If you track your daily step count...

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AIBU to ask how many steps equates to what distance for you, how long that takes you (if you know) and your height?

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5'8" 10,000 steps is about 5 miles for me and takes just over an hour (I walk fast).
I don't get my steps that way. I'll clock up about 3000 on a regular (desk job, WFH) day and then do some sport (run, swim, bike, circuits) which keeps me fit. On a run day I'll go well over 10,000, but obv the other sports don't clock up the steps.

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190529180228.htm

This refers to a study, which showed for women over 60, the risk of death reduced significantly at 4,400 steps a day. After that, risk of death continued to decrease, up to 7,500 steps, where it levelled off.

It seems 10,000 steps a day is an arbitrary amount?

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5k amounts to about 6k steps when walking for me.

I'm 5'2", a brisk walk around the park takes an hour and I do around 7,500 steps.

I work at a desk so get up every half hour or so and do my steps marching on the spot. Five mins gives me approximately 500 steps. Usually put some upbeat music on radio and march to that. Also go out for a walk at lunch time to boost the step count and get fresh air so can do 10000 on a good day with not that much effort.

Forgot to add, distance is about 3.5 miles/5.6km

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when I run, I do about 1000 steps for every 1k (so my stride appears to be a metre!)

I don’t really know about when I walk, but the data from my garmin tells me that yesterday (which was not a running day) I did 8,233 steps which was apparently 6.3k (or 3.9 miles).

I'm 5'1 and 10,045 steps for me is 4.28 miles and took 1 hour 35 mins

Yes. The 10k was literally plucked out of the air. It’s because it comes from a Japanese idea and 10,000 sounds like something else if I recall.

I should have read on further before posting, I see someone already answered that.

Did just under 16k yesterday - 7 miles /11km

5ft6-7

1,000 steps is about ten minutes and roughly half a mile at a steady pace if I'm not going for it. I'm 5'4"

I'm 5'7" and 1 mile is around 2000 steps for me. I try to do 10,000 per day if I can (although I average over a week because some work days 10,000 is impossible) so around 5 miles per day on average.

Depending on whether I'm striding out or just strolling 2000 steps (1 mile) takes me between 15 and 20 minutes usually. Yesterday I did a brisk walk but not completely striding out and it took me 32 minutes and I walked 3858 steps according to my Fitbit.

I’m 5’3 and walk about 18,000 a day that works out to about eight miles

I'm 5ft 6". Daily minimum is 14k steps which is about 6 miles. That's usually walking to supermarket / work / 5k run. Usually do a lot more though. 20k steps is 8.5 miles. I know my 5k parkrun is about 6k steps in 30 mins.

Stride length varies quite a bit by height. My BF is the same height as me, but has a shorter faster stride, so does more steps in the same distance.
So I suggest you measure your own OP? Assuming you already have a step tracker? Download a free app like Strava, and go for a good length walk over flat terrain. Track distance on Strava and steps on your tracker and work it out. Repeat with hilly/rough terrain if you like (you'll do more steps per mile).

I'm planning to start tracking steps again. I'm just interested in the difference in height and the effect that has. I'm quite tall and when I used to track I was always much less than a friend despite trudging around for what felt like miles. But she was literally 4' 11" to my 5' 10" so I have always wondered if she just didn't need to walk as far to get the numbers.

Which could be true, on this thread it seems to be roughly 0.4 miles to 0.5 miles per 1000 steps, weighted with less for the shorter women, more for the taller. But some as low as 0.35 miles or as high as 0.52 miles. Someone getting 1000 steps out of 0.35 miles will only need to walk 3.5 miles to get 10,000 in a day, compared to 5.2 miles for the other person. That's quite a difference (although may not be different time wise).

So my friend walking 2 miles total to school and back could have been clocking 5000 steps (or more if she was closer to 0.35 miles per 1000) in that journey where I might have clocked 3800. Makes a surprising difference. I don't know why I cared except she was insanely competitive about it all and it eventually bothered me... Pathetic huh.

ANYWAY this time round I'm only walking because I want to be outside more and won't be joining any of the social side of fitbit so it doesn't even matter 😂

This refers to a study, which showed for women over 60, the risk of death reduced significantly at 4,400 steps a day. After that, risk of death continued to decrease, up to 7,500 steps, where it levelled off.
Thank you for that. I'm 65, and had the realisation of how easy it is for me not to exercise at all. I'm also obese, so walking everyday should help me focus on other aspects of my health.

From what I’ve read, yes, it was plucked from the air - as a promotional/motivational strategy.

I'm 5ft and 10,000 steps is roughly 5k for my little legs.

I see the 10,000 steps as an aim to get out and be active at least once a day. Either a run or a walk lasting at least an hour rather than just covering 10,000 steps.

Yesterday, by way of example, was fairly typical for me. I'm 5ft 5. I walked 6 miles and that equated to 13,400 steps.

I’m 5”2

I average 18-22k steps a day which is 7-10 miles.
I walk 2 school runs, a long dog walk and have an active job.

Yes, the study published in JAMA Neurology (jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/article-abstract/2795819) last year really looked at the health benefits. It's very interesting. 9,800 steps a day looked to cut risk of dementia by 50 per cent, which is just huge to me, who has family members with it, but even 3,800 cut it by 25 per cent.

And there was a meta analysis for all cause mortality (www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(21)00302-9/fulltext), which show the benefits increasing up to 8,000-10,000 in under 60s and 6,000-8,000 in over 60s.

And another that showed a decrease in risk of all cause mortality of 8-11 per cent per 2,000 step increments (jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2796058).

So even if I only get past 3,800 steps (which with a desk job and EDS is a good go some days), I know I am getting a lot of benefits and extra is bonus! Which to me is easier than aiming at 10,000 and getting sad if I "fail".

Back to the original question, 3 km is 4,000 steps for me. I'm 5 ft 7 and have a Suunto watch. My mum has a Fitbit, is about 5,5 and if we do 3 km together, she has almost 5,000 steps. So I think the different watches can give different results too. Others in my family have Fitbits and seem to get more steps than me.

Depends if you're walking or running, stride length is usually longer when running. I'm 160cm and 2000 steps is roughly 1 mile walking. So 5 miles is roughly 10000 steps but if I run 5 miles it's only around 8500 due to longer strides.