Intensity rating question?

June 4, 2004

Hi all, this is just one of the Questions I was reading on walking on

another site. After you read it my question for you all is below:

Q: What's the simplest way to determine how fast I'm walking?

A: The easiest way to gauge your speed without wearing a pedometer-or

getting in your car and measuring mileage, which can be pretty

difficult unless you walk along a street-is to count your number of

steps per minute. The experts use this number to calculate pace,

based on an average stride length of 2 1/2 feet. (Stride length is

the distance from the heel of one foot to the heel of the other foot

when you're taking a step.) They've already done the math for you.

70 steps per minute equals 30 minutes per mile, or 2 miles per hour.

105 steps per minute equals 20 minutes per mile, or 3 miles per hour.

140 steps per minute equals 15 minutes per mile, or 4 miles per hour.

If you pay attention to your steps, after a while you'll be able to

estimate your pace fairly accurately without bothering to count.

You'll just know what a 20-minute mile or a 15-minute mile feels like.

~~~~~~My Question: does anyone know how to figure this rate of steps

AND translate it into the Intensity Rates that WW has to go by,

meaning their -Low-Moderate-High. I can't understand why WW doesn't

have a chart done this way, I think a lot of people would understand

how to estimate their walking intensities better..

When I tried it this morning, I counted my steps at " just around " 128

per minute of steady walking. I was doing just my regular walking as

well, to estimate this.

I have also rated myself as Moderate Intensity. I am wondering if I

am over-rating myself..

Of course I have my intervals where I slow down and then start up

again ..

Maybe there is a site that tells us this.I hope you can understand

what I am asking here. Anyway thanks for any info.

~~Kallie~

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