eli5 how does a pedometer have any idea how fast im walking on a treadmill?

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eli5 how does a pedometer have any idea how fast im walking on a treadmill?

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Well you’re supposed to calibrate a pedometer, but I’m pretty sure most people don’t do that. A pedometer usually has some kind of setting where you determine what your stride length is and set the pedometer to that. So when the pedometer measures your steps, the distance is approximately correct.

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