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Different Stride Lengths

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‎07-16-2016 15:10

‎07-16-2016 15:10

A friend and I are haveing a dissagreement about stride lenght. I am only 5'1 and he 6'4, so my stride length is 25in and his is 2ft. He argues that he should double his steps because I have to take 2-3 steps per his 1. Is he correct?

 

Also when I walk 10,000 steps, normally that equals 5 miles. My tracker says I only walked 4 miles, am I only walking 4 miles or would it be 5 miles because of the extra steps I have to take.

 

Hopefully this isnt confusing! I am not sure why this bugs me so much 🙂

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‎07-20-2016 04:24

‎07-20-2016 04:24

Welcome to the Community @nicolalove. If you are seeing that your tracker is not being accurate, I recommend checking if you are not seeing manually logging an activity that is taking away your information or causing discrepancies like "Walk" or "Run". If you are manually logging these activities, if better if you use MobileRun. Now, about the stride length, keep in mind that we all will have different information here, since we don't walk the same way and we don't have the same height. 

 

You can measure this information by doing the following:

 

1. Go to a track or somewhere where you know the exact distance.
2. Count your steps as you walk across that distance, making sure you travel at least 20 steps.
3. Divide the total distance (in feet) taken by the number of steps to get your stride length.

Your running stride can be calculated the same way, only by running a known distance rather than walking. To adjust this setting on your dashboard, do the following:

1. Log into your Fitbit.com dashboard and click on the gear icon in the upper right corner of your dashboard.
2. Select "Settings".
3. You will see a field for Stride Length and Running Stride Length. From here, you can manually enter your personal stride length. If you leave these blank, your profile will estimate these values based on your height and gender.
4. Click the "Update Profile" button to save your changes. Note that a sync will be required to update your tracker with your new stride measurements.

 

See you around! Woman Happy

Alejandra | Community Moderator, Fitbit

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