As regular readers know, I am an Omron pedometer kind of person. I really think they are on the cutting edge of pedometer design and as you know, my daily pedometer is an Omron.
I just heard about a cool feature that a Sportline pedometer has that is giving me some pause though. Apparently, there is a new Sportline that tells you the percentage of steps towards your goal. For example, say your goal is 10,000 steps, and you’ve walked 5,000, then you’d be at 50% of your goal.
I think this is great. We all know that we have a goal in our mind that we want to reach, but if my goal os 7,500 steps and I’ve walked 4,712 steps, what percentage is that? Do I need to “step” it up, or am I pretty sure I’m going to make my goal? (Pardon the pun.) If however, my pedometer is telling me I’ve walked 41% of my goal, I can correlate that with the time of day and decided whether I need to increase my activity level or not. If I’m at 41% at 10:00 in the morning, then no big deal, but if I’m at 41% at 7:00 pm, then I’m in danger of not meeting my goal.
I’ll try to see if I can find one of these pedometers and keep you posted.
