How long does someone have to jog in place to equal 1 mile? I googled this but couldnt find any info.?

Question

I really want to keep exercising, but its either freezing or raining outside. Ugh!

I have 2 pedometer's and neither seem to work well. I tested them and what should have been 10 steps took on wild numbers on both. So I don't trust them at all!

I've never been on a treadmill in my life... I'm suddenly having OK GO flashes.

Sooo 2 foot strides... I assume that's on a treadmill. So If I knee lift 2 foot strides... would that equate????

Answer 1

10-12 minutes of jogging in place should equal a mile - that's at a slow-medium pace. If you are looking for indoor cardio there are lots of things you could do. The following is a routine you can do for 15 mintues or repeat it for a total of 30 mintues. Each move is done for 1 full minute. If you can, don't rest inbetween moves, but if you have to that's okay - just march in place for 30-60 seconds.

RUN IN PLACE - kick heels up to buttocks
JUMPING JACKS
HEEL DIGS - press heel out in front of you and hop to switch feet
BURPEES - standing place hands on floor and jump feet back into pushup position and then jump feet back towards hands and stand up (that completes one burpee)
SPEED SKATER - leap to the right bring left leg slightly behind you and you reach towards the floor and then leap to the left bringing right leg slightly behind while reach towards the floor
CROSS COUNTRY SKI - stand with legs together and jump up landing with right leg in front and left leg back then jump again switching feet in the air
DOWNHILL SKI - feet together jump to right and then the left and stay low in a little bit of a squat position
HIGH KNEES - run in place brining knees into the chest as much as you can
SQUAT THRUST - kinda like a burpee but when you come up jump
POWER JACKS - like a jumping jack but when your feet go wide go down into a squat and when jumping back with feet together do two hops
JUMP ROPE - real or pretend
SQUAT JUMPS - in a squat position jump up and land in squat position
QUICK FEET - standing with feet wide run in place as fast as you can (think football)
SQUAT W/ FRONT KICK - feet close together squat and come up and kick with the left then squat again and come up and kick the right and keep alternating
SHUFFLE W/ KNEE - shuffle three times to the left and on the third one lift your right knee and then shuffle three times to the right lifting your left knee on the third one

Answer 2

I know how you feel - the weather is terrible. As for your question there is only one way to know - you have to time yourself running the mile. Since every ones pace and stride length differs it is not possible to come up with an answer unless you know how many strides you take/minute on average over the mile (it usually increases towards the end due to fatigue which shortens your stride length) and your average stride length (in feet) over the mile. Then you can plug them into a formula (1 mile = 625ft so if your stride length is 2' and your pace is 40 strides/minute then you go 80'/minute so you run a mile in about 8 minutes) to give you the time. My best solution for you is to tough it out and get outside, or, if you can buy a treadmill. It will do the math for you and give you a variety of running routines to keep you from getting bored - running on the spot isn't that exciting and it really doesn't simulate true running.

Hope this helps! Happy running!

A stride length is from the toe off point (point where the toe lifts off the ground) to heel strike (where the heel of the same foot hits the ground). Put some chalk or flour on the sidewalk and run through it to measure the distance between your toe off point and heel strike point - this is your stride length.

Answer 3

Your best bet is to do this.
Find someone with a treadmill, or take your car, and drive exactly one mile.
Now, jog the distance at your normal jogging in place stride.
Time yourself, to see how long it takes you.
There you go.

It is really hard to give you a specific time, because everyone is different. Quicker strides, longer strides, they all have a factor in the equation.

Answer 4

Wear a pedometer. This is good for all day as well!

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If you're a beginner, buy a pedometer and wear it during a normal day in which you do no extra activity. See how many steps you took. Set a goal to add 10 percent more steps every day the following week. For example, if you took 4,000 steps, try to take 4,400 every day the next week. Try to increase by 10 percent every week or so until you reach 10,000 steps per day.
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http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/0621workout0621tips.html

Here is a neat one that talks, so you do not have to visually monitor it (less than $15):
Features
• LCD screen.
• Smart way to monitor your workouts.
• Voice announces distance covered, time elapsed, even the approx number of calories you've burned so far.
• For extra accuracy, it also features 'intelligent' counting technology that ignores false step counts

Use the Talking Pedometer If you walk, jog or run to get fit, this innovative pedometer is a smart way to monitor your workouts. As well as showing data on its LCD screen, it speaks the information so you can keep check while you exercise. Voice announces distance covered, time elapsed, even the approx number of calories you've burned so far! Handy auto-announcement speaks data at preset intervals. For extra accuracy, it also features 'intelligent' counting technology that ignores false step counts. It uses 1 CR2025 battery.
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Answer 5

Pedometer make sense but if you don't want to invest in one, go to your local Y or health club (can usually get a day pass - sometimes even complimentary), hop on the tred mill & set it for one mile at a comfortable rate. Then you'll know exactly how long it wll take YOU to complete a mile!

Answer 6

At 80 2 foot strides per minute it would take 33minutes , which is a slow to moderate pace , hope this adds some perspective. This would approximate running in place .

Answer 7

Music forces you to eat more. According to a work by the journal Psychology and also Marketing, soft, classical tunes encourage that you take time over your meal, so you consume more food. So, switch off – silence will make you more aware of what you’re applying your mouth.

Answer 8

This is going to depend on a number of factors. My guess would be 10 minutes could theoretically cover the mile.

Answer 9

Music forces you to eat more. According to a work by the journal Psychology as well as Marketing, soft, classical tunes encourage you to definitely take time over your food, so you consume more meals. So, switch off – silence could make you more aware of what you’re setting up your mouth.

Answer 10

It’s Friday brunch time and you just can’t stop going back intended for seconds. But hang on! Stop for a minute and suck on an additional strong mint. The flavour can put you off that 3 rd plate of chicken korma/roast beef/sushi medley.