‘If you’re unsure how many steps per minute you should go for, a study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found that ...

It's time for a little maths. According to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, the average step length for women is approximately 26 inches, and the average stride length is 52 inches.

But the popularity of wearable fitness devices has made many people obsessively track their step counts instead, often shooting for the goal of 10,000 per day (even though some studies suggest that ...