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

qualitygal · ‎10-04-2010

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.

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

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.

bscandle · ‎04-07-2012

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

Yahooey · ‎07-09-2010

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.

Baylie · ‎03-11-2010

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.

CelticAngel · ‎06-09-2010

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

KonaKat · ‎03-10-2010

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 · ‎03-27-2010

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!

ahoymate · ‎05-30-2010

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?