Walk4life MVPa Pedometer Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity

						Follow these steps to determine how fast you must move (SPM) to achieve MVPA. 1. Take a short walk (2-3 min.) to warm up and get ready for MVPA. 2. After the warm up, increase your speed to a brisk walk (the current ACSM definition of MVPA). 3. Put your pedometer in step mode, clear it, and walk briskly for one minute. At the end of the minute, stop, read the number of steps and use as the MVPA threshold in steps per minute. 4. Set your pedometer to the MVPA level closest to the number found in step 3 by doing the following. Press the MODE button until you are looking at the “MVPA time” counter. Quickly, press the SET button to enter the SPM screen. It will show the level and number of steps per minute. Push the SET button until you reach your desired level.


	Setting your MVPA Threshold This pedometer will allow you to measure moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA). This pedometer is user adjustable so that you can set the threshold for MVPA based on your steps per minute (SPM). In other words, when you move at a speed over your selected SPM threshold, you will accumulate time on the “MVPA time” counter and the Activity time counter. When you move at a slower speed than your selected threshold, you will only accumulate time on the “Act time” counter.