Activity to Steps Calculator

Estimate the number of steps based on the length of time spent doing an activity like aerobics, downhill skiing, rollerblading, etc. Steps per activity are based on this table on the MIT.edu website. This calculator only includes a subset of the activities; use their chart to find additional actives and enter them by picking Custom

 
 

Why Convert an Activity to Steps?

There are a number of reasons why you may want to estimate the number of steps based on an activity. You may have forgotten to wear your step tracker and still want to know your steps in order to achieve your daily step goal.

Another common reason is you are competing in a steps challenge that allows you to convert other activities to steps. For example, you have downhill skied all day but your step count is very low because your feet weren't going up and down to trigger the accelerometer in your step tracker.

It should be noted that this calculator is just an estimate and there is no way to know exactly how many steps an activity translates to.

The formula for converting an activity to steps is straight forward. Multiply the time spent doing the acitivy by the number of steps per minute for the activity. A list of activies can be found on this website or from other sources on the internet.

Steps = Minutes x Steps per minute