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From: Jim the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Steps counting apps - and finally
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In article <v28h08$22t1$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com>, 
andrew@spam.net says...
> 
> Andrew wrote on Fri, 17 May 2024 21:04:14 -0000 (UTC) :
> 
> > What you might want to do given you tested a number of apps is find the
> > average, and then select and app that you like that was close to the mean.
> 
> Or.... since the average could still be incorrect, what you might want to
> do (although tedious) is literally *count* your steps (yes, tedious).
> 
> And then you'd know which one is correct as otherwise you're stuck with the
> old adage about knowing the time when you have two clocks in front of you.
> 
> One perhaps slightly less tedious way to count the steps is to measure your
> stride, and then find a flat area to walk a given decent distance at as
> much of the same stride as you can facilitate. Then do the simple math.
> 
> Whichever app is closest to your control, would be the most accurate
> (at least for flat land with even strides).

Thanks Andrew.
It all started with an argument between two friends in the pub.
Neither of them will have thought about stride length or whether they 
were burning calories. They probably read somewhere that taking 'x' 
strides a day would go towards living for ever and yah boo sucks I do 
more strides than you.
My quick check suggests they are talking tosh, not only about what other 
things go on with their life, but they are comparing apples with oranges 
and it all baloney.
But how many others believe they are saved by an app of dubious 
validity.
Perhaps they shouldn't be in the pub if they want to live longer.

-- 
Jim the Geordie