CSA – Scavenger Hunt Photo’s Weeks 2 – 3
CSA has created a Scavenger Hunt game to get their employees out and walking. Participants are given a bi-weekly list of 10 items to find. To prove they found the items, they must provide a photo of the item with themselves and/or their pedometer in the photo. How fun is that! Check out their second round’s Photos!
Scavenger Items for week 2-3
Bank, Baseball Field, Flower Shop, Graffiti, Hospital, Place of Worship, Polie/Fire Station, Recycle Bin, Starbucks, UPS/Fed Ex Box.
Global spotlight on employee health and fitness
May is Global Employee Health and Fitness month and brings attention to the problems caused by inactivity and poor lifestyle choices. This international initiative encourages employers and employees to promote regular activity and improve healthy lifestyles.
Your participation and commitment to your walking program does just that. It inspires others, whether you work in an office, a manufacturing plant or at home. Use this time to recommit to a stronger and healthier you.
At work, plan special events that celebrate healthy living. You will be creating a positive and supportive environment that will benefit everyone.
- Schedule a morning employee group walk
- Organize an internal walking challenge within your main company challenge
- Host a healthy pot luck lunch
- Challenge one another not use the elevator for a day
- Create a brag wall in the workplace, where people can post their successes and congratulate others on their healthy lifestyle choices. Messages like “Joe did his first 10,000 step day” or “I ate 5 servings for fruits and veggies today!”
Tell us about your events, post pictures of your brag wall and other activities here or on our Facebook page.
Support the American Heart Walk
LaTonya M. Baldwin (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan participant)
It’s been too long since I’ve last blogged. While I haven’t been blogging, I have been walking. Participating with Walkingspree has lead to me taking on more challenges. I’m currently using the Couch to 5k program in preparation for our local American Heart Association Walk to be held in Detroit on May 12th. I’m running because I can. I’m running to encourage others to commit to improving their own health and the health of others.
Because I’ve been walking, I have improved my cardiovascular health. I am stronger, healthier and more confident. Thanks to many of my new friends at Walkingspree, I’ve opted to seek out more ways to exercise and enjoy good health.
On Saturday, the 12th, I am running in honor of my cousin, Michael Wilson, Jr. He was an amazing man. Michael encouraged his friends and family to live well. He trained hard daily, ate well and he believed we all could make a difference. He supported everyone he knew to give their best to themselves and others. His mantra was: “What have you done to make a difference today?”
I lost my cousin in May 2010. That same year I had knee surgery. After surgery I was afraid to run. But fear lost. Mikey believed in me so I chose to do the same. I’ve pushed myself to do more, live now.
Next BCBSM Walkingspree challenge starts May 7
Welcome to the Walk to Traverse City challenge blog. You and your teammates will compete in a team-based competition from Detroit to Traverse City. The winning team will be drawn from all of the teams that complete the walk by July 29.
Let’s go!
Bikini Body Workout
Allison Stringer (kCura participant)
Today, we started a club at work called “Bikini Body Buddies.” This group comprises of women only, who want to get their bodies ready for summer and to become healthier individuals. Starting soon, we will be running once a week together as a team. As a Bikini Body Buddy member, we will be utilizing the pedometers to keep track of our aerobic and total number of steps we will achieve during our workouts. During each workout session, we hope to increase our stepping. Our first workout goal is to hit 2,000 steps, which is equal to one mile. We are going to motivate each other to get what we individually believe to be the perfect bikini bod for the summer of 2012.
I am so excited to join this group. I have been struggling to get to the gym each night and I could not be any happier that we have started this group at work. Not only will I get my work accomplished, but I will knock off the exercise part as well!
Work wellness is very important. Some men and women do not have time to get to the gym to work out, so lunch hour or after hours runs are a great idea to promote wellness in the workplace. If it is too difficult to get to the gym before or after work, what is better than a lunch walk or jog?
I hope that my fellow bloggers read this and it inspires them to start a “Bikini Body Buddies” group at their worksite! Summer is upon us.
I found 15 minutes a day for 12 weeks work out to prepare your body for summer. I have started doing these and it is a fantastic cardio workout, and it’s only 15 minutes!
http://www.shape.com/fitness/workouts/sexier-summer-12-week-beach-body-workout-plan
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