Power stepper app

A system designed for exercising while sitting, said system comprising:

• a rigid housing having a first side and a second side configured to receive at least one piece of motion sensing hardware;
• at least one sensor configured to secure to a knee of a user and identify an oscillatory motion of the knee raising and lowering through pivoting of an ankle of the user wherein a heel of a foot of said user lifts off of a surface and wherein a toe of said foot of said user remains planted on said surface;
• a mobile device in wireless communication with said at least one sensor, wherein the sensor is external to the mobile device;
• a mobile device application installed on said mobile device configured to register said user to said mobile device application;
• wherein the mobile device application is adapted to:
• calibrate each stroke of said oscillatory motion to a cycle counter of said mobile device application, wherein a single oscillatory motion of the knee raising and lowering through pivoting of the ankle of the user is equivalent to a single stroke;
• calculate energy expended by said user from performing said oscillatory motion;
• and
• display a virtual environment having a virtual route, wherein the virtual environment advances forward along the virtual route with each stroke;
• wherein said rigid housing has a hook and loop fastener system disposed across the first side;
• wherein said rigid housing further comprises an aperture configured to receive a plurality of USB connections;
• wherein said sensor is nested within said rigid housing;
• wherein said at least one sensor is configured to sense elevation;
• wherein said at least once sensor is configured to sense acceleration;
• wherein said at least one sensor further comprises an energy source;
• wherein said mobile device has internet interaction capability;
• wherein said mobile device has a digital display screen;
• wherein process data from said mobile device application is sent to said mobile device by said at least one sensor;
• wherein said mobile device application is in communication with an online-database;
• wherein said user registers a profile onto said online-database;
• wherein said mobile device application displays statistics related to said user performing said oscillatory motion;
• wherein said mobile device application displays said virtual environment of said digital display screen;
• and
• wherein said mobile device application provides hydration reminders to said user through visual indications on said digital display screen.

A method for using a system designed for exercising while sitting, said method comprising:

• providing a system designed for exercising while sitting, said system comprising:
• a rigid housing having a first side configured to receive at least one piece of motion sensing hardware;
• at least one sensor configured to secure to a knee of a user and identify an oscillatory motion of the knee raising and lowering through pivoting of an ankle of said user wherein a heel of a foot of said user lifts off of a surface and wherein a toe of said user remains planted on said surface;
• a mobile device in wireless communication with said at least one sensor;
• a mobile device application installed on said mobile device configured to register said user to said mobile device application;
• sitting in a seat and attaching a housing with said at least one sensor onto a knee of said user;
• executing said mobile device application on a mobile device;
• registering a profile with an online-database such that said user may review and resume progress from a saved point;
• displaying a virtual environment having a route on the mobile device;
• detecting an amplitude of motion of the knee via the at least one sensor to calibrate each stroke of the oscillatory motion to a cycle counter of said mobile device application, wherein a single oscillatory motion of the knee raising and lowering through pivoting of the ankle of the user is equivalent to a single stroke;
• remaining seated and repeating the stroke, wherein the virtual environment advances forward along the virtual route with each stroke.