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Friday, July 19, 2013

Pedometer Testing: Summary So Far

Obviously, I need more data points.

total steps wed fri

WOW.

Here are the end of the day totals:

total steps wed fri 2

active minutes wed fri

Average of Differences Wed – Fri

Steps
FitBit: 774
Pulse: -559

Active Time
FitBit: 230
Pulse: 20

A quick note about Active Time. You have to be moving for ten minutes before the Omron begins to count active time, so it won’t count any walk 9 minutes or shorter, no matter how quickly I walk. For the FitBit, I combined Fairly Active and Very Active minutes; for the Pulse, I combined moderate and intense activity, although over the three day span I had less than 5 minutes of “intense activity.”

I think that the Pulse is correct in the amount of “intense activity” I had. I was pretty lazy this week during my walks.

Also, I’m not quite done today–I still have laundry and a couple other chores that will have me up and moving around. So I’ll look at this again tomorrow.

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