| Day | Steps | Moderate Steps | Moderate Time | kCal | Miles |
| Monday | 3943 | 360 | 3 minutes | 189 | 1.58 |
| Tuesday | 4979 | 1253 | 11 minute | 231 | 2.01 |
| Wednesday | 4135 | 997 | 9 minutes | 192 | 1.67 |
| Thursday | 8609 | 4853 | 44 minutes | 435 | 3.72 |
| Friday | 10751 | 542 | 5 minutes | 458 | 4.16 |
| Saturday | 7718 | 644 | 6 minutes | 317 | 2.90 |
| Sunday | 14850 | 7407 | 66 minutes | 749 | 6.38 |
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
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What's the difference between a step and a moderate step?
The pedometer defines them as:
"This pedometer displays the number of steps and minutes walked at a
moderate or brisk pace in a day. Moderate intensity activity is defined
as 3.0 to 6.0 METs by the American College of Sports Medicine
(ACSM). The unit automatically determines if the pace is a moderate
or brisk by minute.
NOTES:
• The “moderate” display will blink on the display after the first
minute has been completed.
• METs represents the ratio of exercise metabolic rate. One MET is
defined as the energy expenditure at resting condition, which, for
an average adult, is approximately 3.5 ml of oxygen intake per
kilogram (2.2 lb) of body weight per minute.
ACSM and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
physical activity recommendation for adults is at least 30 minutes of
moderate intensity activity 5 or more days per week. Moderate to
brisk walking at approximately 3.0 to 4.5 mph (may differ in
individuals) is one of the most popular activities to meet this
recommendation.
NOTE:
Walking up or down stairs or a steep slope, and walking on
treadmill may not be counted as moderate steps."
So basicaly those are steps that were at a pace that should have raised my metobolic rate.
Okay. Wow. Thank you for the very detailed answer. Our pedometers don't measure 'moderate' steps. :-/
copy and paste from the manual for the one that we got. The company paid for ours as part of a get fit project. I am glad they paid a bit more because these keep track of the days for you so you don't have to record anything before bed you just have to once a week get the info out because it records today and then the info for the previous 7 days.
I figure that while the goal of 10k is great I also should be trying to hit the 30 minutes of moderate thing also. There are some days that I didnt do too bad for total steps but only had a few moderate ones so that didn't help me to burn more calories.
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