If you're keen on keeping track of your fitness activity, especially your distance, time and number of steps, then sooner or later you'll end up thinking about a pedometer watch. Before you decide which one you're going to buy, here are a few things you should look for.
1. First of all, is it accurate enough for your needs? If you just need a rough guide, then your choice will be that much wider, but if you need an accurate reading, there are only a few pedometer watches you should shortlist.
2. Make sure the pedometer uses modern accelerometer technology to measure movement. If it uses old technology it will be next to useless for accurate measurement. If you check for the mention of the word accelerometer you'll be fine.
3. Can it tell the difference between running and walking? It might sound an obvious question, but make sure the pedometer watch you go for can actually distinguish between different types of exercise. The better models usually employ some sort of delay mechanism which detects a specific type of activity for a short period of time before it counts it.
4. Can you customize the pedometer? It's important that you can enter your specific body type, weight, movement style ..etc. This is essential if you're going to track distance and calorie burning with any degree of accuracy.
5. Does it have the capacity to store all the info you need? If you like to keep track of your progress over the weeks, make sure the pedometer can store that much information. There's no good getting a pedometer that can only save a weeks worth of data if you want to measure your progress over several months.
That probably covers the main technical issues, but of course you'll also want to check you're getting the best price. Don't forget to find out if there's any special deals on offer, especially around the holiday season.
I'm a real fan of pedometer watches, so much so that I've pretty much stopped using normal pedometers. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with a normal pedometer, it's just that convenience of a pedometer watch, especially one that tells the time, makes using them much easier for me. - 15343
1. First of all, is it accurate enough for your needs? If you just need a rough guide, then your choice will be that much wider, but if you need an accurate reading, there are only a few pedometer watches you should shortlist.
2. Make sure the pedometer uses modern accelerometer technology to measure movement. If it uses old technology it will be next to useless for accurate measurement. If you check for the mention of the word accelerometer you'll be fine.
3. Can it tell the difference between running and walking? It might sound an obvious question, but make sure the pedometer watch you go for can actually distinguish between different types of exercise. The better models usually employ some sort of delay mechanism which detects a specific type of activity for a short period of time before it counts it.
4. Can you customize the pedometer? It's important that you can enter your specific body type, weight, movement style ..etc. This is essential if you're going to track distance and calorie burning with any degree of accuracy.
5. Does it have the capacity to store all the info you need? If you like to keep track of your progress over the weeks, make sure the pedometer can store that much information. There's no good getting a pedometer that can only save a weeks worth of data if you want to measure your progress over several months.
That probably covers the main technical issues, but of course you'll also want to check you're getting the best price. Don't forget to find out if there's any special deals on offer, especially around the holiday season.
I'm a real fan of pedometer watches, so much so that I've pretty much stopped using normal pedometers. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with a normal pedometer, it's just that convenience of a pedometer watch, especially one that tells the time, makes using them much easier for me. - 15343
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