Pedometers

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are they affected by loose clothing or body size?

[CH3ezEC4KE]

Body size can affect a pedometers results in terms of stride length, meaning total distance covered is different for each person

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thanks why is it useful to program stride length into a pedometer?

[CH3ezEC4KE]

I think just to work out distance,which in some cases can help to work out duration of the activity in a complicated way

[brenden]

Yeah the only time you've ever program your stride into a PM would be to measure distance. If you wanted to be able to run a certain distance in a certain amount of time it could be useful to keep track of distance. You'd measure out some distance, run it at your normal stride length and then divide the total distance by each stride to find the average stride distance. Then the PM can do the work. Obviously the longer the length, the more accurate the average. There are obviously a few flaws eg stride variance etc.
They could also be influenced by loose clothing as the PM might not be swining in sync with your body, rather with the randomness of your clothing. I dunno why you'd wear loose clothing running though.

[thushan]

Woah. At 3:30 am, I read "pedometer" and was like...PEDO!?

[brenden]

Woah. At 3:30 am, I read "pedometer" and was like...PEDO!?

Don't worry TRex, it's easy to mistake the words pedometer and paedometer.
The former is normally a little gadget used to measure steps, the latter normally an aversion to white vans, old men, and men named George Illiakis.

For example,
"Holy shit, do you see that guy giving a bunch of Scotch kids scotch?! My paedometer is tingling!"

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thanks