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The 10,000 Steps Myth

Maintenance Phase

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The Importance of Pedometers

The iPhone pedometer is estimated to undercount your steps by about 21%. The other ones that you wear at your waistband or your wrist, the sort of more mechanical pedometers have been reported to capture things like typing as taking steps. "For decades, selling a pedometer meant explaining what a pedometer does and why you would want one"

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