What's the optimal Cadence or step count for Sport Walking? - Sport Walking Top Tips

[@daniel.creative]

Very insightful video. I’m curious how many miles per hour should we be aiming for? Thanks!

[@sportwalk]

Thanks Daniel. It’s best always to work with pace rather than speed (miles per hour), as pace is a more useful metric. There’s a video on our channel about pace vs speed if that helps. Overall though, you want to be focusing on how long you want to take to complete a certain distance & then walking at the pace that’s going to let you achieve that goal. If you focus just on mph or how fast you want to go, you might go too quickly or too slowly & achieving a certain mph is no guarantee that you’ll be able to sustain that speed for any length of time, so it’s always best to use pace. It’s a bit of a complicated area this, so I hope that makes sense & helps? All the best

[@daniel.creative]

@@sportwalk thank you for the response! That makes a lot of sense.
I've been sport walking for a few years now and my average speed is about 4 mph (6.43 kph) and I can sustain that pace over 20 miles.
I'm going to start using a pedometer to measure my steps per minute. Seems like an interesting data point to capture. Thanks again!