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Fitness question: how many miles to = 10,000 steps?

qualitygal — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 12:42:30 GMT

That's the question. If I'm doing walking with Leslie Sansome DVD's, how many miles = 10,000 steps. I am shooting for 300 calories a day to be gone.

Re: Fitness question: how many miles to = 10,000 steps?

151949 — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 12:59:27 GMT

They told us in diet class that woman's step is more or less 30"" that is about 2 1/2 feet and a mile is 5280 ft. so do the math . 2112 steps/mile.

Re: Fitness question: how many miles to = 10,000 steps?

bscandle — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 13:08:42 GMT

A while back I emailed them the same question and they sent me a link to the questions area of their website and there was a chart showing different hieghts and estimated steps, i am 5'4" and mine said 2500 steps i think it was

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Yahooey — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 13:52:34 GMT

I googled "how many miles walking to burn 300 calories." One of the options is from about dot com. There are calculators to tell you how far you have to walk depending on age and body weight. How to maintain your current body weight - gives you the caloric intake. It was interesting.

I am 5'1" and I need to walk 12,500 steps for 5 miles.

Re: Fitness question: how many miles to = 10,000 steps?

Baylie — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 13:58:44 GMT

You can measure your stride and see how many steps you need for a mile. I am 5'8"" and I need approximately 2000 steps for a mile. I think the Fitbit website tells you how to measure.

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CelticAngel — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 14:04:35 GMT

I just got a Fitbit and was wondering what the reasoning is behind the default goal of 10k steps.

Re: Fitness question: how many miles to = 10,000 steps?

KonaKat — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 14:14:49 GMT

The 10,000 steps a day is the old way of stipulating the number of steps a person should get in during the day. How many steps equals a mile depends upon your stride length. Most pedometers tell you how to determine your stride length which basically is walking a certain number of steps, then measuring that length and dividing by the number of steps to get stride length.

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enw5002 — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 16:08:08 GMT

I use a fitbit daily. Just like KonaKat said it really depends on your stride. Most sites say that 2000 steps equals a mile, so 10k equals 5 miles. But again depends on stride length. I average just over 10k steps a day but only walk 4.25 miles. I'm short (5'3"), so my strides are short. Hope this helps!

Re: Fitness question: how many miles to = 10,000 steps?

ahoymate — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 16:09:29 GMT

On 7/6/2014 qualitygal said:
That's the question. If I'm doing walking with Leslie Sansome DVD's, how many miles = 10,000 steps. I am shooting for 300 calories a day to be gone.

R U familiar with Google?

Re: Fitness question: how many miles to = 10,000 steps?

champagnepoodle — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 17:06:35 GMT

Approx 4-5 miles

Re: Fitness question: how many miles to = 10,000 steps?

qualitygal — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 18:03:54 GMT

On 7/6/2014 Skylands said:
On 7/6/2014 qualitygal said:
That's the question. If I'm doing walking with Leslie Sansome DVD's, how many miles = 10,000 steps. I am shooting for 300 calories a day to be gone.

R U familiar with Google?

Yes and I did do that too.

Re: Fitness question: how many miles to = 10,000 steps?

qualitygal — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 18:05:11 GMT

Thank you one and all. I'm doing 2 miles now and I think I'll work up to 3, maybe go to 5 depending on stamina, back and energy.

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gazelle77 — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 18:43:28 GMT

three miles for me is about 10,000 steps. It depends on your stride length. But I think that will be pretty close.

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AuntG — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 20:57:54 GMT

Walking is my only exercise, and it's about 2200 steps in a mile for me.

Re: Fitness question: how many miles to = 10,000 steps?

hckynut — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 21:06:13 GMT

We have 2 treadmills and my wife has used 2 different types of pedometers that measure steps. The pedometers did not equal the mileage suggested for 10,000 steps for either of the pedometers.

What I said to her was she does not need to correlate steps into miles. If she wants to use the treadmill use time, not distance. I've pretty much always used time as my gauge on my workouts. However when I was training for a specific distance in a Road Race? I certainly tailored my training for getting the time for that distance down and getting my leg speed up. Unless one is training for a specific "timed/distance event" I don't know what purpose knowing the exact number relating to a different measurement would make.

Time and heart rate are the best guides to knowing if one is on the right track if their goal is getting better physically fit. If their goal is to lose weight? Time is more important than steps versus miles walked/jogged or ran, if one knows the level of their heart rate. What the heart rate doesn't tell you will be very apparent to most if they are gone over their limit for their present fitness level. Most times it will not be "during or right after", it could appear 1-2-3 days later depending on ones age. Unfortunately some time these "notices turn out to be injuries" from overuse for ones physical fitness limits.

Re: Fitness question: how many miles to = 10,000 steps?

pickles123 — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 21:17:09 GMT

10,000 steps for me is 4.2 to 4.6 miles. It depends on your stride. Your stride does vary as you walk.

Re: Fitness question: how many miles to = 10,000 steps?

Teacups — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 03:54:39 GMT

On 7/6/2014 Skylands said:
On 7/6/2014 qualitygal said:
That's the question. If I'm doing walking with Leslie Sansome DVD's, how many miles = 10,000 steps. I am shooting for 300 calories a day to be gone.

R U familiar with Google?

R U familiar with manners?

Re: Fitness question: how many miles to = 10,000 steps?

poppinfresh — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 04:09:19 GMT

Re: Fitness question: how many miles to = 10,000 steps?

september — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 04:58:00 GMT

On 7/6/2014 pickles123 said:
10,000 steps for me is 4.2 to 4.6 miles. It depends on your stride. Your stride does vary as you walk.

This is about right for me, too. To get in 5 miles, I need about 12,000 steps, or just a bit more.

I'm 5'4", and usually your stride length depends on your height. I use both a Fitbit and a Garmin GPS, so I've checked this out many times.

Re: Fitness question: how many miles to = 10,000 steps?

CelticAngel — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 16:23:30 GMT

A mile for me is abt 2400 steps, so 10k would be just over 4 miles.