Today, our new Nintendo DSgame, Personal Trainer: Walking, showed up and my wife and I got excited. I am using the black pedometer and she is using the white pedometer. We wanted to get the game to work on the 10,000 step workout program where you walk 10,000 steps a day to help live a healthy lifestyle. There is also a competition at work that involves getting 10,000 steps a day for 30 days. I can't wait to start on that program tomorrow. We tried out the new pedometers by walking around the neighborhood for about 25 minutes and we picked up 3200 steps. The initial default goal is 3000 steps which we got, but we changed it to 10,000 steps starting tomorrow.
We initially got some free pedometers from my mom in May. I was wearing it everyday and the most steps I was getting was 6500. I did a lot of walking that day. My average was about 3000 steps for about four weeks. My coworker got the Personal Trainer game and he said that he logged 10,000 steps on the first day he had it. I asked him about his walking routine and it pretty much matched mine. I tested the pedometer in the office by walking 10 steps and it measured 2-3 steps both times. The cheap pedometer kept me from showing me that I actually had done 10,000 steps.
I hope we continue to enjoy it. I know I will enjoy it until at least the work competition is completed.
Fun Fact: 10,000 steps is equivalent to 5 miles.