How many strides in a mile on a typical elliptical?

LilianaGarciia
LilianaGarciia Posts: 146 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
anyone know?
thankyou

xx

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  • Laura8603
    Laura8603 Posts: 590 Member
    It depends on the stride length. When I use the elliptical for 60 minutes it says I have gone about 8000 strides and about 5 miles, so that's about 1600 strides per mile for me.
  • juicemoogan
    juicemoogan Posts: 994 Member
    It depends on your pace.
    The machine should tell you. Most of them track that.
    If you want to know i mile exactly just do one mile then stop and see the workout summary.
  • LilianaGarciia
    LilianaGarciia Posts: 146 Member
    mine just tells me stride and nothing else distance related.

    x
  • AZKristi
    AZKristi Posts: 1,801 Member
    I think it depends on your settings. The elliptical machines at my gym have a setting called "crossramp" which changes the motion from a flat horizontal stride to increase motion in the vertical direction (simulating an incline). If you are moving only in the horizontal plane your strides will be longer. When a portion of the movement is in the vertical plane (which happens when you choose an incline setting), the distances "travelled" in the horizontal direction will be shorter.
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