10000

that's the number of recomended steps one should take in a day to keep fit. or so they say. well it does make a little bit of sense since the number of steps directly translates to you going from one place to the next covering a certain distance. it also means that you're actually getting off your lazy bum and doing something physical, albeit not quite like exercise but something in between couch-potato-comatose-syndrome sitting and sports-buff-health-junkie running.

but i think it's just a ploy to push the sales of pedometers. and that still didn't stop me from buying one over the weekend.


pros and cons in bullet points.

pros:
-pocket size and very thin!
-the step counter only starts to count your steps after your first five steps. this feature prevents adding "steps" which comes from shaking the pedometer.
-big display
-other features: stop watch, clock, distance traveled, calories burned

cons:
-it has to be put either in a vertical or horizontal position. readings are inaccurate if put diagonaly.
-somewhat imprecise. but i think it's because i haven't inputted my stride length correctly.

so the plan is to do a minimum of 10000 steps a day. let's get to it then.

(will update this post tomorrow with the number of steps i clock in today, an average working day.)

update: number of steps yesterday - click