Archive for July, 2005

Latest pedometer features

High Gear FitWare FM

FM radio (earphones included).
Adapts to your stride length and provides estimates of calories burned, distance traveled and a countdown timer.

New Lifestyles NL 2000

Uses “strain-gauge” technology that the manufacturer claims gives a more accurate step and calorie count and works better on very overweight people.
7-day memory (good for comparing workouts), a clock […]

Thursday, July 21st, 2005

Confessions of a pedometer-owner

Not sure about you but I have a confession to make. I got all excited about pedometers and thought that walking 10,000 steps a day would be easy. I got myself ready to change my world and then… I realised I walked between 3000-5000 steps a day! A few people […]

Monday, July 18th, 2005

Project Appalachian Trail Trek

While childhood obesity remains a concern, students at Greencastle-Antrim Middle School are taking nutrition and wellness one step further with Project Appalachian Trail Trek in the 2005-06 school year.
Students will literally monitor their steps toward health with a pedometer as they walk through the school year and mark their paths on Appalachian Trail maps in […]

Monday, July 18th, 2005

Coca Cola hands out pedometers

In a program called Live It, cycling great Lance Armstrong and other sporting figures will appear in posters encouraging children to be active.
Melanie White, a Coke executive who oversees its vending business in secondary schools and other youth markets, said the program was aimed at sixth graders. She said the company had determined that sixth […]

Friday, July 15th, 2005

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