A $20 fitness gadget stood up to multiple research studies, helping people walk an additional mile each day — but only if they logged their steps. Those who did lowered their blood pressure and lost a ...

Hugh Lander thought he was pretty active, until his pedometer proved otherwise. When he first started using the gadget last year, he logged a dismal 3,000 steps a day. Once he got strategic, nothing ...

Caroline Brown has a drawer full of pedometers. There’s one to match nearly every outfit she owns. “I’m mad for pedometers,” Brown said. It figures. The 52-year-old is health and fitness director at ...

Step counting has been a time-honored fitness metric for decades, even if the 10,000-step rule of thumb was based on a Japanese marketing strategy rather than anything resembling science. The older ...

Researchers have found that the use of a pedometer is associated with significant increases in physical activity and weight loss and improvements in blood pressure. The pedometer, a small, inexpensive ...

If the journey toward fitness begins with a single step, make sure it’s counted with a pedometer. These little step-tracking gadgets now have a solid track record when it comes to motivating people to ...

Make that 10,000 hops, skips and jumps. Ferrara recently launched a program using pedometers in her classes at Irving Elementary School after she noticed more and more of her students were leading ...

Pedometers are an old style fitness tracker, but now more people are sporting wearable fitness tracking devices on their wrist. Are they just a fashion trend, or do they really help motivate us to ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pedometers have ticked off many miles since Leonardo da Vinci sketched his version, essentially a pendulum for walkers, in the 15th century. While step counting will never be a ...