Step Counter Pedometer

Sweat, pressure points, and shearing forces can lead to blisters. Your socks are your first line of defense against these enemies. They must fit correctly so they don’t bunch up and lead to pressure and shearing forces. They must wick sweat away from your skin. Forget cotton socks. Forget tube socks. Invest in wicking, anatomically designed walking socks and your feet will thank you.

Today’s Socks

Luckily, you can find such socks designed for walking, jogging, and light hiking from several manufacturers.

Thickness and Padding

Socks designed for walking will have light padding in key areas – heel, ball of foot, toes and in some cases the instep. Some socks forgo the padding. My feet do best with a medium-thickness sock, but tend to blister with a single-layer non-padded thin sock.

Double Layer Socks

Double-layer socks prevent blisters by providing wicking and decreasing friction, as the sock layers move against each other rather than your foot moving against the sock. Some find them the key to blister prevention, although I have done best with a single-layer sock. WrightSock is a leader in this type of socks.

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Anatomic Design

To keep the sock in place and prevent bunching, it needs to be shaped like your foot. Many designs have elastic or ribbing to keep them snug. Men’s and women’s feet differ in shape, so a gender-specific sock is wise. For those of us with bunions, you may find your sock is the culprit for irritation rather than the shoe and need to shop for a sock that doesn’t bunch your toes together.

Wicking Fabrics

Say no to cotton. Look for a sock in wicking fabrics such as CoolMax, Dri-Fit, Sorbtek and many others coming on the market. Smartwool uses wool for its moisture management system. The wicking fabrics are the key to preventing blisters.

Article Source: Wendy Bumgardner, About.com Guide

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The essentials of a good fitness goal are:

• Realistic: The goal should be challenging, but realistically achievable. Don’t set you sights too low, but also don’t set yourself up for failure.

• Measurable: Your goal should be stated in a way that can be measured. How many miles a week? How many pounds or inches to lose? What 10K distance time? Finishing a marathon by what date?

• Dated: Set dates by which you will attain the goal and intermediate goals along the way.

• Written down: Your goal should be made concrete so you can review it.

• Track your progress: Keep your goal in sight and see what steps you are making towards attaining it.

• Celebrate success: Along the way when you reach new milestones, it is time to celebrate. And when you achieve your overall goals, don’t hold back – reward yourself.

Setting realistic and measurable goals: You will have to know how fit you are now and what is possible. For weight loss, do not set a goal of losing more than 1-2 pounds a week or 5-10 pounds a month, and plan for plateaus along the way. For increasing speed and distance, plan for increasing no more than 10-15% a week in order to prevent injury and allow muscles to repair and build. Visit our Fitness Toolbox for fitness analysis and our Weightloss Toolbox for calculators for basal metabolic rate, calorie burning, meal planning and more.

Dating Your Goals: One of the best ways to set a date in concrete is to apply it to a major walking event. If you want to be able to walk a certain distance or have a speed goal, find an upcoming walking event and register for it. Walking Event Calendarsand Marathon Calendars. Not only will this make the goal concrete, it will also reward you for attaining it, especially if you register for an event at a great destination you’ve been wanting to visit.

Article Source: Wendy Bumgardner, About.com Guide

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Do you know that park you car wisely can be a good method to improve your health?

All of us know that we don’t always have the time to exercise on a regular basis. Even if we have enrolled in a gym, often time due to heavy workload and long hours of meetings we have to attend, we can’t even fully utilize our gym session and facilities. Fortunately, with the help of a step counter pedometer, we can make minor adjustment to our daily activities, and incorporate that into our exercise routine. Here is how:

Due to recent oil price uncertain fluctuation and price rise, we have to deal with the rising price of gas, and other things that are directly or indirectly related to it. Owning a car and maintaining a car is another burden that all of us have to bear. Not only driving a car can be dangerous (accident do happen) but it also contributed to air and noise pollutions. In order to save money on gas and car maintenance, reduce road accident, and help save the environment, we can reduce the use of car.

If you stay very near to your office, try to walk to the office and back. If this is not possible, you may think of cycling to work. Use the step counter pedometer to help count the steps you’ve taken or the distance you’ve traveled, that way you can monitor the calories burnt, and the amount of exercise you’ve performed.

If you stay far from your office, try to park further to your office, and walk a little bit more to office and back. Similarly, use the step counter pedometer to count the steps you’ve walked, monitor the steps for the week to make sure you’ve walked the amount of steps as required.

Driving to the store and finding parking space near the store can sometimes time consuming, try park further to the store and walk there. This not only save you time to find parking space, but also help ease up the congestion. Always put on the step counter pedometer whenever you go to the more, let it counts your steps you will be on the way to an active and healthier you.

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A step counter pedometer senses your body motion and counts your footsteps. This count is converted into distance by knowing the length of your usual stride. Wearing a step pedometer and recording your daily steps and distance is a great motivating tool. You can wear a pedometer all day, every day and record total steps. Or you can wear it just when you go out for a walking workout.

Multi-function Pedometers
All step counter pedometers count steps, although they may use different methods to do so. These include (in general order of accuracy): piezo-electric accelerometers, a coiled spring mechanism, and a hairspring mechanism. Beyond showing the step total and/or calculating the distance, features abound. The top features are: Calorie estimates, clocks, timers, stopwatches and speed estimators, 7-day memory, pulse rate readers.

Simple Step Counting Pedometers
The simplest step counter pedometers only count your steps and display steps and/or distance. This is all you need to track to keep yourself motivated. Set a goal of distance or steps for each day. The recommended number of steps is 6000 for health, 10,000 for weight loss when you count all steps during the day. For weight loss, an uninterrupted walk each day of 4000-6000 steps is recommended.

Pedometer Accuracy
The current generation of step counter pedometers uses turned pendulum technology, accelerometers, and/or electronics to count your steps. The unit should be accurate in its count when you wear it correctly – you may have to experiment with where to wear it. Distance accuracy depends on setting your stride length correctly.

How to Wear Your Pedometer
A step counter pedometer should be comfortable to wear all day and be held securely by its clip, an extra safety leash is almost required. The display should be easy to read without removing the unit from your waistband. It should be protected so that bumps don’t punch a button and reset the count. It should easy and intuitive to move between functions.

Pedometer Walking Programs
Keeping records of your steps and/or distance can keep you on track. You can record your daily totals in any log, or get your step counter pedometer and log through one of the pedometer walking programs offered.

Walking Speedometers/Odometers
Timex, Garmin, and others true speedometers/odometers that track your speed and distance continuously using GPS. Nike uses an accelerometer to display continuous speed and distance, but may need to be calibrated for walking vs. running.

Pedometers that Upload and Graph Your Data
For data junkies, what could be better than a step counter pedometer that uploaded your walking data and showed you graphs and charts of your activity? There are several brands available. Some function just as a step pedometer, while others use a footpod or GPS sensor to give more accurate speed or distance.

Article Source: Wendy Bumgardner, About.com Guide

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