Best way to track steps on daily walk

Stick your Apple phone in your pocket and go!
I love my tracker that came with it.
Really very accurate except when I mow with the rider. 🙂

I use a Garmin watch.

I spend six months in Florida each winter
I walk 45 minutes five days a week , rather then count steps l just count time
It goes fast, mainly because I have a neighbour friend I walk with. We are both in our 80 and talk about everything under the Sun . When I get back for the summer i switch to doing gardening for a couple of hours a day and spend time with grand kids
I am a three year survivor of chemo treatment and need the walk to keep up my physical condition

@bobgallen There are many ways to count your steps on land. I use a Fitbit or my phone.
My question to anyone on this site is does anyone have an effective device to count steps while water walking in a pool. My Fitbit doesn’t count steps in the water and I am 99% sure my IPhone would not as well plus holding it and not getting it wet would not be practical.
I look forward to hearing from anyone who has found a device that is waterproof and counts steps in the water.

Apple Watch works well. I have had one for 3 years. It keep track of steps quite accurately, I believe.

Any name brand device will work, including the phone you likely already have.
If not completly accurate, any will be at least repeatable for a given activity.
So pick one and stick with it.
Most folks want to see that they're getting reasonable levels of activity and how they may be changing over time.
The nice thing about the dedicated activity trackers and smart watches, is that you can get a more detailed idea of how your fitness is changing along with your activity, if that's important to you.

@daveshaw The Fitbit and other devices like it are supposed to work under water. Have you considered trying strapping it to an ankle to see what happens?
Some people have reported using them this way on dry land.
I don't speak from experience, so I don't know how their waterproof claims hold up.

@newtoni48 Fitbits are waterproof but just not made for water walking. The ankles seem a little iffy.
Thanks for your response.
Maybe someone else has found something.
Enjoy your weekend.

@daveshaw
What about if you use a walker? How does one use watch or fit but for counting steps. I believe the steps are counted by arm swings when you’re wearing a watch the Garmin watch counts pushes if someone has a wheelchair. But what about a walker? Hmm if anyone knows please advise thank you everyone

@jlo5544 You can set up your phone's health app with information about you that will allow your phone's GPS to estimate your distance travelled and divide that by the average stride length you enter for your personal date in that section of the app. If your phone says the GPS says you walked 2 miles, and your average stride length, even with a walker, is about 18", then it divides the miles, converted to inches, by 18 for that stride length, and you'll get a number of steps.

Really, though, in the final analysis, it isn't the steps that are so important, although they can give you a handy reference for how far you have walked that day. Instead, it's the total distance you move your body because THAT is where the energy expenditure adds up. It costs you calories to move!

If you need help, find someone who can get a decent health/fitness app onto your smart phone and then set it up with information you don't mind the app people knowing about. From there, have the app automatically sense your movement, and when you check it late in the evening, you'll get the information displayed that tells you how active you have been, how many steps it took to be that active, and even tell you how many calories you expended. It will also probably provide you with a small graphic map of your route!