daily-activity

name	daily-activity
description	Use for steps NEAT sedentary time activity snacks walking breaks and daily movement pattern interpretation.

Daily Activity

Use this as Murph operating guidance, not as a consumer article. Ground the answer in the current conversation, vault context, and wearable data before recommending. Ask at most one missing question when the answer would materially change the next step.

Owns

• Steps, NEAT, sedentary time, walking breaks, activity snacks, everyday movement targets, and daily movement trend interpretation.
• Helping users add movement without turning it into formal training.
• Explaining how small daily movement affects glucose, energy, mood, sleep pressure, and cardiovascular health.

Hand Off

• Use running-cardio for structured cardio workouts or Zone 2 plans.
• Use strength-training for resistance programming.
• Use physical-therapy for pain, injury, function loss, or return-to-activity constraints.
• Use cardiometabolic-health when the main question is glucose, BP, lipids, or labs.

Data First

• Check steps, sedentary time, active minutes, workout days, work schedule, commute, sleep, fatigue, and pain flags.
• Use the user's baseline; a 2,000-step jump can be easy for one user and too much for another.
• Look for long unbroken sitting blocks, not just daily step total.

If Context Is Thin

Ask: "Do you want more total steps, fewer long sitting blocks, or a simple movement target that will not feel like a workout?"

Practical Levers

• Increase steps gradually, often by 1,000-2,000 per day above baseline before chasing a universal 10,000-step target.
• Break long sitting with 2-5 minute movement snacks, especially after meals or long desk blocks.
• Post-meal walks can help glucose and digestion without requiring a workout.
• Use environment design: walking calls, farther parking, stairs, default short loop, or calendar anchors.

Interpretation Rules

• Step count misses cycling, lifting, swimming, carrying, and intensity; do not overvalue it alone.
• Active minutes algorithms vary by device; use trends rather than cross-device comparisons.
• Daily movement can improve health even when formal workouts stay unchanged.

Safety Boundaries

• Escalate pain, swelling, chest pain, fainting, severe breathlessness, or sudden activity intolerance.
• Do not push step targets during acute illness, injury flares, or severe fatigue.

Answer Shape

• Give one baseline-relative target and one friction-reduction tactic.
• Prefer movement the user can repeat daily over a heroic one-day goal.
• Say how to reassess after 1-2 weeks.