Using Monitoring Equipment to Track Your Fitness

Fitness is not necessarily just a means to an end; it can be a goal in itself. Exercise can be about reaching the furthest physical limits that your body can take. In order to track just how far you've gone, some kind of monitoring equipment needs to be used. For people looking to reach the limits in running, walking or jogging a pedometer can accurately measure the distance traveled during each workout session. Pedometers are light weight and can be worn on the person during exercise. Many pedometers offer the option of long term tracking by being able to import information into a computer where spreadsheets and graphs can be analyzed for highly detailed tracking purposes.

People looking to track their weight loss and fat loss goals have a variety of different options to track their progress. Obviously, people can use a scale to track their weight, but keeping tabs on fat loss is a bit more tricky. There are certain scales out there that attempt to guess fat percentage by doing calculations on weight and height, but truly accurate calculations can only be performed by a water tank tests or skinfold calipers. Body fat calipers can digitally measure your fat percentage and then import the information into a computer, allowing you to keep very detailed and useful information for your weight loss journey. Instructions for using calipers should be read very carefully in order to get an accurate reading.