Well Hub News March - Step Challenge Week 1 2024

Step Challenge Week 1

Focus of the Week:

Steps + A daily stretch!

Welcome to Week 1 of the Step Challenge!

Let the fun begin!

Teams, we are off and racing this week with our annual Step Challenge. Walking is one of the simplest and best ways to maintain fitness. It’s practical, can fit into your daily routine, can be used as a means to commute to or from work and does not require any special equipment. A comfortable pair of sneakers is all that’s needed.

For those of us who also commit to other forms of exercise, be it cycling, running, pilates, gym, swimming and more, you won’t be penalised! For every 30 minutes of exercise, you can add 5,000 steps to the tracker.

The Tracker can be found on the challenge playlist here.

Folks, we use an honesty system. What’s the point of not being honest about your health (you would only cheat yourself)?

You will login to the Step Challenge Playlist each day for your daily Health Break, and upload your achievements for the day.

Of course, the more you achieve each day the higher your score. So healthy eating, water and exercise will be rewarded throughout. But each week we will help you out with a special focus of a different area of your health.

First things first, you must complete the Start Survey this week. Here we capture a snapshot of your health status now, and we repeat the survey at the end for a comparison.

Complete the Start Survey and we will add 5,000 points to your final score.

This week, we will focus on a daily stretch in addition to your steps.

Your challenge is to complete a stretch routine daily using a stretch on health Breaks app. Stretching daily is a great practice. It helps to relieve tension in muscles, improves our sleep and reduces our risk of injuries caused by imbalances in our body. Go to the Stretch Spinner here.

As a reminder, here’s the full list of challenges:

1. Complete 10.000 steps a day.

2. Sleep for 6-8 hours a day.

3. Drink 8 glasses of water a day.

4. Complete 30 mins of exercise (count this as 5,000 steps).

5. Eat 2 serves of fruit and 5 serves of vegetables (this is the national recommendation!).

But you must track your activity each day on the Tracker on Health Breaks App.