The Pedometer Experiment…
I've always been reluctant to get a pedometer for my wrist because I figured it was too easy to "game" the system, joking..."he could get steps playing the piano".
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However, I recently got an Apple Watch and love all the data it provides.
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I also love the note taking features.
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I used to carry around a voice recorder because ideas can come and go quickly.
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Now, I just hold the watch to my mouth and the idea is captured for all eternity...or until I delete it.
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Anyway, I wanted to see if the Pedometer feature was accurate.
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I like to get 10,000 steps per day and was curious if having a pedometer swinging on my arm was giving me an accurate count.
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So, I paused and took a pic of where I was...
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I then counted out 100 steps and the pedometer read...
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Close enough!
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I then wondered if it was a function of my swinging arm, so I walked 100 more steps without swinging the arm my watch is on...
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Again, close enough!
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I went home shortly after that because it started to rain but I still had almost 1000 steps to get before 10,000 so I wondered how accurate it would be if I marched in place.
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Starting at...
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and marching in place for 100 steps...
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98 is pretty darn close.
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Then, marching 100 steps without swinging my arm...
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Spot on.
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Here's the weird part.
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I wondered if sitting in a chair and just moving my arm for 100 swings (up and down =1) would register 100 steps.
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When I wondered this, the count was...
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After 100 swings, sitting in a chair, the count was 202 higher!
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To be clear...sitting in a chair start with the arm on your leg...bend elbow up and then back down to your leg = 1 by my count. I did that 100 times and it registered as 202 steps.
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Weird but interesting.
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Still, color me impressed with the accuracy.
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Yes, you could get "steps" playing the piano but you're only cheating yourself.
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EXPERIMENT DONE!
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