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Best way to track steps on daily walk

Posted by dj12 @dj12, Jun 12 9:44am

I walk every day except the week I have chemo, usually a half hour. I am guessing I walk a mile? I have been doing my walks for 4 years since my cancer diagnosis. They are now part of my day.
I would like to count my steps but would like to know how other people do this. Is a pedometer, watch, phone or other device the most accurate? Thanks!

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cattknap | @cattknap | Aug 21 11:03am

If you can, buy an Apple Watch. Between the watch and the health app on your Apple phone, many things are tracked including steps/miles, resting heart rate, heart health, all kinds of sleep related factors, steadiness, oxygen levels, recovery heart rate, stride when walking, calories burned, etc.

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crn | @crn | Aug 22 8:09am

iPhone is easy and accurate. See the Health app which is designated by a red heart in white background. Easy, peasy.

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gpappa | @gpappa | Aug 23 5:51am

I founda pedometer i wear on my waist to be the easiest way to track steps, as i do not like carrying my phone or wearing a watch,
and found this one on amazon for about 25 bucks as it serves the purpose.

3DTriSport Walking 3D Pedometer with Clip and Strap, Free eBook | 30 Days Memory, Accurate Step Counter, Walking Distance Miles/Km, Calorie Counter, Daily Target Monitor, Exercise Time (Grey/Black)

That is the best way to help your mind and body in a casual walk listening to a podcase or music.
i walk several times a week, for about 30-45 minutes it depends on your stride but for me a nice casual walk in 30 -45 minutes is 2 miles.

Best of luck with your treatment!

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scottbeammeup | @scottbeammeup | Aug 23 9:26am
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@sisyphus

Never counted ... since I learned to stand up...8 decades ago ... because Movement is Pleasure.
Strange what we did out of our inborn impulse/instinct, grows so rusted as we grow old.
Something is not right with our ways of living.
Let's recall the pleasure we felt when we moved -- ran, jumped, climbed and...

Our bodies are smart enough to remind us -- through a feeling of tiredness -- when it's time to slow down or stop. We don't need SOMEONE (or someTHING) telling US as WE know best when to continue on or stop.

As I came back from subway to bus carrying 15 lbs of cat litter and 6 lbs of grocery up and down many steps, walking another ten minutes to my suite on 2nd floor (yes there is elevator) I teased myself, 'How about walking up some more? Two more floors I was breathing heavy with mouthfuls of air; two more floors my Excitement was wearing out. Walking down used different muscles. Unloading to my apt I felt good and tired. Oh, I never looked what floor on way up. Staying in tune with body is wiser.

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It's interesting. I can walk for MILES. Five miles easily every day and 10 if I push it a little bit but walking up 4-5 flights of stairs tires me out. I guess stairs are a different kind of stamina.

Not sure where you live, but I live near New York City and took a tour of the old tenements on the Lower East Side. Back in the day, wealthier people lived on the ground floors and the poorer people lived on the 4th and 5th floors. Elevators changed all that.

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cattknap | @cattknap | Aug 23 9:59am
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@scottbeammeup

It's interesting. I can walk for MILES. Five miles easily every day and 10 if I push it a little bit but walking up 4-5 flights of stairs tires me out. I guess stairs are a different kind of stamina.

Not sure where you live, but I live near New York City and took a tour of the old tenements on the Lower East Side. Back in the day, wealthier people lived on the ground floors and the poorer people lived on the 4th and 5th floors. Elevators changed all that.

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You are right about climbing stairs vs walking. I know from experience that daily walks where there are hills and steep inclines give you a level of stamina that walking on flat surfaces does not. We are retired and live in the Rocky Mountains and climb hills 5 days a week and take the stairs instead of elevators when given the chance. R

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scottbeammeup | @scottbeammeup | Aug 23 11:08am
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@cattknap

You are right about climbing stairs vs walking. I know from experience that daily walks where there are hills and steep inclines give you a level of stamina that walking on flat surfaces does not. We are retired and live in the Rocky Mountains and climb hills 5 days a week and take the stairs instead of elevators when given the chance. R

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I lived in San Francisco for a few years and was in fantastic shape from walking and biking all those hills. I learned after a couple months there that people just ignore the hills and act like they aren't even there. Where I live now is mostly flat.

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