Do You have a Pedometer?

I see that I worded that incorrectly... I do not walk to work. I work 10 miles away from my house and that would be some walk! Not that I couldn't do it. I mean, walking does not work for me, as exercise. Walking doesn't raise my heart rate, I'm just not that out of shape. For someone out of shape, I could see walking as exercise. If I go on a 10 to 20 mile bike ride, then my heart rate goes up and I get sweaty and I actually feel like I am exercising. Or if I go running I feel like I did some exercise. But walking is just transportation to me. I could walk 20 miles tomorrow and the only thing that would bother me is that it would take so much time. But I wouldn't be sore from that or feel like I exercised. Although it should still burn 70 calories per mile. By the way, I'm not saying walking is bad if you enjoy it. Just that for me, it isn't worth the amount of time it takes as far as being exercise. If I want to burn calories, practically anything else is faster than walking. If I want to get toned, again, anything beats walking. But if you find walking relaxing and it's fun, by all means, it isn't bad for you. I do enjoy hiking, that makes walking fun because there is good scenery.

I'm not following how too much walking to work isn't good exercise for You..as long as you're getting your heart rate above it's base rate,it's helping your fitness level,and getting the rate above 70% of your maximum recommended rate is definitely good exercise..

The App has a few "Challenges" built in for you to undertake-It reminds you to drink water,suggests drinking Herbal tea,hiding your salt cellar,etc..completing such challenges gains you a distance credit on top of whatever the Pedometer has counted..I've only tried the thing out a couple of days so far,and it already tells me I've covered the equivalent of a Marathon race!

as you have to set them up to allow for differences in a person's stride,I think they work to an average count,so you'd probably find differences between an actual count of your steps and the gadgets reckoning.