In my recent journey trying to get back in shape, after having neglected sports for a couple of months due to a hectic schedule, I wanted something that could motivate me, work by itself and give me some decent information regarding my performance. That’s why while chatting with a friend of mine, he mentioned using Nokia’s Step Counter and I immediately knew I had to try it.
So last week, I downloaded Step Counter, launched it on my N95 when I started my morning walk, moved it to the background, launched the music player and threw the N95 in my shorts’ pocket. That’s about it. I gave it the whole walk time to do its job, then when I was back home, I took it out of my pocket, stopped it and looked at what it had recorded. And to say I was astonished is an understatement.
Not only did it count my steps, but it also timed my walk and gave me an estimate of the distance I walked, the calories I burned, my average pace, and it even drew a couple of nice graphics showing me my activity and step evolution. Compared with my old simplistic look-at-the-watch-and-time-my-whole-walk method, Sports Tracker brings more information than I would’ve ever dreamed to have.
It has become basically invaluable to me in the last week. Suffering from a ligament inflammation in my left foot for over 2 years now (that seems like it’s not going away anytime soon), it is of major importance for me to not stop exercising, but also to know which pace I can go at without feeling too much pain. Step Counter has given me my motivation back, and allows me to monitor not only my exercise evolution, but also my foot pain evolution. I hope over the weeks I’ll notice that I picked up my pace but that my pain has diminished, I also hope one day I’ll be able to run for an hour again.
If you’re into walking or jogging, I definitely recommend giving Step Counter a go if you have an accelerometer capable handset. You won’t regret it.
