Welcome to an exploration of my own physical activity data form 2019, captured by Google Fit. This is Step 2 in a multi-part blog series in which I take my first steps into data visualization by analysing my own physical activity data recording by Google Fit. In Step 1, I downloaded my own data and highlighted some oddities about how Google records physical activity data. You can see the first post here . You can also see the full data set, as well as interactive versions of these graphs on my Tableau Public profile . First, let's look at the daily step count across the whole time period, July 2018–January 2020. My daily step count from July 2018–January 2020 Just looking at this graph shows me quite a few things, even without any analysis or looking individual data points. Most of the major spikes in activity are related to holidays or travel - the spikes in July, August and November are all trips away from home. You can also clearly see the expected drop in activity seen arou
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