Ten thousand steps equates to about eight kilometres, or an hour and 40 minutes walking, depending on your stride length and walking speed. How many steps is 60 minutes of walking? Since cadences were only measured for 3 MET (slow) and 5 MET (fast) walks, 122 steps/min is a mid-way estimate for a 4 MET …
The average American walks 3,000 to 4,000 steps a day, or roughly 1.5 to 2 miles. It’s a good idea to find out how many steps a day you walk now, as your own baseline. Then you can work up toward the goal of 10,000 steps by aiming to add 1,000 extra steps a day …
The goal of 10,000 steps a day came from a Japanese marketing campaign. New research offers another goal. Whether it was from a blog post or the instruction manual of your new wearable health device, you’ve probably heard along the way that taking 10,000 steps a day is good for you. Why is it 10 …
The range, which reaches an elevation of 3,874 feet (1,181 m), is located in San Bernardino County, and crosses Interstate 40 between Ludlow and the Granite Mountains. At the southern end of the range lies the town of Amboy, the Amboy Crater, and Bristol Dry Lake. Bristol Mountains Topo map USGS East of Broadwell Lake …
Pen y Fan. What is the easiest mountain to climb in the UK? Pen y Fan (886m) in the Brecon Beacons is possibly one of the easiest mountains to climb in the UK. Easily accessible from the car park, a good walking track winds its way to the peak. What is the easiest mountain to …
The Avon fails water quality tests that measure how close it is to its natural state. It suffers from pollution, high phosphate levels, low flows, high temperatures, flash floods, drought and obstructions to its natural movement. Can I swim in the River Avon? Lovely safe slow swimming on the Avon, can be tricky to get …
On all beaches located in U.S. state parks, it’s illegal to collect sea glass; you’ll be fined if you’re caught. Is it okay to take sea glass from the beach? Collect sea glass “Unless the landowner has stipulated that nothing is to be removed from the beach.” As it isn’t a natural component of the …
The pier in film and TV Since its restoration, the pier has provided an expansive backdrop for a number of film and entertainment projects, including works for TV shows like Eastenders, Coast, River Monsters and Casualty. What has been filmed at Clevedon Pier? Recent projects include Hollywood blockbusters like ‘Never Let Me Go’, award winning …
The beach is an estuary beach and so you don’t really get sand, much more mud and rocky beach backed by some grass and salt marsh, adjacent to the beach is a 100-year-old artificial lake and a small park. Can you swim on Portishead beach? Portishead Beach Like all Severn Estuary beaches, swimming is not …
The River Yeo is small with miles of meandering steep grassy banks, which makes a great place to sunbathe out of sight on a sunny day. This river can dry out, but after rains, the water is clear, silky, and reedy – perfect for a long swim. Can you swim in the River Avon in …
