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05-17-2010, 08:26 PM
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Resident Pixie
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Pedometer/Stepping/Walking in Place Question
I recently purchased a new pedometer. To begin with, you do the stride bit plus enter your weight. It measures steps, aerobic steps, calories burned and miles. Here's my question -
I do 5 days of HIIT for 30 minutes and I won't be changing that. I am considering using the pedometer to monitor my "activities" and I am wondering if I step/walk in place while watching a TV show until the pedometer is at 1 mile and I do this several times throughout the course of a day (up to, oh let's say 4 miles), can I consider the pedometer to be fairly accurate at tracking this as activity or no?
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Last edited by Onederchic; 05-17-2010 at 08:27 PM.
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05-17-2010, 10:07 PM
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I'm using a GWF, so a little bit different from a standard pedometer. But I have found that I need to have forward motion for it to accurately count steps. Stepping in place is sort of hit or miss on what it counts. I've been using a step platform rather than just stepping in place and that seems to register better.
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05-17-2010, 10:13 PM
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On a break with Baby #5
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I found my omron was accurate when I was doing Leslie Sansone DVDs, as they have a more sophisticated motion sensor than most. As long as I wasn't adding in any funky bouncing to my steps and just marched and did her four basic steps, it was fine.
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05-17-2010, 10:20 PM
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Resident Pixie
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I have an Omron too. Thanks for the replies ladies 
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Stopped smoking October 21, 2008
Made it to Onederland July 16, 2009
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Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
- Conrad Hilton
Disclaimer: I am not a registered dietitian, nutritionist, any kind of health professional or fitness expert...I'm just a woman who's lost 161.5 pounds so far with a lot of hard work.
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05-18-2010, 07:48 AM
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Strong is the new Pretty!
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I do stepping in place a lot when I don't have time for anything else (which happens too often these days). I am using a body bugg, it seems to count accurately, but make sure you put some arm swinging motion in it to make it closer to a normal walk. I keep some light weights in my hands while doing this, it reminds me to keep my arms moving too and I end up with a better calorie burn. Sometimes I will get the larger weights and do some arm strength training while I step. It's actually a decent workout - last night I was at 9.2 calories burned per minute and that's without the weights since I have a splint on one arm right now.
Congrats on the new gadget - I love gadgets, especially the ones that help the skinny me find her way out of the fluff.
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05-18-2010, 01:17 PM
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Resident Pixie
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Thanks for the advice! 
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Stopped smoking October 21, 2008
Made it to Onederland July 16, 2009
Transformation in Pictures
My Facebook
Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
- Conrad Hilton
Disclaimer: I am not a registered dietitian, nutritionist, any kind of health professional or fitness expert...I'm just a woman who's lost 161.5 pounds so far with a lot of hard work.
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