Do you use an activity tracker?  Is closing your rings a "must" for you?  Activity trackers are a popular tool to enhance personal health.  

Join us in the Forum of the Health Sciences Center as we hear from our very own Dean of the College of Health Sciences, Dr. Catrine Tudor-Locke.  She will be sharing her internationally renowned reasearch on step counting and activity trackers.

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Step by Step: From Ancient Romans to da Vinci to Modern Day Activity Trackers 

- a Brief History of Step Counting and Cadence Tracking -

Journey from the military movements of Roman legions to Leonardo da Vinci’s first gear-driven sketches to the sophisticated activity trackers on our wrists today. Discover how a 1960s Japanese marketing campaign turned "10,000 steps" into a global health phenomenon and why total volume is only half the story. Learn how modern science now prioritizes cadence—the rhythm of your movement—as the ultimate metric for measuring intensity of walking and running. Join us to find out how modern technology is turning ancient mechanics into a personalized roadmap for peak health.