The device also
measured stairs climbed accurately — it considers 10 continuous steps to be one flight — as I labored up and down my four - story walkup.
Not exact matches
Similarly, mobility (
measured with walking and
stair -
climbing tests) increased for the exercise group and decreased for the control group.
You can also provide ramps where a dog needs to
climb stairs, take shorter but more frequent walks, provide opportunities to swim or have other non-impactful exercise, provide him with an orthopedic bed and elevated food and water dishes, and even simple
measures like not calling him to come to you when he's lying down unless it's necessary.
I could get really hung up on
measuring the rate of
climb at any one point, and relating it to whether I was going upstairs, or downstairs, or stopped halfway on the
stair.
It
measures steps,
stairs climbed, calories burned, sleep, distance traveled throughout the day (relying on accelerometer data), heart rate, resting heart rate, cardio score (an approximation of VO2 max, based on cardio exercise data), and a variety of specific exercises.
A heart rate sensor accurately
measures heart rates, and the 6 - Axis motion sensor can track activities including walking, running and
stair climbing.
In addition, the device can also be set to
measure the elliptical, yoga,
stair stepper, floor
climbing, boxing, and cardio workout performance.
You won't get elevation - related stats such as the number of
stairs climbed, which the Fitbit Charge
measures, nor your heart rate.
The Force doesn't track heart rate, but it
measures everything else health - minded people want to know about their fitness: steps taken,
stairs climbed, distance traveled, calories burned, and how well they slept.
However, it doesn't
measure heart rate like the Withings Pulse, nor does it track
stairs climbed like the Fitbit Force.