Walking pace in steps/minute

[Arktikos]

Flat ground? Hard to say for me because I live in a hilly location. Walking from our house up to the Mt. Juneau tram and back a couple weeks ago, my fitbit reported 12,456 steps in 129 minutes. That's 96+ steps per minute with over 1500 ft. of elevation gain.

We walk faster than most people up that trail. Also stop briefly at top for a couple minutes so that will ding the pace a bit. In our mid to late 60's. Average pulse was said to be 110. I can't get into the "cardio" heart zone (over 120) without running, but I suspect this aspect of fitbit is not accurate. Certainly hiking up a mountain qualifies as cardio.

[Arktikos]

Originally Posted by Listener2307

How fast do you walk?...
For me, 110 steps per minute. Stayed the same throughout the walk. Age 78.
For you?

Oh, and how tall are you? That makes a difference. I'm 6'5", which will bring down number of steps per minute. In running, every inch of extra height coincides on average with a loss of 3 steps per minute. I don't know how fitbit calculates this. Perhaps their program doesn't take into account height, it's just an average so is inaccurate on the high side for me.