PussyGalore
Meow
Does anyone use a pedometer app for counting the steps you take each day? I'm curious to know how well they work.
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PussyGalore
Meow
My LG fone has a health program built in . It seems to work pretty good. It even gives me shit if I have reached the goal of 10,000 steps per day which I barely reach as of late . Lazy I guess ...
Does it seem to count your steps accurately?
heisenberg
Earl Grey
Why do you want that? They are pointless...
Tripler
Well Known GateFan
It's kinda neat to see how much you actually walk per day or how active you have been .
Tripler
Well Known GateFan
I believe it does tho I have never put it to the test and I have no idea as to how it knows what it knows . When I go up stairs I always do 2 at a time , not the way everyone does usually . Again no idea if it is measuring the one step or that I am skipping a step . It is actually quite fast to get up a set of stairs also by skipping one step . Try it next time . It's a real cardio workout .
PussyGalore
Meow
I'm curious to know how many steps I take a day. I'm not sure I buy the "10,000 steps a day" fitness meme but I would like to know where I fall in that regard.
My new Huawei phone has it built in, and it is very accurate. It uses the accelerometer to measure steps and GPS to measure distances. They work best when on the body and not in a bag or briefcase/bag.
I believe it does tho I have never put it to the test and I have no idea as to how it knows what it knows . When I go up stairs I always do 2 at a time , not the way everyone does usually . Again no idea if it is measuring the one step or that I am skipping a step . It is actually quite fast to get up a set of stairs also by skipping one step . Try it next time . It's a real cardio workout .
I thought I was weird for doing that! I do that too (go up two at a time). And I also walk up escalators while they are moving.
Why do you feel they are pointless?
Tripler
Well Known GateFan
Woohoo ... Awesome Dude !!! I also walk up escalators ... it's what your supposed to do . It's not an elevator . It's an escalator . A completely different thing lol . Sometimes people actually stand to one side which is what your supposed to do and then I can scoot by them . Doing 2 steps on the escalator is a bit of a prig tho . If your were to trip falling forward I think its gonna hurt a lot lol so I do the one step there .I thought I was weird for doing that! I do that too (go up two at a time). And I also walk up escalators while they are moving.
I will keep doing the 2 step as long as my knees will let me ...
PussyGalore
Meow
I thought I was weird for doing that! I do that too (go up two at a time). And I also walk up escalators while they are moving.
Woohoo ... Awesome Dude !!! I also walk up escalators ... it's what your supposed to do . It's not an elevator . It's an escalator . A completely different thing lol . Sometimes people actually stand to one side which is what your supposed to do and then I can scoot by them . Doing 2 steps on the escalator is a bit of a prig tho . If your were to trip falling forward I think its gonna hurt a lot lol so I do the one step there .
I will keep doing the 2 step as long as my knees will let me ...
heisenberg
Earl Grey
Because it's a stupid thing to have. Walking doesn't burn fat. It's muscle mass that does.
Agreed, that is true. But walking can build muscle mass and it is great for cardio. I am SO GLAD that I don't see so many people jogging anymore. Now THAT is a destructive "healthy" exercise. Sure, make jogging a part of the walk for short spurts, and perhaps a rise or two (stairs?). The pedometer is a good metric to use for cardio and calorie burning.
PussyGalore
Meow
Not worried about fat burning as much as I am basic cardio done via less stressful methods than jogging.
Jogging is unnatural. Walking is. It's that simple. Our bodies were designed to walk, climb and run. Running is only to escape something chasing you, or trying to catch something you want to eat. Jogging confuses the brain in that respect when it is expecting you to walk, running occasionally, climbing occasionally.
There is an art to it! Like you, I do not two step on the escalator, I just walk up a step at a time. Most people just get on at the bottom and ride up to the top without moving, like an elevator. And they do not even realize it. Even moving sidewalks are designed for people actually walking, not just standing there allowing the sidewalk to move them.
It's almost 6 am here om1 . Can't beleive your still awake ... I have trouble staying awake past 9:30 pm now lol but I did push to 11 last night ...
My sleep schedule has been thrown off by stress (my cat is sick). I come here to take my mind off of things.