10,000 Steps Daily for 100 Days Challenge is an employer-based individual step challenge. The Challenge is an initiative by the Border Coalition for Fitness and its member organizations to increase physical activity among El Pasoans. Nearly a third of adults in El Paso do not get ANY leisure time physical activity and many spend 8 hours a day at jobs that provide little opportunity to be active. The Walk the Walk Challenge is intended to be a fun way to increase physical activity and to change the workplace culture in El Paso. We hope that this month long challenge will motivate employees to get out of the office and implement more walking into their daily routine.
Spend less time sitting and more time moving!
Did you know?
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Physical inactivity increases your risk for cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, and some cancers.*
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The physical activity recommendations for adults is 150 minutes per week of moderate aerobic activity.****
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Fitness trackers have been proven to increase your heart health.**
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The more hours spent sitting during the day, the higher your risk for metabolic problems (even if you are obtaining the physical activity recommendations per day), so get up and move!***
*Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (n.d.). Physical activity facts. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/physicalactivity/facts.htm
**Johns Hopkins Medicine (n.d.). Could a fitness tracker boost your heart health? Retrieved from http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/healthy_heart/move_more/could-a-fitness-tracker-boost-your-heart-health
***Johns Hopkins Medicine (n.d.). Sitting disease: How a sedentary lifestyle affects heart health. Retrieved from http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/healthy_heart/move_more/sitting-disease--how-a-sedentary-lifestyle-affects-heart-health
****World Health Organization (n.d.). Physical activity and adults. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/factsheet_adults/en/