As they say, the motion - a life!According to statistics, the average speed of a person walking directly related to the duration of his life.This is especially true of people whose age has crossed the mark of 65 years.A team of US scientists from the University of Pittsburgh led by Dr. Stephanie Studensky concluded that the faster the speed of the average person in old age, the more he will live.According to researchers, the life increases when walking speed - not less than 1 m / s (3.6 km / h).In total, the experiment was attended by about 34.5 million people, the average speed of movement which was about 0.92 m / s.
But what the average speed of a person, a very interesting question.If we talk about walking, then moving, we typically reach speeds of 3 to 6 km / h.The accelerated rate we can increase the rate of up to 8 km / h.This gives us the opportunity in the exercise calm pace one hour to get around the stadium more than ten times.In Olympic sports there is even a special discipline, which is called - walking trails.Those who engage in this sport can be, of course, higher speeds exceeding 13 km / h.Quiet movement such walking can not be called, but it is not yet running.Incidentally, characterized jogging distance not only from the speed.Sometimes even so, that the running man moves slowly coming.The main difference from the distance run is that walking is a constant touch left or right foot with the surface, but when the race certainly there are times when people do not regard the earth's surface.
average running speed of a man is in the range 15-20 km / h.Some scientists believe that the maximum limit of the capacity of the individual allows a speed of 60 km / h, however, before that we still far away.But to make rapid move up to 40 km / h us quite a force.Living proof of this is the athlete Usain Bolt.This Jamaican athlete runs a hundred meters in 9.63 seconds, which corresponds to approximately 37.38 km / h.
Now let's talk about how you can define your own movement speed.When walking, the average speed of a person depends on the length of his stride.Despite the fact that in different circumstances the step length may be different, each of us has his own, ordinary or average stride length.If a person is not in a hurry and not particularly slow their speed, the length of his stride corresponds approximately to the same value.To define it, you need to choose the distance of 10 m to 100 m (here can be useful hundred-meter markings on the stadium) and walk the usual pace while counting the total number of its steps.Then there will be only to multiply the length of the step and the resulting number divided by the distance traveled.
Many throw crazy money on exercise equipment, bearing in mind that regular walking is able to bring a lot of benefits.Thus a person working most of the organs: lungs, heart, muscles, nervous and circulatory system.If the average person does not exceed the rate of 0.6 m / s, then, according to scientists, it falls into the danger zone.No wonder there is a rule "10,000 steps".If this distance is held every day (about 8 km), then you can not only improve their health but greatly extend its life.
