Dancing a quick way to add up steps
A pedometer-wearing student recently logged more than 2,500 steps during a 45-minute lesson, she said. Thirty minutes of steady dancing burns 200 to 400 calories. Read more »
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eDiets Talking Pedometer
eDiets Talking Pedometer is a wonderful tool to assist you in your walking and weight loss goals. Walking is one of the easiest, most cost-effective, and enjoyable forms of exercise and the results can be noticed almost immediately. Your overall health will begin to improve, followed by your fitness, your performance, your body composition, and […]
Students asked to step up activity
Sikeston Middle School students are being encouraged to step up their activity level in physical education thanks to a donation from Missouri Delta Medical Center’s Delta Diabetes Center.
Laveta Williams, physical education teacher at the middle school, said she saw pedometers at a recent health conference used as a way to elicit more activity and […]
Making each step count
Sometimes it takes a gadget for a fitness regimen to click. And, if you’re a walker, the hottest gadget going is the electronic step counter, or pedometer. You can get a reliable one for less than $30. Read how different people are using pedometers here.
Which pedometer is most accurate?
The top pedometers, ranked in order of accuracy:
Yamax SW-200, Yamax SW-701, New Lifestyles NL-2000, Kenz Lifecorder. (Note: Yamax SW series pedometers are also sold under the following names: New Lifestyles Digiwalker, Accusplit Eagle, and Walk4Life models LS2000 LS6510 and LS7010.)
America on the Move (X120), Yamax Skeletone, Walk 4 Life LS 2525 […]
Free Pedometer Walking Log
The April 2005 issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise reports that women who wore a pedometer—and had the goal of walking 10,000 steps per day—not only walked more than before they had pedometers, but they walked nearly a mile farther per day than the group of women who were told to go […]
Pedometer Challenge Winners
Senator Ginny Burdick (D-District 18) walked her way to the winning spot in Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon’s “Legislators on the Move” contest held during the 2005 Oregon State Legislative Session. Senator Burdick walked 1,136,224 steps during the session and earned a check for $5,000 from Regence to be donated to Metzger Elementary School for […]