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Clip it, anywhere or slide it into your pocket. The new Qlip pedometer, powered by the Infiniti Motion Sensor will accurately track your steps, distance-traveled and calories-burned in any orientation and from just about anywhere your body. It’s the perfect training companion; small, smart and handsome. more info

Many of us hate to exercise which can result in increasing weight and many associated health problems including heart disease, diabetes and blood pressure. Starting an exercise program is easy, keeping it up is difficult! One way to get more exercise without going to the gym is to walk more and a simple pedometer can help you to achieve this.

A pedometer is a device to help you track the number of steps you take and by setting realistic goals you can increase the amount of exercise you take and therefore help to lose weight and become healthier. Trials have shown that using a pedometer can be effective in increasing the number of calories burned. Twenty six studies, reviewed in the Journal of American Medicine showed that using a pedometer helped to increase the daily physical activity of the participants by around 2000 steps when compared with participants not using a pedometer. 2000 steps is roughly equivalent to a mile that they walked extra each day and represents an increase in activity of about 25%. This is a significant increase and would have a major effect on the health and weight of the participants.

One of the important things to take into account is to set realistic goals. Setting a step goal daily was shown to have a significant effect on the level of physical activity. Those who maintained their step goal showed increased activity and were more likely to experience benefits including reduced blood pressure and to lose weight. However blood sugar levels and cholesterol levels were unaffected.

Using a pedometer then can help a great deal in increasing your physical activity without going to the gym or buying expensive exercise equipment. Increasing the amount of walking you do in a day can have huge benefits in both health and weight reduction and using a simple pedometer is an easy way to monitor this increase. You can use easy exercises such as walking instead of working out at the gym to keep fit and healthy.  Pedometers are inexpensive and easy to use and can be bought for as little as $20

An easy and popular way to lose weight and become healthier is to walk more and you can monitor how much you are walking with a simple pedometer. One goal that is recommended is to walk 10,000 steps every day. This may be too much to start so one way is to monitor how many steps you are taking in a normal day then try to increase this gradually until you achieve this target.

Once you have set your target monitor the number of steps throughout the day. Check around noon to see how many steps you have taken and increase the amount during the afternoon if you haven’t done enough. Try taking the stairs instead of the elevator or parking the car further away from where you are going. Although 10,000 is a good target you may not achieve that straight away. It may take you a few weeks or even months to do it but increasing the number of steps slowly day by day will have a definite benefit on your health.

Use the pedometer by attaching it to your clothes or wrist first thing in the morning and only remove it when you go to bed at night. You should also keep a record of your achievements each day. Some of the more expensive and sophisticated pedometers allow you to automatically upload data to your computer to keep records. If you don’t want to buy an expensive pedometer it’s easy to keep a record in a journal or a spreadsheet. It will help to motivate you as you see your progress day by day!

Keep up the journal, increase the number of steps to 10,000 a day and you will soon see benefits in your health, fitness level and weight.

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