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17,381
29Sep2005 Filed under: fitness, grad school, infoviz, steps, university of michigan Author: NoorFor my infoviz class, my group is working on a fitness application that uses pedometers to track the number of steps a person takes in a day. The average American walks about 5,000 steps a day and most walking programs recommend walking 10,000 steps a day. My group and I have had our nifty pedometers (thanks to the UM Department of Family Medicine) for about a week now. Most school days, I walk around 7,000 - 8,000 steps a day. Over the weekend, my step counts were dismal (a little over 4,000 steps) due to the fact that I’m just at home working on homework. This morning, I walked over to the IMSB and worked out for a half hour on the elliptical trainer.
17,381 is the number of steps I’ve taken today. According to my pedometer, that’s about 7 miles.
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My name is Noor and this is my blog where I write about the mundane details of my life. I’m 30 and live in Northern California with my cats Mulder & Scully.
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Cari
September 29th, 2005 at 11:11 pm
That’s a great project! Way to motivate yourself to exercise! Does it record your steps on the elliptical trainer?
Noor
September 30th, 2005 at 6:58 am
Yep, I think my half hour on the elliptical was 4,000 steps.
mattbot
September 30th, 2005 at 5:12 pm
I still haven’t broken 10,000 steps, and I only get close on the days I run :(
Noor
September 30th, 2005 at 5:14 pm
I think my step counts are probably inflated because I’m so freaking short! :p
srah
October 3rd, 2005 at 10:35 am
I want a pedometer now! I keep thinking “I walked a lot today. I wonder how many steps?!”
Noor
October 3rd, 2005 at 11:53 am
You could always beg apete to loan you his for a day!
Or you could just buy one . . .
Although the one we’ve got isn’t even available in the US yet! ;)
The Desert of My Dreams » phantom pedometer syndrome
January 21st, 2006 at 8:30 pm
[…] At the end of last semester, my infoviz group and I had to give back the pedometers we were kindly given to play with while working on Fitster. Since then, I’ve wondered many times, “How many steps have I taken today?” and I’ve often found myself reaching into my pocket looking for the pedometer. Today, Amazon finally delivered the pedometer that I ordered several weeks ago. This model is the exact same one we used during our Fitster pilot study except that the Fitster model had a USB port. I can’t wait to wear it tomorrow and see how many steps I can get in. […]