Jul
22
Distance on This Elliptical Trainer
Filed Under Treadmills
I have the Nordic Track Adiostrider 800 elliptical cross trainer. The display “distance” is measured in total revolutions and the “speed” is measured in revolutions/minute. The stride length is 18 inches.
If the distance says that I do 1200 total revolutions how far did I go in miles? If my speed averages 50 revolutions/minute how fast am I going in mph?
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If a ‘revolution’ is 1 stride, then you’ve done:
1200 revolutions * 18 inches/revolution = 21600 inches
21600 inches * (1 foot / 12 inches) * (1 mile / 5280 feet)
= 0.34 miles or about 1/3 of a mile…
1200 rev. / 50 rev. = (1/3)miles / x miles
x = 0.014204545 miles/ minute
0.014204545 (miles/ minute) * (60 min. / hr)
= 0.85 (miles / hour)