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Getting fit and healthy is not complicated. We need to move and get active, and what better way than walking? The lighter evenings and longer days give us more time to take in our beautiful surroundings and explore a little more. This exercise challenge will help us be more active by walking more and taking more steps. Get outside and enjoy the longer days with our June step challenge.
Commit to walking more in June. Walking is easily the most accessible form of exercise, and we can all do it. We need to make time to get out and get our steps in.
The Challenge
Each day in June, we’ll increase our steps slowly but surely. You can check the target each day and hit your goal. You’ll need to start finding more ways to be active, such as parking further away from your destination, walking whenever you can, and taking the stairs. Your daily step target in this challenge should be considered a ‘minimum’. If you hit it, that would be excellent, but keep on stepping!
Go from sedentary to very active. Our challenge starts in the sedentary range, which most people can achieve without much additional effort.
By the end of the challenge, you’ll be in the range where very active people are considered to be. So get out and get stepping.
How to take part in this Challenge
- Step 1 – Select your current activity level
- Step 2 – Download Target Guide
- Step 3 – Download the Scoring Sheet
What is your Current Activity Level
This exercise challenge has progressions depending on your current exercise and activity level. If you are new to exercise and sedentary, you will be fine starting with the base-level target guides. Read the statements below to see which activity level you are and which challenge targets you should follow.
| ACTIVITY LEVEL | ACTIVITY LEVEL | MULTIPLICATION FACTOR |
|---|---|---|
| Sedentary | You lead a sedentary lifestyle with little to no regular exercise or activity. | none |
| Mild Activity Level | You undergo Intensive exercise for at least 20 minutes 1 to 3 times per week. If you do not exercise regularly, but you maintain a busy lifestyle that requires you to walk frequently for long periods, you meet the requirements of this level. | 1.375 |
| Moderate Activity Level | You undergo Intensive exercise for at least 30 to 60 minutes 3 to 4 times per week. | 1.55 |
| Heavy or (Labour Intensive) Activity Level | You undergo intensive exercise for 60 minutes or greater 5 to 7 days per week and/or you have a labour-intensive job also. | 1.7 |
| Extreme Level | You are exceedingly active and/or very participate in demanding activities: Examples include athlete with an almost unstoppable training schedule with multiple training sessions throughout the day very a demanding job, such as shovelling coal or working long hours on an assembly line. Generally, this level of activity is very difficult to achieve | 1.9 |
Challenge Design
Rounded totals if you stick to one level throughout the challenge, remember you can mix and match, so use the scoring sheet to tally your scores and step count.
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 | Level 5 |
| 251k | 346k | 390k | 428k | 478k |
Scoring the Challenge
The Strep It Up June challenge is split into five levels for which you can score your progress; you don’t need to keep to one level. You can mix & match and go up or down a level. Each level has a score associated with it. Use the free-scoring sheet available for download below to track your progress and tally your monthly total score. You will score yourself either 1,2, 3, 4 or 5 points depending on which level you achieve, that’s a maximum of 5 per day, a minimum of 1 unless you skip a day, in which case it would be 0.
Download Scoring Sheet (includes targets)
Download, print, and keep the guide handy. Pin it to your fridge, and check your step target for the day.
Step It Up June Challenge Scoring Sheet 102 KB 40 downloads
Scoring sheet in PDF format to be used with the June Stepping Exercise Challenge…Target Guide
StepItUpJune Challenge Targets Data
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