1000 steps without pedometer

Lifestyle Health & Fitness
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how can i walk 8,000 steps without using Pedometer? i found from a conversion chart that

2000 steps = 1 mile

so 8,000 steps wud be 4 miles…can i use my treadmill at moderate or rather low speed to walk this much distance as i dont have this Pedometer…if i want to buy tell me how much wud that cost me? is it really worth to buy?

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Why don't [FONT=&quot]Just count your number of steps on your treadmill for one minute using a stopwatch or a clock with a seconds hand. Multiply this times 60, and you'll have a decent guess at how many steps you take per hour on your treadmill, and this will tell you how much time you need to walk on your treadmill in order to accomplish the 8000 steps.

A slow moderate pace would be about 3 miles per hour, I guess, so you're probably going to have to walk about 1 1/3 hours to take the full number of steps you want.

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Re: 1000 steps without pedometer

Here are approximations

500 Steps = 5 minutes = 1/4 mile
1000 Steps = 10 minutes = 1/2 mile
2000 Steps - 20 minutes = 1 mile
5000 Steps = 45 minutes = 2 1/2 mile
8000 Steps = 80 minutes = 4 miles

You are recomended 10,000 steps a day for a active life style.

If you are trying to lose weight by just walking

  1. Power walk outside - moving arms
  2. At home if you have staris - try going up and down the stairs atelast 50 times a day

Pedometers are pretty cheap. They give out free ones at doctor's office.

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Re: 1000 steps without pedometer

^really - free pedometers? never heard of that!
YAY FREEBIES!

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Re: 1000 steps without pedometer

my office hands out free ones every year. dude I have 5 - PM if you need one

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Re: 1000 steps without pedometer

My mom has the Omron HJ-112. She's gotten loads of free ones through her diabetes education group but they are all cheap goody bag sort of pedometers. This one is really good, once the settings are put in you don't have to do anything and it starts recording. It automatically resets at 12:00 and stores all your past days. My mom loves to keep her steps out and now she even walks around when she is talking on the phone. Sometimes it isn't possible for her to formally take a walk outside, so this tool keeps her motivated even in the house to stay active.

Timepass April 2013