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Youtube - the place to check our upcoming video tutorials and recommended videos
Twitter - tips and links to articles. A great place for you to tweet your steps #stepcount. Last year we had a microsteps for micromedia challenge.
10 stepping tips that we twittered previously;
1. Pacing the office during conference calls can be a great way to get in extra steps and improve oxygen to the brain.
2. Use the bathroom on the opposite floor that you are on in your home or in your work place.
3. Use a retractable leash when walking the dog. It will free your arms so you can pump more vigorously and burn more calories.
4. Keep a pair of walking/running shoes in your car or office so you can take advantage of any small period of time to walk.
5. Walk down the office hall to talk to co-workers instead of sending emails will increase your step count. This could mean 500 extra steps!
6. Sitting at your desk is a good time to do flexibility exercises like head rolls, shoulder shrugs and stretch your quads and hamstrings.
7. Setting targets is an important part of reaching goals. If your target is 6000 steps this week. Next week increase it by 20%.
8. Taking the stairs instead of elevators is an excellent way to add steps, strength train and improve cardo too.
9. To boost weight loss success, work up to 12,000 - 15,000 steps/day (add 2,000/week) and consume 500 fewer kcal/day.
10. Have kids? by walking around the field instead of sitting to watch your kids play sports, you can easily increase steps by 2000 steps/day.
