is an effective form of indoor fitness for staying fit during COVID-19.

Counter-arguments

Housewalking is fun if you have the mental and physical space. In small apartments, it may not be physically possible to walk more than a few paces before turning around. For those who feel they have been stuck in the same routine during isolation, walking the same few paces over and over again to up their step count may contribute to the feeling of sameness.

Rejecting the premises

[Rejecting P1] A fall in step count is a measure rather than a fitness outcome, and restoring the number indoors does not establish an equivalent effect — the premise treats the pedometer reading as the goal. [Rejecting P2] The founder's testimony that the method is enjoyable is not independent evidence, and the counter's point about small flats is decisive for many readers: a few paces repeated is a different activity from a walk, and it is offered against sibling positions that include structured indoor exercise.