Steps. Everyone's been talking about them lately.

A quick look around at everyone hustling through the third-level concourse inside Quicken Loans Arena, and you'll notice many people wearing athletic shoes, including much of the on-air talent. 

They are also wearing Fitbits or smart watches to track their daily health statistics and the number of steps they're completing. 

Why? Because Republican National Convention attendees are walking. A lot. 

About 42 percent of RNC attendees averaged about 10,000 steps on Monday — Day 1 of the convention, according to the Cleveland Clinic.

Getting in about 10,000 steps per day is the baseline for a healthy lifestyle, health officials say. Walking lowers blood pressure and bad cholesterol levels.

And because the convention center and the arena are several blocks apart, it’s easy to rack up the steps.

To put it into perspective, I have averaged about 4,200 steps per day since the beginning of the year. Here are my step totals since arriving in Cleveland on Saturday, according to the Health app on my iPhone:

  • Saturday, July 16: 11,856 steps
  • Sunday, July 17: 10,755
  • Monday, July 18: 9,360
  • Tuesday, July 19: 12,223

So, I racked up 44,194 steps over the first four days of the convention. 

Tony Rojek, one of our chief photographers on the ground in Cleveland, is putting his step counter to work. Here’s a glance at his totals since Saturday:

  • Saturday, July 16: 7,990 steps (he was driving from North Carolina to Cleveland in a station truck for most of the day, to be fair)
  • Sunday, July 17: 18,067
  • Monday, July 18: 16,641
  • Tuesday, July 19: 12,339

Rojek's total: 55,037.

Walking is supposed to improve sleep quality, but that's actually not the case so far this week in Cleveland, the clinic said.

About 56 percent of surveyed convention attendees said they slept four to six hours Tuesday night into Wednesday. The clinic said adults between the ages of 26 and 64 need seven to nine hours of sleep each night.