How many steps in a mile?

bemyyfriend0918
bemyyfriend0918 Posts: 241 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
My step tracker is telling me there are 2670 steps in one mile for me. Everywhere I research says 1700-2200....doesn’t 2670 sound high for a mile, even for someone short?
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  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    2220+ for me on average. I’m 5’4”.
  • RAinWA
    RAinWA Posts: 1,980 Member
    Depends on how short and what your stride length is, I should think. I'm 5'1" and it's about 2500 steps in a mile for me according to my Fitbit.
  • Tankiscool
    Tankiscool Posts: 11,105 Member
    They used to say a mile was 2,000 steps. Thats why the 10,000 steps is approximately 5 miles a day. However, everyone is not the same height or has the same size stride. So of you are smaller and have a smaller stride it may take you more steps to reach a mile. I wouldn't be overly concerned though, any activity is good activity. If you really want to know couldn't you use an app on your phone to track using your GPS to see if you walk a mile how many steps it actually is? I think that would probably be more accurate.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    Sorry, maybe I got a little off track there. I'm fascinated by weird stuff.

    Anyway, for me it's 1,700 to 1,800 steps depending on the day. I'm 6'1" and male.
  • RetiredAndLovingIt
    RetiredAndLovingIt Posts: 1,395 Member
    I am an old, short (5'3 1/2") woman & it takes about 12,050 steps for 5 miles on my Fitbit, so about 2,410 steps to a mile for me.
  • tomjull
    tomjull Posts: 2 Member
    I'm 5'9". 2150 step per mile.
  • Lillymoo01
    Lillymoo01 Posts: 2,865 Member
    I am 4'11 and according to my pedometer, I am around 2330 steps a mile. I must have a larger stride than other shorties here, that or there is inaccuracy with my settings!
  • viajera99
    viajera99 Posts: 252 Member
    Female 5'1", about 2500 walking at 20 mpm on a treadmill, about 2200 running 11 mpm.
  • Duck_Puddle
    Duck_Puddle Posts: 3,237 Member
    I’m 5’4” and a mile is a little over 2400 steps for me.
  • SCoil123
    SCoil123 Posts: 2,111 Member
    I’m 5’8” and for me it’s just over 2100
  • krael65
    krael65 Posts: 306 Member
    5'2", and my tracker says I average ~2400.
  • angelsja
    angelsja Posts: 859 Member
    As of right now I've done 2030 steps which is reading as 0.99mile I'm 5ft 8
  • bemyyfriend0918
    bemyyfriend0918 Posts: 241 Member
    Thanks everyone, I suppose it does really vary. The reason I asked is because I like to track my activity in miles, not steps. So I generally aim for 5 miles a day, but it takes me 13,350 steps to reach that!! It just sounded like a ton...I was thinking 13,350 steps would be close to 6.5-7 miles. I guess I was using the old 2000 steps formula...hmmmm
  • CarvedTones
    CarvedTones Posts: 2,340 Member
    edited October 2018
    Try some different apps; a few of them count steps from the gyro and distance from the gps so you can cross check. I usually don't bother converting. If I look at steps (I track them every day with Pacer on my phone, not linked to mfp), it's only because I did something where they will be way above normal. Then I subtract 6000 (I would subtract more if I didn't have my base calories set pretty low) double it and take hundreds as calories. Example - 12345 - 6000 = 6345. Doubled is 12690. Hundreds is 126. I log that many calories. Exact? No. It's reasonably close to 50 calories per mile, which is about right. And I do it in my head in far less time than it took to explain it.
  • psychod787
    psychod787 Posts: 4,099 Member
    2050 for me...6'2"
  • spiriteagle99
    spiriteagle99 Posts: 3,743 Member
    For me it depends on whether I'm walking or running. I take longer strides when running, so fewer steps per mile. Wandering around the house, I take small steps, so it takes a lot of steps to make a mile. Walking the dog, it depends on how often he stops and whether I'm walking on the street or on a rocky rooty trail.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    @2,200 steps per mile for me - 5'6", female.
  • apullum
    apullum Posts: 4,838 Member
    Depends on your activity and stride length. On my usual run, I cover five miles yet log fewer than 10k steps. If I’m walking on a steep hill and take smaller steps, then I’ll log fewer steps per mile than I would on a flat surface. That’s one reason why step counting isn’t a good measuring tool for everyone.
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    Do you have an outside route you walk? Or a distance you can walk for a bit to get a fix on things?

    You can use https://plotaroute.com/ to map out a measured mile near where you live, walk it, and clock your step count for the walk to give you an approximate idea how many steps it takes you to walk a mile.
  • KrisJ125
    KrisJ125 Posts: 93 Member
    I always averaged about 2400 steps/mile when I was tracking steps . It seems to vary a lot form person to person.
  • OldAssDude
    OldAssDude Posts: 1,436 Member
    I'm 5'8" and average right around 2,000.
  • bemyyfriend0918
    bemyyfriend0918 Posts: 241 Member
    Thanks for the replies everyone! I actually did map out an exact mile to see how many steps it would take. It took 2183!
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    bemyyfriend0918 wrote: »
    Thanks for the replies everyone! I actually did map out an exact mile to see how many steps it would take. It took 2183!

    Wait! How tall are you? This girl is nosy!
  • mk2fit
    mk2fit Posts: 730 Member
    I am 5'7" and female. Not sure about walking, but a 6.4 mile run is 11,365 (ish) steps.
  • bemyyfriend0918
    bemyyfriend0918 Posts: 241 Member
    L1zardQueen wrote: »
    bemyyfriend0918 wrote: »
    Thanks for the replies everyone! I actually did map out an exact mile to see how many steps it would take. It took 2183!

    Wait! How tall are you? This girl is nosy!

    Haha, I am 5’4
  • Talan79
    Talan79 Posts: 782 Member
    krael65 wrote: »
    5'2", and my tracker says I average ~2400.

    Me too! At 5”2, it’s about 2,400 for me.
  • trishfit2014
    trishfit2014 Posts: 304 Member
    One day where I ran gave me 1958 steps per mile. Other day lots of walking 2066 steps per mile. I am 5'9"
  • Kalex1975
    Kalex1975 Posts: 427 Member
    NorthCascades wrote: »
    Sorry, maybe I got a little off track there. I'm fascinated by weird stuff.

    Anyway, for me it's 1,700 to 1,800 steps depending on the day. I'm 6'1" and male.

    That's about where I am at... my last long walk was 1752 steps/mile. I'm 6',

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