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josephsjourney17
josephsjourney17 Posts: 24 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
is it wrong for me to use my pedometer on my phone while walking on a treadmill?

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,565 Member
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    Why would it be? People with activity trackers go on treadmills and have their steps counted.
  • RecognitionT
    RecognitionT Posts: 120 Member
    edited February 2018
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    No sir.
  • ysienkiewicz
    ysienkiewicz Posts: 86 Member
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    If you don't have a tracker, then using your phone as a pedometer sounds like a great idea.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 13,939 Member
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    Only if looking at your phone results in err.... a walking accident :blush:
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,426 Member
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    josephsjourney17 wrote: »
    is it wrong for me to use my pedometer on my phone while walking on a treadmill?

    Morally wrong or it won't count steps properly?

    If it works then use it.
  • josephsjourney17
    josephsjourney17 Posts: 24 Member
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    The reason I asked this question is because I didn’t know if my phone would be more accurate then the treadmill
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
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    josephsjourney17 wrote: »
    The reason I asked this question is because I didn’t know if my phone would be more accurate then the treadmill

    I guess it depends what you are trying to track. I use my fitness watch on the treadmill and it counts my steps accurately, but is off a little on the distance. If I want to do 5K, I go by the treadmill. But if you are trying to figure out calories burned, neither is really close.

    If you want to calculate calories burned, use one of

    walking Distance in miles * .3 * your weight in pounds
    Running Distance in miles * .63 * your weight in pounds

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