What is stride length?
Stride length is the distance covered in an average step which is measured from heel to heel or from toe to toe. Some pedometers (AFSDTC, Et-dsm and Slimeline) require you to enter your stride length so they can calculate the distance you walk in Kilometers or miles. They do this by multiplying the number of steps by your stride length. For example:- 0.8(80cms) x 10000 steps = 8000meters/1000(meters per KM) = 8kms This is a calculation and not an exact measurement. Stride length is dependent on your leg length and how fast you’re moving. It’s longer when you jog or run, compared with walking, which means your step count will be different for the same distance depending on your mode of activity. For example, it could take 2,000 steps to walk a kilometer and 1,800 steps to jog it. Fast walkers take smaller, more rapid steps to go faster, and so they will take more steps in a kilometer than when walking slower. Likewise, you will take more steps walking uphill than when walking on the fla
