How to cheat your Fitbit in creative ways

BY NURY VITTACHI

Many folk stupidly spend their lives trying to impress other people, when what they should really be doing, of course, is trying to impress their step-counters.

Smartphone health apps and Fitbit-style wristbands not only monitor your activity level but constantly encourage you to post it on the Internet for the world to see.

So of course people become competitive about never letting a single step go uncounted. In an Internet discussion, a reader from Mumbai lamented, “I lost my Fitbit so now I can’t move.”

If you are a step-counting addict, here are four ways to boost your score.

•Put your Fitbit in your child’s pocket and then feed him or her a sugary snack.

•Every time you hear music, indulge your inner Barenboim by conducting it.

•Hang the thing on your dog’s collar and send it out for a run around the park.

•Get a ladder and hang your Fitbit from the ceiling fan.

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