Treadmill Grade to Angle Conversion
Gym machines like treadmills and even some roads express the slop as "grade" in percentage. For example, most gym treadmills allow up to 15% grade. I've left going to gym since last few months and instead I'm doing this Snoqualmie Falls hike almost every other day (which is 0.5 miles one way and 300ft elevation). But occasionally I have to go to gym because of early sunsets. I usually put max grade (15%) and speed walk for one mile burning 350 cal. So naturally the question is how many feet I climbed?
For this I need to convert grade in % to angle. But what is "grade%"? Turns out it's ration of rise/run or in other words,
So your vertical climb in feet is given by,
So by that calculation, at maximum grade on gym treadmill I climb 783.2 feet for each mile I walk. Not too bad.
Via conversation here.
Labels: health
3 Comments:
I wonder if even the best treadmills out there can calculate the true distance when going 'uphill'. Only way to find out. Stay tuned!
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