Walking Shoes, Apparel, and Gear Pedometer Walking Programs for Groups and Individuals By Wendy Bumgardner Wendy Bumgardner Facebook Twitter Wendy Bumgardner is a freelance writer covering walking and other health and fitness topics and has competed in more than 1,000 walking events. Learn about our editorial process Updated on September 16, 2020 Fact checked Verywell Fit content is rigorously reviewed by a team of qualified and experienced fact checkers. Fact checkers review articles for factual accuracy, relevance, and timeliness. We rely on the most current and reputable sources, which are cited in the text and listed at the bottom of each article. Content is fact checked after it has been edited and before publication. Learn more. by Andrea Rice Fact checked by Andrea Rice Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Andrea Rice is an award-winning journalist and a freelance writer, editor, and fact-checker specializing in health and wellness. Learn about our editorial process Print Do you want to motivate yourself to walk more, using your pedometer? Do you want to get your employees moving more, or inspire your school class to be more active? A pedometer program can be used to motivate you and others toward that goal. With the programs listed, a pedometer walking program brochure, step log, and online forum is usually included and encouraged. Some are suitable for corporate wellness programs or a school challenge. Fitness monitors such as Fitbit have goals, trophies, badges, and friendly competitions built into their online dashboard or mobile app. But maybe you have an old-school pedometer that isn't connected to Wi-Fi, or perhaps you wish to compete with others who don't have the same brand of fitness tracker as you do. For optimal health, you should aim for at least 6,000 steps a day, and for weight loss, up to 10,000 steps a day. Pedometer walking programs can also reduce sitting time. Webwalking USA adamkaz/Getty Images The Webwalking USA log is a way to track your pedometer walking steps, miles, or time on a virtual walk on the American Discovery Trail from the Atlantic to the Pacific. You can print out logs to record your stats. This is a free way to create your own virtual walk. You could also explore the American Discovery Trail details from their site to envision where you would be walking on any day. How to Measure Your Walking Distance Walker Tracker Walker Tracker designs walking-based wellness programs for communities, large and small companies, and schools. Their platform and app can link to popular fitness trackers such as Fitbit or users can enter their steps each day. Programs are custom designed so you can get the right amount of interaction, challenges, and rewards for your group. They have made innovative programs such as Every Step Counts for Hadassah. In that program, women use their pedometer step counts to go on a virtual pilgrimage from New York to Jerusalem, learning about history and tradition as their step count takes them past sites of interest. New Lifestyles New Lifestyles offers over 20 different versions of school and adult pedometer walking programs with starter kits including the WOW Elementary Program, Get-You-Started, and Lewis & Clark. Choose from programs geared to elementary and secondary schools or teens and adults. The CHALLENGE charts let you do a virtual walk across various geographic regions such as Hawaii and the American West. World Walking You can join World Walking as a group or individual and use their site or app to track your walks. It is free to join and is supported by donations. Joining takes only seconds and you can be on your way in no time. This is a good solution for mixed groups where some people have smartphones and others don't. You can choose from over a dozen routes and track your walks in many places of the world. You can even view a street view of where you are walking and print out your progress. It's an easy-to-use site that has a lot to offer for individuals or groups. Virgin Pulse The Virgin Pulse Global Challenge is a 100-day workplace wellness challenge that has engaged millions of people worldwide since 2003. Companies purchase the program and form teams of seven. Each employee wears a pedometer, aiming to log at least 10,000 steps per day. By logging their steps online, they go on a virtual race around the world and compete with other teams within their company. 10K-A-Day 10K-A-Day is another corporate wellness campaign offering programs with 6-, 8-, and 12-week durations. Participants are motivated to walk more as they visit international cities like Paris, Tokyo, Auckland, and New Orleans, and are given access to team-building social features like "Sole Mates." 10K-A-Day integrates with over 60 mobile fitness apps trackers including Apple Health and Fitbit. Training Schedule For Your First 10K Walk Walkingspree You can use Walkingspree for an employee wellness program, from small companies to large corporations. You can use either their app to get steps from the mobile phone or link up a compatible Apple, Fitbit, Samsung, or Garmin pedometer. The app can be customized to your company. 1 Source Verywell Fit uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read our editorial process to learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy. Tudor-locke C, Craig CL, Brown WJ, et al. How many steps/day are enough? For adults. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2011;8:79. doi:10.1186/1479-5868-8-79 By Wendy Bumgardner Wendy Bumgardner is a freelance writer covering walking and other health and fitness topics and has competed in more than 1,000 walking events. See Our Editorial Process Meet Our Review Board Share Feedback Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! What is your feedback? Other Helpful Report an Error Submit