MEASURING YOUR STEPS
HOW MANY STEPS ARE IN A KM?
The Steps Out program considers
an average step to be 0.762 meters (this equals a 2.5 foot stride)
Therefore, 1 kilometer = 1,320 Steps.
If you have longer legs and/or a wider gait, you will actually be making more distance than the Step Update program shows. If you have shorter legs and/or a narrower gait, you will actually be making less distance than the Step Update program shows. Either way, don't sweat the distance! The point of Steps Out is to get you walking and promote overall health. It is more important how hard and long you work, not how far you go.
WHAT IS THE SIMPLEST WAY TO DETERMINE HOW FAST I'M WALKING?
The easiest way to gauge your speed without wearing a pedometer--or getting in your car and measuring mileage, which can be pretty difficult unless you walk along a street--is to count your number of steps per minute. The experts use this number to calculate pace, based on an average stride length of 2½ feet.
(Stride length is the distance from the heel of one foot to the heel of the other foot when you're taking a step.) They've already done the math for you.
70 steps per minute equals 30 minutes per mile, or 2 miles per hour.
105 steps per minute equals 20 minutes per mile, or 3 miles per
hour.
140 steps per minute equals 15 minutes per mile, or 4 miles per
hour.
If you pay attention to your steps, after a while you'll be able to estimate your pace fairly accurately without bothering to count. You'll just know what a 20-minute mile or a 15-minute mile feels like.
ACTIVITY EQUIVALENCLY CHART
Pedometers will not register some activities, so add these numbers of equivelent steps (please remember these are estimates):
SET YOUR PERSONAL GOALS
Week One: wear your pedometer for 7 days without changing your routine to determine your current activity level.
Week Two: try to increase your average current number by steps by 2,000 steps per day.
When you are consistently achieving 2,000 steps a day, set a new goal of 4,000 steps a day and so on. Two, four, six, eight, 10,000 steps a day! For each activity goal level you achieve reward yourself, send us an email about your achievement and set your next goal of increased number of steps.
WHY 10,000 STEPS A DAY?
10,000 steps a day began as a fitness
program in Japan in the 1960's. Fitness is part of Japan's cultural
heritage. Accusplit has been a leader in promting 10,000 steps as a low
cost effective way to encourage North American's population toward
increased activity and wellness. 10,000 steps a day ensures a moderate
level of fitness.
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