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 ...

Almost half of American adults don't meet recommended weekly physical activity levels, but new BYU research suggests a surprisingly simple way to help increase exercise time: just strap on an activity ...

Your iPhone isn’t slacking off when it sits in your pocket. No, it’s industriously counting your every step, ready to tell you the total so you can celebrate by buying cake if you hit your daily goal.

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 ...

There’s a trend in corporate America that has employees wear a step counter — technically a pedometer — and compete in teams to see who can get the most number of steps. We wonder how many people ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last week, new research found that walking 9,000 steps a day could reduce your risk of cancer, while previous studies have found ...

You don't need to wear a smartwatch or fitness band. Just carry your phone and let an app track your step count. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog ...

Most of us know a few people who talk often about how many steps they’ve gotten in during a twenty-four-hour period and routinely use that number to describe how their day went: “Yesterday I had so ...

Dr S A Clemes, Department of Human Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK; s.a.clemes{at}lboro.ac.uk Objectives: To investigate the influence of wearing a pedometer and recording ...

Jade Bryan is a Feature Author at Android Police with over a decade of tech reviews and news reporting experience, stretching back to the Symbian era and the early days of Android. He covers the ...

Almost half of American adults don’t meet recommended weekly physical activity levels, but new BYU research suggests a surprisingly simple way to help increase exercise time: just strap on an activity ...