The Steps Challenge is back! Starting May 2nd! We are starting a little later as the semester started later this year.
It is time for the OUR Wellness: Steps Challenge. The American College of Sports Medicine recommends an average of 10,000 steps per day, which is about 5 miles of walking. I challenge you to average 70,000 steps per week for the next 5 weeks! We have 10 $40 Amazon gift cards to raffle off at the end of the challenge, and 1 $50 Amazon gift card for the person that has the most total steps over the five-week challenge.
I understand that every person is different, and that not everyone will be able to get to that 70,000 total. That is why I do a raffle for the prizes, with the exception of the person with the most total steps at the end of the challenge. I don't want people to get disappointed that they didn't have the most steps and then quit. That is not what this is about. It's about you moving, and to keep moving for the 5 weeks! Here's a great article from the Mayo Clinic that mentions the benefits of getting those steps in and what goal you should be aiming for.
Participating and completing (submitting 5 weekly steps logs) the challenge will give you one raffle ticket. Every week you complete 70,000 steps will give you another raffle ticket for that week (5 possible). You can earn a total of 6 raffle tickets. You will log your steps with an Excel Spreadsheet that I provide (it will be sent out on April 27th ). Just download it, save it, and log in your steps daily and save it again. It will automatically total your steps for you for each week. After each week, send it to me. I will send out reminders for when they are due. You can count your steps using your smart phone or smart watch. Just download a pedometer app and it will do all the work for you. On my iPhone I use the Pedometer++ app and it works great.
PARTICIPATE
Participate and complete the challenge (submitting 5 weekly steps logs) = 1 Raffle Ticket 70,000 Steps per week = 1 Raffle Ticket (5 possible)
Weekly Breakdown:
Week 1 - 5/2 Challenge starts - 5/8 (send step log to me on 5/9)
Week 2 - 5/9 - 5/15 (send step log to me on 5/16)
Week 3 - 5/16 - 5/22 (send step log to me on 5/23)
Week 4 - 5/23 - 5/29 (send step log to me on 5/31 the 30th is a holiday)
Week 5 - 5/30 - 6/5 (send final step log to me on 6/6)
It seemed as if the external competition DID make things a little more interesting last semester. So once again, each week I will post the top 5 step totals (80's arcade style)!
Here's the list of top step getters (week 5) from last semester:
1. HZ - 167,755
2. RG - 136,490
3. JG - 128,389
4. LP - 119,185
5. SL - 118,031
LP took home the title of most total steps last semester with 677,079. Let's see if that person can defend their title, or if someone can step up (pun intended) to defeat them!
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