Regular walking can help reduce back pain, as well as improve fitness, mobility and mental health. But how regularly should be keeping track of your steps? Does it make sense to always have the same ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Apple Watch is one of the best smartwatches on the market in terms of both overall design and functionality. However, if you are planning ...

While Apple's built-in Activity app tracks your daily steps, it doesn't offer a way to display this information as a step count directly on your Apple Watch face. Fortunately, there's a simple ...

Over the last decade, smartphones have become ubiquitous not just for sending texts and staying abreast of news, but also for monitoring daily activity levels. Among the most common, and arguably the ...

When you think of counting your steps or tracking your sleep, you're probably going to think of attaching a smartwatch or some other wearable to your wrist—but you can actually monitor a bunch of ...

The innocuous little band on Seth Mnookin’s wrist may not seem like much, but it has transformed the way he goes about his day. The device, a fitness tracker called Fitbit, counts the steps he takes ...

Nowadays, the best fitness trackers are equipped with a host of useful features that can track sleep, calculate calories burned, monitor resting heart rate and much more. But at their simplest, they ...

Share on Pinterest A new study looks at how exercise is measured. Tom Werner / Getty Images Step counts and minutes are both useful ways to measure physical activity, a new study suggests. A greater ...