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100,000 Steps Completed

dubbie

Just finished the Walking Challenge that I set for myself of taking 100,000 steps outside in 10 days. I actually managed it in only 9 days. It has been more of a struggle than I imagined, mainly because I think my step counter only counts 'some' of my steps. I've raised some money for Zimbabwe (http://www.paraclete.org.uk/), enjoyed getting up at 6.30am and going for a walk. I think I will continue to get up early - as long as it is light.

 

Although the step counter was low cost I was still disappointed with it's performance. I think that it missed between 25% - 33% of my steps, all taken outside. It uses a ball making contact with connectors to identify when a step has taken place, with some electronic wizardry that performs some sort of filtering as it only updates every few steps. I am assuming that it is optimised for some standard walking frequency (perhaps even gait?) with the ball and contacts designed to this resonant frequency. I am probably not achieving that standard pace as I do walk very slowly (always have).

 

I am tempted to take it apart now that I have finished the challenge but fear I may not be able to put it together again! Not that I intend to use it again - at least not before consuming more cake calories than I have used up (apparently only 668 kCal! so only one cake).

 

As the UK seems about to enter the Lockdown phase or Covid-19 I might not be able to get much more walking in so now I am thinking I might make my own walking treadmill. There was some activity about this idea on element14 many years ago but has anyone done anything recently?

 

Dubbie

 

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  • I think walking is really the best exercise, especially for us older folks.  My granddog will be 6 years old this month and we go for a 4-5 mile walk every day (even in the rain!).  When she was about 6 months old my son bought me a FitBit for my birthday.  I just looked at my dashboard and I've walked a little over 26 million steps (almost 11 thousand miles).  Running is good for aerobics but is hard on old joints, so we walk up hills instead (we have a few hundred feet of elevation change in our neighborhood).  I've logged over 41 thousand floors so far.  Having the dog (she's a Beagle) has really been great for my health.

     

    Hope you continue your walking - it will really compensate for those delicious cakes image.

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  • I think walking is really the best exercise, especially for us older folks.  My granddog will be 6 years old this month and we go for a 4-5 mile walk every day (even in the rain!).  When she was about 6 months old my son bought me a FitBit for my birthday.  I just looked at my dashboard and I've walked a little over 26 million steps (almost 11 thousand miles).  Running is good for aerobics but is hard on old joints, so we walk up hills instead (we have a few hundred feet of elevation change in our neighborhood).  I've logged over 41 thousand floors so far.  Having the dog (she's a Beagle) has really been great for my health.

     

    Hope you continue your walking - it will really compensate for those delicious cakes image.

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  • in reply to ralphjy

    Ralph,

     

    I'm impressed by your 23 Million steps! I had been thinking of the next step-up from 100,000 in 10 days and decided that 1,000,000 steps in 100 days was just going too far. I think I'll just stick to going for a walk when I feel like it now. I do not have a dog, I think I would like one but I do not want the hassle of having one.

     

    Dubbie