Pedometer users: How many steps do you take a day?

Congratulations, and good for you! Yes, I bought one as well, although it was meant for the SO who doesn’t own a car and proclaims that his job is to walk in circles all day. (And it sort of is.)

I haven’t been able to figure out how to set it properly based upon how it measures a person’s stride. I’ll give it another shot, based upon the inspiration from this question. If I decide to ditch this model, what type do you have?

I, too, wonder what brand you are using.

They are for counting steps? I always thought they were for measuring pedophiles

The brand is a Via Mini Sports Pedometer.

Between 5,000 and 15,000. Some days I don’t move much at all, but more often I get well over 10,000. My zumba class is about 5,000, so the days I zumba (usually 3–4 times a week) the number gets way up there.

Same-ish numbers as @JLeslie.

If I mow the lawn, do gardening or take a long walk I sometimes hit 20K or really close.

In winter, I have to try diligently to keep my numbers close to 10K. It’s more of a chore in Dec-Feb for me. I tend to stick to the bike and dvds, then.

This site looks interesting, @filmfann:
http://www.thewalkingsite.com/10000steps.html

I bought a pedometer once, with the goal of tracking how much I walked and aiming to reach the recommended level of 10,000 steps a day. In the first week, which was a totally typical week for me, I averaged 12,500 a day and only once was below 10,000. The top day was 18,000. After that I figured I didn’t need the pedometer, and ended up giving it to a colleague at work.

I have a pedometer on my ipod. But it’s stupid because I could count 10 steps, and it would say 3 steps. I don’t use it.