Believe it or not: He completed 10K steps – on a wooden stool
Times of India | 5 February 2026
Some people hit their daily 10,000 steps fitness goal by walking around the neighbourhood — this man hit them standing on a tiny wooden stool. A viral video shows Chirag Walunj pacing back and forth on the minuscule platform until he hits the classic fitness milestone, making the internet go ROFL. This proved when it comes to steps, creativity counts just as much
as distance.
Walk smart, not hard
Viewers were quick with the laughs, dubbing the clip “the most honest steps challenge ever” and suggesting it as peak pandemic ingenuity. Some even joked that gyms should offer “stool-walking” classes — because why walk around the block when you can walk in place with flair?
One tiny step at a time
The video captures the determined walker rhythmically pacing on a tiny wooden stool indoors, one foot after the other, as his step counter quietly ticks up to 10,000. There are no parks, no treadmills — just determination and a tabletop-sized platform that turns fitness into performance art.