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Best way to track steps on daily walk

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2000 steps is on average supposed to be a mile. That will vary based on your leg length, but for me I found that estimate fairly accurate. Apple and Google maps can give you the walking distance to any location. And I walk enough to find my times were pretty consistent per mile. So after an about month I didn’t need the Amazon knockoff of Fitbit. (Which luckily was recalled soon after and I got my money back!) Now I just estimate my steps by time or distance. If you do use a counter on your wrist, just remember it counts steps based on swings of your arm. If you are carrying, pushing, or pulling something so your arm doesn’t swing it will undercount.

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Thanks for info on steps in a mile. 7 days a week I walk a mile. Wow, I need to walk more to get close to 10,000 steps!
I am looking at maybe getting a Garmin watch with GPS to be most accurate. But I can never make up my mind 🤔

I like to dance to polka music in my home so yesterday I put on my Fitbit watch😄. Dancing through five songs measured about one-third of a mile😊.