Advanced Pedometers - Improve Your Athletic Performance

Athletes need to make every minute of training time count. Even people who are using an exercise program to lose weight need to make the most of their valuable time. Tangible results and time management play the biggest roles in sustaining motivation, so tools to enhance these aspects of exercise are extremely important. Take a moment to see how advanced pedometers can help create a more successful workout program.

Accuracy
If you're walking your way toward personal fitness, you have probably looked at and even used pedometers in the past. You may have noticed that many pedometers aren't exactly accurate in counting your steps, and they can easily be thrown off by movement away from the suggested axis. Several advanced pedometers use innovative methods of getting around these problems and providing a higher degree of accuracy.

Downloadable
Simple pedometers count off paces, up to 99,999 in most situations, and reset to zero. If you want to track progress, you'll need to use a logbook. More advanced pedometers simplify things by allowing you to plug the pedometer into a USB port on any PC. Step counts and any other metrics are downloaded into PC software or software hosted on the company's website. You'll be able to track all metrics for any specified time period, so long as you remember to download the data regularly, which is much easier than manual entry.

Multifunction Advanced Pedometers
Athletes need as much information on their workout progress as possible, and all workout programs benefit from better data. Some pedometers now track a number of metrics, including time, distance and calories burned, and data is stored in on-site memory.