June Stepping Exercise Challenge (StepItUpJune)

by doctorjeal
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Getting fit and healthy is not complicated, we need to move, 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 is going to help us be more active by walking more & 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 which we can all do. We just need to make time, and get out and get out steps in.

The Challenge

Each day during June, we’ll be increasing the number of steps we do 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, excellent but keep on stepping!

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Step It Up June Step Fitness Challenge

Go from sedentary to very active; our challenge starts in the sedentary range which most people will be able to 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.

Next Challenge Starts

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How to take part in this Challenge

How to Track your Steps

Tracking your steps is relatively simple, there are many step tracking devices and activity tracker on the market, including Fitbit and Apple watch and many others. Don’t worry if you don’t have an activity tracker, smartphones do a decent job of tracking steps, you just need either Apple Health or Google Fit installed and it will use the accelerometer in your phone to track your steps, of course, you will need your phone on you for it to work. Alternatively, you can purchase a cheap pedometer for around £10, many are available at Amazon.co.uk.

  1. Smart Watch
  2. Activity Tracker
  3. Smartphone
  4. Pedometer

1. Smart Watch

Undoublty the best way to track your steps is with a smartwatch, you will get up to date steps via your smartwatch and automatically syncs to give you detailed reporting of not just your steps, but calories burned and even heart rate. Popular options include Apple Watch or Samsung Gear.

2. Activity Tracker

Activity trackers allow you to track your steps constantly via a small device, either clipped to your clothing, bra or worn around your wrist. Trackers such as Fitbit or Garmin will sync to their native apps or 3rd party tracking app allowing accurate tracking of your daily steps. 

3. Using your smartphone

Your smartphone is equipped with technology to track your steps without the need for a dedicated activity tracker, Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy devices plus many others will enable you to track your steps using Apple Health or Google Fit respectively.

4. Pedometers

Basic but they do the job just fine, you can pick one up on Amazon for under £10, and even the best ones won’t cost much more than £20.

What is your Current Activity Level

This exercise challenge has progressions depending on your current exercise and activity level, if you a new to exercise and sedentary, you will be fine to start on the base level target guides. Read the statements below to see which activity level you are and therefore 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
Activity Level Chart

Challenge Design

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 total score for the month. You will score yourself either 1,2, 3, 4 or 3 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 off and keep the guide handy, pin it to your fridge and check your step target for the day.

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Step It Up June Challenge Scoring Sheet 102 KB 39 downloads

Scoring sheet in PDF format to be used with the June Stepping Exercise Challenge…

Target Guide

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