A $20 fitness gadget stood up to multiple research studies, helping people walk an additional mile each day — but only if they logged their steps. Those who did lowered their blood pressure and lost a ...

Step counting has been a time-honored fitness metric for decades, even if the 10,000-step rule of thumb was based on a Japanese marketing strategy rather than anything resembling science. The older ...

Derby physical education teacher Paula Ferrara knows fitness could be a hop, skip and a jump away for students at Irving Elementary School. Make that 10,000 hops, skips and jumps. Ferrara recently ...

People who set daily walking goals for themselves and clip on a pedometer to count the number of steps they take go farther in life than those who don't -- a whole mile farther, in fact. New research ...

According to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, programs promoting step goals - such as walking 10,000 steps per day - can encourage people to exercise enough to reap health ...

STANFORD, Calif. - The pedometer, a small, inexpensive device that counts the number of steps walked per day, could be key to ramping up a person's physical activity. Researchers at the Stanford ...

If you’re wanting to keep track of how active you are, a pedometer may be the way to go. The tools, which are referred to as step trackers, are portable devices that measure activity throughout the ...

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Hey guys, Mrs. Foolery wants a step counter (aka pedometer) for Christmas, in an effort to get into better shape for hiking next summer. Is there anyone in the Lounge who has experience with ...