Is there a YouTube example of what 4.0 mph walking looks like?
uvi5
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I don't get a tracker until next month and not sure which one to get yet. I was set on a FitBit Charge HR, but getting mixed feedback. Anyhow, until then I would like to get some idea how fast i'm walking (in my large driveway). I feel like i get to the point right before running. I breath heavy and can't hold a steady conversation...blah blah and all that. I think a visual would help for now. I do it various times a day and have been logging it at 3.5 mph. If anyone finds/has a link to a youTube video, could you share this? Thanks! 
I'm still searching youTube now myself.
I'm still searching youTube now myself.
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Leslie sansone 15mins 1 mile walks is around 4mph.0
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I'll look for a youTube vid. I'd like to know how fast i'm walking Many say i'm like the "ever ready bunny" but now I want to know if this is true and what I'm burning smiles. Thanks I'm looking it up now! 0
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Time your walk and then measure the distance you've walked on a website like this:
gb.mapometer.com/
and you'll be able to work out your speed. This will give you your actual speed and no need to guesstimate your speed against a youtube video.0 -
Your height is going to affect how fast you are able to walk. I can walk 4 MPH on a treadmill (no terrain)...not so much with uneven ground (5'5").
Re: YouTube....Leslie Sansone videos are 4 MPH at the highest speed....Leslie uses beats per minute (BPM) as her estimator.....that may help a bit. Jog FM is a website that gives you songs based on walking (running, riding) speed.
Beats per minute for 4 MPH are 140's
https://walk.jog.fm/workout-songs/for/15:00/minute-miles
You can narrow songs by genre too. I load up an MP3 player with fast songs and this helps push me.
Granturismo has a good idea. Lots of mapping apps out there to help you too.0 -
A short guy and measure speed in Km. When I'm walking at 6.5=4 Mph I'm close to a jog. If you download Map My Walk it will log your speed in in real time. And I think it links to MFP so you don't enter data twice.0
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Jog FM is a website that gives you songs based on walking (running, riding) speed.
Beats per minute for 4 MPH are 140's
https://walk.jog.fm/workout-songs/for/15:00/minute-miles
You can narrow songs by genre too. I load up an MP3 player with fast songs and this helps push me..
oh neat! I have to check that out!0 -
Anyhow, until then I would like to get some idea how fast i'm walking (in my large driveway). I feel like i get to the point right before running. I breath heavy and can't hold a steady conversation...blah blah and all that. I think a visual would help for now.
You can't tell from that - walking speed isn't a function of heart rate.
Trace out your route on Google Maps, figure out your distance that way.
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not sure if this will work but couldn't you drive a mile/kil and then time how long it takes to walk it to give your speed. If there is a problem with this theory can someone let me know cause that is what I have been doing. I live in the country so Map my Walk doesnt work for me. I also live in a hilly area( only a short section is level) so I have been logging as going downhill as it is less calorie burn than going uphill.0
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If you have a smartphone then Endomondo or Runkeeper, or various other apps, will tell you how fast you walk.0
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granturismo wrote: »Time your walk and then measure the distance you've walked on a website like this:
gb.mapometer.com/
and you'll be able to work out your speed. This will give you your actual speed and no need to guesstimate your speed against a youtube video.
I circle and do figure 8's in my driveway, but I do it fast (or so I think i'm going fast)
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Your height is going to affect how fast you are able to walk. I can walk 4 MPH on a treadmill (no terrain)...not so much with uneven ground (5'5").
Re: YouTube....Leslie Sansone videos are 4 MPH at the highest speed....Leslie uses beats per minute (BPM) as her estimator.....that may help a bit. Jog FM is a website that gives you songs based on walking (running, riding) speed.
Beats per minute for 4 MPH are 140's
https://walk.jog.fm/workout-songs/for/15:00/minute-miles
You can narrow songs by genre too. I load up an MP3 player with fast songs and this helps push me.
Granturismo has a good idea. Lots of mapping apps out there to help you too.
I must charge my mp3 player. This is cool, thanks
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Anyhow, until then I would like to get some idea how fast i'm walking (in my large driveway). I feel like i get to the point right before running. I breath heavy and can't hold a steady conversation...blah blah and all that. I think a visual would help for now.
You can't tell from that - walking speed isn't a function of heart rate.
Trace out your route on Google Maps, figure out your distance that way.
my route is my driveway
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MeanderingMammal wrote: »If you have a smartphone then Endomondo or Runkeeper, or various other apps, will tell you how fast you walk.
I have to question endo. I took a 10k walk just to see how long it would take me to WALK it. It listed my average speed at 3.5 mph and highest speed at 8.1 mph. I don't think so. Lol. I didn't even jog, much less run. Oh and my time was about 1:45:00.0 -
Anyhow, until then I would like to get some idea how fast i'm walking (in my large driveway). I feel like i get to the point right before running. I breath heavy and can't hold a steady conversation...blah blah and all that. I think a visual would help for now.
You can't tell from that - walking speed isn't a function of heart rate.
Trace out your route on Google Maps, figure out your distance that way.
my route is my driveway
I'm on acreage, I get that. If the driveway is long enough, it'll show up. Alternately, grab a free app like Strava, and it'll use GPS to give you your distance.
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MeanderingMammal wrote: »If you have a smartphone then Endomondo or Runkeeper, or various other apps, will tell you how fast you walk.
I have to question endo. I took a 10k walk just to see how long it would take me to WALK it. It listed my average speed at 3.5 mph and highest speed at 8.1 mph. I don't think so. Lol. I didn't even jog, much less run. Oh and my time was about 1:45:00.
Ignore the "highest speed" numbers, any little glitch in the GPS and they can get thrown off big time. But the 3.5mph average is almost bang on for 10k in 1.75 hours.0 -
It depends on your height what your walk at a certain speed will look like...my fiancee and I walk/jog/run on treadmills next to each other, and his walk at 4 mph looks a lot different than mine, since he is about a foot taller! If you could go to a track (like at a school) you could time how long it takes you to go a mile around at your "workout walk" speed to figure out your mph. Or get a HRM, as how hard you heart is working is more important than the speed anyways, right?0
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I'm 5'2" and can't for the life of me get less than 2500 steps per mile. Put on a pedometer, walk a mile somewhere in a park where the mile is measured, and see how many steps it takes you to walk a mile. Use that figure when you're walking up and down your driveway. Not complicated.0
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I have to question endo. I took a 10k walk just to see how long it would take me to WALK it. It listed my average speed at 3.5 mph and highest speed at 8.1 mph. I don't think so. Lol. I didn't even jog, much less run. Oh and my time was about 1:45:00.
All GPS based products can suffer from issues as they chop from spacecraft to spacecraft, so it's a function of the phone GPS rather than the app.
fwiw I used my Garmin watch on my turbo-trainer last weekend, and the mapping covered points over about a hundred yards either side of my garage, over the course of an hour. Mapping covered about 800 metres, whereas my speed sensor gave me 40km.
Given that the original question can't reasonably be answered then some form of GPS tracking might help.
fwiw, watching a video of me walking at 4mph would look quite relaxed as that's reasonably slow for me, whereas watching someone else would look hectic.
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MeanderingMammal wrote: »If you have a smartphone then Endomondo or Runkeeper, or various other apps, will tell you how fast you walk.
I have to question endo. I took a 10k walk just to see how long it would take me to WALK it. It listed my average speed at 3.5 mph and highest speed at 8.1 mph. I don't think so. Lol. I didn't even jog, much less run. Oh and my time was about 1:45:00.
Ignore the "highest speed" numbers, any little glitch in the GPS and they can get thrown off big time. But the 3.5mph average is almost bang on for 10k in 1.75 hours.
Good to know. Thanks! Also - forgetting to turn off endo when you get in car after a walk will seriously give you a high mph. 0 -
Anyhow, until then I would like to get some idea how fast i'm walking (in my large driveway). I feel like i get to the point right before running. I breath heavy and can't hold a steady conversation...blah blah and all that. I think a visual would help for now.
You can't tell from that - walking speed isn't a function of heart rate.
Trace out your route on Google Maps, figure out your distance that way.
my route is my driveway
I'm on acreage, I get that. If the driveway is long enough, it'll show up. Alternately, grab a free app like Strava, and it'll use GPS to give you your distance.
That would be for a smart phone? Also, thank you for the info 0 -
Hubby was just saying that week could get the distance to our walmart and walk it at the speed I do my walks in the driveway and time it:) We like to walk there with our backpacks and get groceries when the weather is nice. Also, the extra weight adds to the workoutIt depends on your height what your walk at a certain speed will look like...my fiancee and I walk/jog/run on treadmills next to each other, and his walk at 4 mph looks a lot different than mine, since he is about a foot taller! If you could go to a track (like at a school) you could time how long it takes you to go a mile around at your "workout walk" speed to figure out your mph. Or get a HRM, as how hard you heart is working is more important than the speed anyways, right?
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When I listen to a song with BPM 135 while walking, Endomondo registers 4 mph. But I'm a shorty at 5'2. Can walk at 4.5 mph too, but faster than that is slow jog. It's easier to hit target speed/pace with music you know how fast they are.
You can find BPM of your song if you got the files with free program from Mixmeister.
jog.fm is quite unreliable concerning bpm
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You may have your answer but the main consideration is natural stride length. If you're shorter, your legs will have to turn much faster. I'm 5'11" and can do 4 mph at a moderate intensity.0
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measure your driveway....
heres an app i have used to measure certain things..have found it pretty accurate
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=lt.noframe.fieldsareameasure&hl=en0 -
Is your driveway 4 miles long? Do a 4 mile walk or 3.5 mile walk and then if you do it in the hour or less you know your speed. There are free apos tho like runtastic pedometer and other apos that can tell you time distance steps.0
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If a pedometer doesn't suit you, rent one of those wheelie things that measure distance to see how long your driveway is round trip.0
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Or just turn on your trip meter and drive up and down it.0
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Foamroller wrote: »When I listen to a song with BPM 135 while walking, Endomondo registers 4 mph. But I'm a shorty at 5'2. Can walk at 4.5 mph too, but faster than that is slow jog. It's easier to hit target speed/pace with music you know how fast they are.
You can find BPM of your song if you got the files with free program from Mixmeister.
jog.fm is quite unreliable concerning bpm
Thanks for the info. I need to find my mp3 usb charger now Got a reason to use it!
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angelexperiment wrote: »Is your driveway 4 miles long? Do a 4 mile walk or 3.5 mile walk and then if you do it in the hour or less you know your speed. There are free apos tho like runtastic pedometer and other apos that can tell you time distance steps.
Hubby and I are going to plan a walk to Walmart. It's about 5 miles, but next time we drive, we can find out for sure. Thanks for the tips:)0 -
atypicalsmith wrote: »Or just turn on your trip meter and drive up and down it.
I like this idea:)0
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