Walking???

sincereme
sincereme Posts: 276
edited September 19 in Fitness and Exercise
Ok, so I am a little confused on how to track my walking. I don't understand all the numbers they have when you go track it into the fitness diary. How would I know how fast or slow I am going?


Any ideas:blushing:

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  • MissVitaVonCherry
    MissVitaVonCherry Posts: 709 Member
    I just time it and think about the speeds on a treadmill (my usual is 2.5 cuz I am a pretty slow relaxed walker) .
    but I know girl I need a HRM because that walking one just HAS to be off you know?
    how are you today?
    :bigsmile:
  • aprilrenee71
    aprilrenee71 Posts: 57
    This may sound stupid but I got in my car and drove 1/2 mile down the road and then I knew there and back would be 1 mile. I could do that in 20 min, so that averages up to the 2.5 miles per hour. Do you get what I am saying? I am a casual walker but with a little speed. I am hoping to build that up soon. Hope that helps. Oh and also with one of those pedometers 2000 steps is a mile.
  • Learning2LoveMe
    Learning2LoveMe Posts: 1,430 Member
    I usually estimate as close as I can and time my walks. So if I walk about a mile in roughly 20 mins then I would log 3 mph. Of course you can still be off because some people burn more calories than others.
  • Learning2LoveMe
    Learning2LoveMe Posts: 1,430 Member
    This may sound stupid but I got in my car and drove 1/2 mile down the road and then I knew there and back would be 1 mile. I could do that in 20 min, so that averages up to the 2.5 miles per hour. Do you get what I am saying? I am a casual walker but with a little speed. I am hoping to build that up soon. Hope that helps. Oh and also with one of those pedometers 2000 steps is a mile.

    Not stupid at all! I actually did that too :laugh: Would drive all over the neighborhood constantly resetting my odometer so I know different routes to give me different distances (I like to mix up my routes... keeps me from getting to bored). I found a great website to track your distance too, works really good on those trails you can't drive on to calculate http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/
  • Zara11
    Zara11 Posts: 1,247 Member
    calculate the rate based on the distance you walked and the time it took.
    do a "test run" to figure it out and then try to use that pace whenever possible.
  • sincereme
    sincereme Posts: 276
    Thank you all for your suggestions. I feel a little better now.:laugh: I felt a little silly asking that question but I was kind of lost. LOL:blushing:
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